And thank you for your post on my thread. I think the no 1 appliance that we cannot do without is the washing machine, when they don’t work it is dreadful, with the prospect of a launderette (ugh) or handwashing. I think that is the one thing in recovery that we learn, sometimes through struggle to deal with, the range of emotions that we can go through in the course of the day, somebeing more difficult to handle than others. For me, frustration and anger, loneliness, or feeling like we are on our own, anxiety all difficult to get to grips with, and not go down the old gambling route we used as an escape. It will get fixed, it will all get sorted but like me maybe, not just yet, or next week or next month!
