<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from thebigfight.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 thebigfight.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2006-10-19T09:37:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006:1</id><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-06-11:links.311732631</id><title>Landing with a thump</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/landing_with_a_thump.htm"><![CDATA[Wow... has it really been two weeks since my last blog/diary entry?The reason I've come back to add to this is you have all read about the actual detox stage... but what about now? After. Normalacy. Reality. Whats that like?I don't know yet. Or at le]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/landing_with_a_thump.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-06-11T12:44:00Z</updated><published>2006-06-11T12:44:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-28:links.311722388</id><title>Ya learn every day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/ya_learn_every_day.htm"><![CDATA[When i tippled I couldnt make the centre I decided to go running up the park... wow.To those that know the place I made my way up the park lane and stashed my bag/coat in the bushes and started running taking the wee side walks/stairs in order to mak]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/ya_learn_every_day.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-28T19:08:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-28T19:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-28:links.311722258</id><title>Good News and Exercise</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/good_news_and_exercise.htm"><![CDATA[Was talking to sister on the phone last night.When she heard what Andy had done this week... slipping on Monday but tearing up his methadone prescription on Tuesday, coupled with reading this blog, was enough to prompt her to invite *all* of us over]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/good_news_and_exercise.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-28T15:10:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-28T15:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-26:links.311720488</id><title>Wrapping up (again?)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wrapping_up_again.htm"><![CDATA[Ok folks... and dare I say it... friends... lets face facts here. I am now on day 34 of my 'detox'.I'm finding getting back into the swing of work hard... very hard... more so than I suspected. However the more I do the easier it gets so... that is t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wrapping_up_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-26T00:09:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-26T00:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-25:links.311720468</id><title>Finding a watch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/finding_a_watch.htm"><![CDATA[Found a gold watch today as I was going about my daily (and drug free may I add) duties. The old Tam came out a little (and even the new one would have picked it up anyway, you don't walk past a gold watch and not pick it up) and it went into my pock]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/finding_a_watch.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-25T23:47:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-25T23:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-25:links.311719960</id><title>Shafted or what?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/shafted_or_what.htm"><![CDATA[Last year around September I was stopped by the traffic division... no licence or insurance which I duly admitted so they didnt give me a 'producer' (7 days to produce documents if you dont have them on you) and was told they would report me for pros]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/shafted_or_what.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-25T11:31:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-25T11:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-24:links.311719228</id><title>Another wee &apos;upper&apos;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/another_wee_upper.htm"><![CDATA[Went to the dentist this morning and bought a paper before going in (seen me waiting best part of an hour in there before). When I went in (after 20 mins or so) the dentist asked me how I was feeling."Actually, I'm feelin kinda good". "]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/another_wee_upper.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-24T09:55:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-24T09:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-24:links.311718999</id><title>Not a bad day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/not_a_bad_day.htm"><![CDATA[*Finally* managed to get back to doing a good bit of programming again today and was reasonably pleased at the amount and content of what I did.Found myself looking at code and going "wtf" was I doing there? So whilst I did in fact complete]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/not_a_bad_day.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-24T01:39:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-24T01:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-23:links.311718320</id><title>Me first</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/me_first.htm"><![CDATA[Me First*********With no valium available yesterday I got a bottle of vodka last night and managed to punish half of it before zzz about 12:30. Woke up at about 5:45am still feeling drunk.Would have preferred a valium or two, and had £15, but h]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/me_first.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-23T07:51:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-23T07:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-22:links.311717973</id><title>Bit happier</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/bit_happier.htm"><![CDATA[As the day went on I realised it wasnt simply a case of Andy getting off his mark and not paying debt... he was off for heroin.And that burst me.For the first time, with nothing in me&nbsp; to prompt it, emotionaly or chemically, the tears were liter]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/bit_happier.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-22T20:14:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-22T20:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-22:links.311717708</id><title>Pure Scunnered</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/pure_scunnered.htm"><![CDATA[After everything thats happened recently... Andy screwed me (and mum) today.He got paid and pissed off (and got pissed I imagine) and has now left us with a £50 bill for *his* valium.In addition he had the last coffee and sugar last night so he]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/pure_scunnered.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-22T14:03:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-22T14:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-21:links.311717276</id><title>Where have I been?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/where_have_i_been.htm"><![CDATA[Well to be honest its been a hell of a few days.I didnt exactly relapse but something slammed into me from Thursday/Friday and its taken me until today (Sunday 12:30am) to recover. By jove things can still come back to haunt/slap ya right back down a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/where_have_i_been.