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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
It's by choice @Kurra ....
If I was gonna leave it would prob have been last year .... cos his mood swings and retaliations for trying to wake him up out of denial ... and calling boundaries on his behaviours .... and the impossibility of the regimen he was trying to keep back then .... were impossible to live with .... and couldn't flag the dr either ....
But in that state he was highly vindictive and unstable .... would have been a sl*sh n b*rn outcome hard for all of us to recover from .... lotsa emotional damage on that path ....
Opted to go to a psych myself instead .... step 1 to settling WH down cos he didn't know whether he'd get into some sort of trouble and pulled his head in ....
Step 2 was to visit the dr with WH .... horrendous .... but got the message across .... WH was livid but couldn't do anything .... but did start to disconnect .... set up the FIFO pattern .... but that's taken a helluva lot of pressure off ....
Its still weird .... but live-able for now .... had lotsa special occasions to try to get thru this year .... and he's gonna need us all around him when he crashes ..... "when" not "if".....
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TABSenior Contributor
I had no idea it was at that level.. but yeah I wlda mentioned control a month ago maybe, til got told to butt out by 3rd party ..anyway.. am sorta speechless, but thanks for sharing ..can leave it, but tell someone who is 'real' think is the way to go @Faith-and-Hope you don't deserve that
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Have told everyone "real" I can get hold of @TAB .... and have as much support as is allowed by law .... same diff as someone with other mi conditions spwho are in denial / refusing to take meds / not recognised as danger to self and others ....
Have to wait on outcomes .... or leave ....
Kids and I are choosing to stay .... working with it to pacify, accommodate, tolerate .... hopefully he will reach "wake-up" stage (start to realise there's something wrong) ahead of major health crisis ....
I'm okay .... but had to disconnect emotionally ... he's not who he was ....
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TABSenior Contributor
Well you are 'aware' and that is your choice I guess .. can't be easy.. please excuse my flippancy, but I'd be taking swimming lessons.. 
@Faith-and-Hope re julia roberts in certain movie
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TABSenior Contributor
..more coffee anyone ?
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TABSenior Contributor
ok there's eclairs and got donut machine cranked up lol 
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KurraSenior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
More hot choc with Kahlua pleeeeaaase .... 😏 ❣
Gonna try to go back to sleep for a bit .... don't know what's comin' re D3 today .....
Enjoy the brekkie guys .... save some lamb fritters for me ....
@TAB @Kurra @Former-Member
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TABSenior Contributor
..bringing it right over , and yes re 'overs ..sleep sounds good too @Faith-and-Hope
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KurraSenior Contributor
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