tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post7837723942348303603..comments2024-03-27T00:48:06.021-07:00Comments on Mummy was a Secret Drinker: Picture The Young YouSoberMummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-5342959137228193922016-01-23T06:22:22.269-08:002016-01-23T06:22:22.269-08:00Love this post! I have been poignantly missing my ...Love this post! I have been poignantly missing my youth lately, not my twenties, or thirties or forties even, but my childhood. The world was such a kinder place back then and that little girl that was me held such high hopes. I, too, am going to start trying to find her dreams and do my damndest to make a few come true. Because I can now.Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-50309935311168895782016-01-22T08:31:33.467-08:002016-01-22T08:31:33.467-08:00Yes! Looking at my kids and think the same thing x...Yes! Looking at my kids and think the same thing xEdinburgh Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507850075300916316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-19182740944975281722016-01-22T02:03:58.840-08:002016-01-22T02:03:58.840-08:00BRILLIANT!!! I am going to find a picture of 8-yea...BRILLIANT!!! I am going to find a picture of 8-year-old me and keep it with me. I would never let her touch that poison!! It will also be helpful if I decide to try to date again. I love this idea. Thank you, SoberMummy <3peacerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031620292160444104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-7679163568638544792016-01-22T01:45:37.489-08:002016-01-22T01:45:37.489-08:00Thank you, and welcome Jeanette! Big hugs xxThank you, and welcome Jeanette! Big hugs xxSoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-50025966985774402742016-01-22T01:45:11.861-08:002016-01-22T01:45:11.861-08:00I'm afraid it's been lost in the mists of ...I'm afraid it's been lost in the mists of time, Eeyore! Probably just as well....SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-52981663967606125652016-01-21T23:31:31.024-08:002016-01-21T23:31:31.024-08:00Your posts ALWAYS have something wonderful and tou...Your posts ALWAYS have something wonderful and touching in them but this one has really hit a spot with me. Being a timid and very shy child I was a huge bookworm and libraries were my sanctuary until I had to go home then laying on my bed with the smell of the books surrounding me was my idyll. I've always wanted to work in a little bookshop and harboured thoughts of writing something of my own some day. Thanks for reminding me that I must follow my true path and get back to words xCraving Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528477759418970558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-12540978301505161102016-01-21T14:40:30.451-08:002016-01-21T14:40:30.451-08:00I started on what has proved to be a slippery slop...I started on what has proved to be a slippery slope at about 16/17..... what a waste really. I can't do much about the past except try and compress it into a small hard ball that I can squeeze when I feel my resolve wavering. I don't believe in any God and nobody made me drink. As ever, your words are wise and to the point and make me reflect on what I could have been without the booze. Who knows what tomorrow will bring but whatever happens, it will be better to see it out sober.<br /><br />JustonemoreJustonemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07660105307364281743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-87748710642968252922016-01-21T13:22:06.961-08:002016-01-21T13:22:06.961-08:00Oh SM - you've just made me fill up with this ...Oh SM - you've just made me fill up with this post - the thought of "little" you, and would you want her to drink a bottle of wine etc..What an amazing tool this is. (I can't even think about my daughter right now or I'll properly ball). I, too, used to devour words at that age. I had one of those yo-yo's that would light up, and I took it apart and jigged it so I could use it as a torch to read under my covers after lights out. I was a book-monster. I'm rediscovering that joy. Red xxRed (RedRecovers)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05049627141004901254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-52297552464095420262016-01-21T12:53:31.183-08:002016-01-21T12:53:31.183-08:00I feel like that when I look at my daughter-would ...I feel like that when I look at my daughter-would I want for her what I have done to myself? It makes me tearful just thinking about it. Lots of love for another wonderful post-keep writing xxlastchancesaloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511210018355078261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-56800844943745179562016-01-21T12:11:22.063-08:002016-01-21T12:11:22.063-08:00I LOVE this. Thank you so much. I definitely would...I LOVE this. Thank you so much. I definitely wouldn't want what I have been doing for the past I-don't-know-how-many years for 'my' little girl. What a wonderful thing to do to help me remember self-care and self-love. I will be thinking of me as a little girl all the time now and I think it will help. Thank you again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259021968243923494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-73944050468655661422016-01-21T06:16:06.090-08:002016-01-21T06:16:06.090-08:00Great thought process SM. Along those lines how d...Great thought process SM. Along those lines how does one explain drinking to a ten year old child? If the child asks why do you drink alcohol - how does one (your new self and your old drinking self) explain that to them? And if they then ask why they can't drink - you have great reasons to give them. If they ask again tell me why you drink Mommy/Daddy? It seems there is no good answer - which tells us something. <br /><br />On a different note - any chance of posting the ten year old SM's poem?<br /><br />Eeyoreeeyore.modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878586242292184206noreply@blogger.com