THAT'S IT THAT'S NO MORE WAITING

"Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic. This will be my last meeting. He is home and has been online twice to give me my fix."

He has finally arrived home and I no longer need to attend Mack-aholic meetings. I am happy to report that he managed to avoid reading by organizing study groups. Only he could do this.

The kids are all good. Quinlan is big and fat (his words not mine)...

I have a long list of chores that need attending to. I need to get my laundry in the washer, Jean's in the dryer, I have fed the duckies, checked the mail, got the tile ripper upper thingie that I need to rip up the tile in my bathroom, I need to get the exact-o-knife so I can cut a piece of flooring large enough for my bathroom, I need to sweep and scrub the bathroom floor, I need to do dishes, I need to pick up stuff that is laying around and if I have enough energy after all that is finished I am going to do a workout.

Mahalya had eye surgery today, all went well. She will not need plastic surgery, all stitches are on the inside of her eyes and they will fall out on their own.

The two people that I know who were in detox are no longer in detox. One is going back in for a 21 day program though.

Alfie is being hateful and bad. Some days I wish I didn't have a cat yet other days I could not imagine my life without him.

I am hoping to have some adult time with Don this week.

I am going to Dartmouth on Feb. 7th for the night... He is paying for the hotel room.

What else? I do believe that is it.

"Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-ahlic."

Til next time, enjoy and be safe.

DAYS 5,6 ,7 & 8

"Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic. I do apologize for not being here for the last few support sessions, but due to some medical tests that had to be performed, I have not been able to attend. I am having withdrawal symptoms beyond what I could imagine. As Mack is my sounding board, I have a lot of things going around and around in my head and no one to talk to. I hope to be able to talk to him tonight though it does not look promising."

The last few days have been hell around here. Between one relative and a relative's boyfriend ending up in detox, life has been hell. If that were not enough, I had to have a barium enema. This was the most horrible, miserable, disgusting and painful procedure ever. If the day before of being only on a liquid diet, and the drinking of Citro-Mag and taking Ducolex were not enough, I then spend an entire night with disgusting, explosive diarrhea. I then went to the hospital and the technician had to shove a tube up my butt into my bowels and fill me full of barium and take xrays of it all.

This was so painful. I still think that she hit something as I am in terrible pain 36 hours after the procedure.

If you are ever told you need to have one done, run, run fast, run far, run fast and rar. You never want to go through this.

The temperatures have started to fall here in the Valley. It is so cold out that I am sure the balls on a brass monkey would freeze.

I went out to feed the duckies in the pond, start the van for Jean, move the van so we could plug the block heater in but of course BDHH did something with the cable and the hood opening lever inside the van is not working properly. So, what do I do? Why I call in the troops... Or rather the troop... I call Uncle Rock. He is going to stop in tomorrow and take a look and get it figured out for us. I can change the brake pads, brake shoes, rotors, the head gasket, do an exhaust job, fill all fluids but do you think I can pop the hood?? HELLLLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

So, I am now finished with this little update. I am going to go get my laundry out of the dryer, get the space heater that is in the basement and curl up for the night.

"Hi my name is ELizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic. I require daily doses of him to survive."

DAY 3 AND 4

Day 3 and 4 of my withdrawal, detoxification and recovery...

Sorry can't be bothered to try and be funny. It has been a rough couple of days but thankfully my girlfriends rallied around me and helped me get my mind off of what was going on.

Until tomorrow, I am humbly yours "Elizabeth and I am a mackaholic".

DAY 2

Day 2 of detoxification and working towards the recovery

"Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic. I am currently going through detox and working towards recovery. The first day was horrible, the withdrawal symptoms were too much to bear and Mack was able to feel this confusion, utter desolation and sadness radiating from my mind, body and soul. He is currently located at CFB Boredom otherwise known as CFB Borden. He came online to give me a fix so that the withdrawal symptoms would subside enough for me to sleep. Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic."

Today I cleaned up, did laundry, cooked supper and read. I also did a 10 minute workout and will be doing another quick one before bed. I have company for the weekend and when she leaves for work on Sunday, I will be having some adult time with Don.

"Hi my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic."

DAY 1

"It's your turn"

"Thank you. Hi everyone my name is Elizabeth and I am a Mack-aholic. I am going through withdrawal and am not sure if I will be able to face life without him. He has been my source of laughter and torment for so long that 14 days may be more than I can handle."

OK... So, I have joined MA...otherwise known as Mack-aholics. I am not sure if I will survive the 12 days he will be away and the following 2 days when he will be having adult time with Jada.

Today when I got up, I cleaned up, did dishes, puttered around, did a 5 minute stretch, did my 50 girlie pushups, 50 soup can weight lifts, 50 back and arm flab soup can weight lifts, 5 minutes running on the spot, 5 minutes of step side to sides and 5 more minutes of running on the spot and 5 minute cool down, then I cleaned up a bit more and had some supper, a shower, walked to the petrocan and now I am curled up on the bed to read and listen to the television.

"I am a Mack-aholic and I require detoxification and recovery to survive the 14 days I will have to live without him and watch Cops with only Tammy. I won't even be able to tease his brother Chad, as he has gone on course with Mack. My name is Elizabeth and I AM A MACK-AHOLIC."