Night Shift

At this point I want to shout out to @Kurra for your help last night. This morning I read the candle one again and it made me smile. 😊💜

Thanks too to @Angels333, @Former-Member, @Mazarita @PeppiPatty for your support (and I'm sure I forgotten someone again)😊💜

@Mazarita. I'm so glad your week has gone well and you got your foot massage in too. 😊💜

Hi @Snuchu,

Just been reading through your journey with the green over the past few pages. Forgive me if I've missed something - there's a lot to read!

It's great to see so much support on here. There's been some wonderful advice for other members, and it's great to see that you're taking their suggestions on board.

I understand that you have nurse that supports you, and of course, a wonderful community here. May I ask if you have an alcohol and drug counsellor as well? That might be an option for some more support.

From what you've written, it seems that you have a bit of an ambivelent relationship with the green. On one hand, there's a part of you that knows its not good for your health, which motivates you to want to make some changes. Yet, on the other hand, there's a part of you that enjoys it too, which makes it challenging to make changes.

This is a very normal part of making changes. Weighing up the pros and cons can be useful to motviate you move continue moving forward. Can I ask you (as a motivational exercise) what are the negative and positives of the green? And if you continued to smoke, what would life be like in five years?

Keen to hear your thoughts on this. Well done on reaching out, and starting to make some positive changes. So happy that you have a community here to support you too.

CherryBomb

Thanks for the welcome back @Former-Member and Hi to everyone. The trip was excellent most of the time and I've just been totally exhausted since getting back. Taking my time to catch up on here yesterday and decided there were just too many posts over the weekend to see them all so I'll just have to jump back in. Hope things are of for you all and you're having a peaceful day.

@CherryBomb, thanks for reading my story. 🙂

No, I don't have a A&D counsellor, but I can ask my nurse for a referral.

I didn't exactly know it wasn't good for my mental illness until my nurse brought me a video that linked the green to psychosis and schizophrenia/bipolar. I'm very psychologically dependent on it, that's for sure.

Well, let's see... The pros of green is the calming effect, reducing anxiety, no nausea, the high, and makes me more social. There's more, too, but I can't put my finger on it.
The negatives of green... Long term deterioration of my mental health.

Life in 5 years would be me still living on my own, I assume, but I would be much more ill overall. I did notice a decline in all the years of me using the green.

Welcome back, @eth! Great to see you. Looking forward to hearing some stories about how it was away when you are ready to share.

😊 You're right @Decadian - Greek is basically a phonetic language, so the way you read it is what it says, unlike English where there are rules which mean that words like "there, their and they're" have different spellings and meanings, despite sounding the same ......

One confusing thing is that although a lot of the Greek alphabet is made up of English alphabet letters, some of them have different sounds to their English version.

Here are some examples:

ρ = r

χ = kh

β = v

υ = v or f

ν = n

η = i (as in a short 'ee' not an 'eye' sound)

Then there are letters that are not the same as the English alphabet, and some single letters have what we would call a dual sound:

ψ = ps

ξ = ks

θ = th

δ = dthe

And going the other way:

γγ = gh or v

ντ = d

τς = ch or sh, or the closest thing to it .....

There ..... Greek lesson over for today ❣

How's your day going @Faith-and-Hope.

What's up, everyone?

Hi @Former-Member 😊

My day is going well ❣

With S2 and WH away, D3 on study break, and D1 keeping to herself today, I am actually having the first very lazy day I can remember in a long time !!

Lazy in this moment, but I could also file it under "recovery". I went for a very long walk around the two river bridges near here this morning, and my hypermobility will have my hips and possibly knees and back complaining at me for the next 24 - 48 hours.

With all the ups and downs between S2 and D3 this last month and a half, I lost momentum with my daily walking, and I am feeling the effects of that more than I ever have before in the start-up again. I am sure we tend to hoard emotional debri in our muscles and jjoints, and I expect that is, in part, the problem.

Thank God for Fisiocrem, and the opportunity for a day of bed rest .....

And you ? How are you going ?