Twas a fair few nights before xmas

[Anon33]

 ......I hope all you guys have a nice crimbo and New Year....I would just like to say a big THANK YOU to all of you.....when I have been sad-you have brightened my day....when I have been unsure-you gave me loads of options.....when I have needed advice-it has been factual......Alliance forum has become and evolved to a 'safe place' to rant, bitch, laugh, reminisce, debate, agree/disagree.....most of all it has got me through this year, at my lowest and highest.....we all have our views and opinions but in all honesty this forum has been the best platform to air the 'real truth' about all drugs, the people who use them and the people who make the decisions......even though we are 'cyber', I think we are all pretty much on the same page and our outcomes of our discussions make sense and it's made a substantial difference to my life and other peoples' that my friends; is priceless.. .....I would also like to commend the moderators who have allowed us to voice ourselves unedited, that's why this is the best forum. ...we get the whole truth and nothing but the truth

One day we WILL win ......patience my friends, is a virtue ....so I wish all of you all the best, through what can be the most difficult time of year for the majority, lest us not forget our friends who have passed too soon, but keep carrying essential messages to preserve the ones we have not yet met

Lots of love to you all.........Anon33


ps....changed my image....now brunette have stopped sweating hehe

[froude]

HERE ,HERE Anon33,You look much better smoking a joint as a brunette ,all the best Froude

[Anon33]

 
Indeedy
 a Happy New Year to all....ps....could not help myself this year....spent a lot of time in the bathroom..spent all xmas money on treats-which was a lot better than last years fare.....onwards and upwards....New Year resolutions and all that.....

[sapphire]

Y'know Anon33, I really think it's a good thing that the Alliance mods don't edit or moderate our posts (unless it's something obvioulsy offensive to everyone), I can't see how people's true opinions can come through if every post has to be checked before posting.

[froude]

EXACTLY,its the best ,It's just free speach ,not like Wired in ,where it might and not come onto their site.Do you think they would of put the Cambridge outcry on Weird in,oh no to much controversy for weird in,its relaxed on here may it go to strength to strength and all the best for 2012.

[OP8S]

I must of been away when you posted this thread Anon33 & I don't know about everybody else when " unread posts " gets clicked on quite often it says there have been none when there actually has been one. I have no idea on the technology behind it maybe it's just some pass through the net occassionally ??
I just wanted to put my 2pence in & say that I hope everybody got what they wanted from Santa & had the day they hoped for. Also to wish everybody a happy New Year, whether it's a reduction or maintenance you aim for I hope you achieve it ( just don't push me on the r word  )
The Alliance has been somewhere where I have been able to spend time, time which I would have spent using poor quality gear of the streets. Especially when the fam split up, though I'm glad to say we still have a good relationship & work is the only thing that gets in the way when it comes to seeing my kids. I doubt very much if I hadn't held it together on meth & was still going through the daily cycle of scoring, the dissapointing bags becoming more frequent that our relationship would be so good. All you good people have given me a platform to  express my thoughts without any kind of judgement & get information from others that I had on matters like my surprise ECG's after years of being on the same dose, if I was to reveal to my employers the amount of meth & other meds I was on then I think my job title may change a bit. There would certainly be interviews from human resources, or occupational health. Just because I take a medication that is fully licenced to prescribe they would find some way to give me the boot or at least put me down at the bottom of the ladder. At my last supervision from line manager she said that I performed well at work, it's their in their own words. There will always be stigma attached to those that use methadone, as much as I'm honest with family & close friends, it's not the thing you bring up at work when somebody's talking about being prescribed Tramadols...which was morphine  so it's good to be able to speak with like minded individuals, I've found that a lot of us have more than just medication in common. People with similar life experiences, you'd think it must be more than coincidence quite often. Sadly 2011 was drug treatments anus horribllis or whatever the Queen said in Latin. We can only hope that with increased encouraged / co-erced reductions that users become more pro-active in their own treatment & sanity returns.
I love the R for Rolleston idea, things that start at the bottom are often quite successful even if it was just to inform the general public of the sorry state of affairs that is drug-treatment in the UK today. Any person with a modicum of intellect could see the benefits if it wasn't for the press & Gov. dividing society by demonising a substance. A war on drugs is impossible. How can you have a punch-up with an asprin ? Simply treating it as a war is a sure route to defeat. Substances need to be made more acceptable in society if we can all live together peacefully. The only way that can be done I'm sure is if they are legalised in some form. Telling somebody what they can & can't put int heir own bodies for whatever reason will never happen, everybody knows that.
Anyway, it's a new year tomorrow, maybe an R for Rolleston campaign could be accomplished by dedicated fly posters the length of the UK, it would be fun if nothing else. Strange posters appearing everywhere & you never know it might start the ball rolling ?
Apart from a few at work & my own little circle of opiate lovers, I consider all the regular posters to be friends & would like to take in the New Year with you if it were possible. I bet that would be a night to remember.
Don't know about that Simon bloke though, seems a bit shady eh ?  Just a joke, I take my hat off to him. One of the only people involved in dispensing methadone to dependants that ever posts & he even believes in evidence backed research. Top bloke, I'm sure he'll be enjoying the substance of his choice tonight. 
All of you I wish the very best for 2012 & am off now to take the new year in the kids then later indulge in some pharmacueticals that I've managed to save for tonight. The amps have come out the box several time but because of my meth I've been able to save them for quite some time. I hope everybody gives themselves a little treat of some kind & Froude, it'll be a fat one eh?
ALL THE BEST FOR 2012 you know who you are  !!!