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-21T23:30:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-21T23:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-18:links.311714759</id><title>Wrapping Up</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wrapping_up.htm"><![CDATA[Ok folks... this thing is nearly over.I still have a wee bit to go as far as getting firmly back in the saddle over work but... the point of this blog/diary was to fight the drug addiction and I seem to have achieved it&hellip; albeit with a lot of h]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wrapping_up.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-18T11:02:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-18T11:02:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-17:links.311714315</id><title>Glasgow Health Board Drugs Policy</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/drugs_policy.htm"><![CDATA[Brother was up at his doctor/counseller this morning who would happily have written him a prescription for methadone again... one of the most addictive and strongest substances known to man.He told her he was on day 15 of a detox with nothing and ask]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/drugs_policy.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-17T15:35:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-17T15:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-17:links.311714309</id><title>Wee treat</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wee_treat.htm"><![CDATA[Given the last few days/weeks I'm off out tonight for a steak dinner... No way on earth I could have faced it until now be it the journey to the restaraunt or the meal itself... I can manage both now, I'm sure I can. I just cant decide between an 8oz]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/wee_treat.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-17T15:29:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-17T15:29:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-17:links.311714070</id><title>Silver Lining</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/silver_lining.htm"><![CDATA[Slept quite well last night... was working on a task just before bed and didnt quite make it... it was one of those "it works this way" but "not that way" but why? So a definate improvement so even tho i didnt complete what I was]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/silver_lining.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-17T09:25:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-17T09:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-16:links.311713212</id><title>Whit a night</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/whit_a_night.htm"><![CDATA[Bugger... no matter where I turned, positioned, moved to I just could not stop my mind from 'ticking over' and feeling so damned angry at myself for not being able to do something we all know I could have litreally done in my sleep previously. Took m]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/whit_a_night.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-16T08:50:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-16T08:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-16:links.311712933</id><title>Overpass Hell</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/overpass_hell.htm"><![CDATA[Damned thats so frustrating... its as if I found an 'overpass' of that motorway I mentioned... i could actually see and think of what i needed to do for the backup.use crontab to fill/create a dir of tarballed target directories and/or filessetup key]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/overpass_hell.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-16T00:09:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-16T00:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-15:links.311712833</id><title>Done well today (overall)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/done_well_today_overall.htm"><![CDATA[Id promised the wean I would take her to bellahouston center and when she came in from school she already had the cossie out before I got downstairs so there was no getting out of it.But I managed to hammer out 20 odd lengths. Was attempting 10 or 12]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/done_well_today_overall.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-15T21:42:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-15T21:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-15:links.311712401</id><title>Statistics</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/statistics.htm"><![CDATA[Ok, heres some facts and figures that should scare the shit out of anyone who wants to, or feels the need to, take drugs.I started smoking weed 20 years ago. It was more expensive then so over the course we'll average it out at £2 per spliff. E]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/statistics.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-15T10:36:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-15T10:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-14:links.311712046</id><title>The last couple rounds</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/the_last_couple_rounds.htm"><![CDATA[We're definately on the home straight folks. Was up today shortly after 9am and have been out to the health center, nipped to the bookies for a favour, down to the man that can for Andys valium and went up to my favourite aunties afterwards for a cof]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/the_last_couple_rounds.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-14T20:28:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-14T20:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-13:links.311711265</id><title>Off to bed</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/off_to_bed.htm"><![CDATA[Managed to do some good work today. Didnt get much actual work done but did manage to plough through 180 pages of documentation for an application called &quot;Snort&quot; which is a protection system for computers (hey, i am supposed to be a sysadmi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/off_to_bed.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-13T23:58:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-13T23:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-13:links.311711096</id><title>Judgement</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/judgement.htm"><![CDATA[Ok, been thinking about this all day and one thing in particular swung it for me. Weed is gone but ill keep the odd valium for the bad times cos there will surely be one or two yet to come.I popped out back at the hight of the day to catch a few rays]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/judgement.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-13T18:33:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-13T18:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-13:links.311710820</id><title>Morning</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/morning_1.htm"><![CDATA[Well one things for sure I feel a lot better than yesterday... part of the 'rollercoaster' or 'ride' i suppose... what a ride (snide more like).Andy is a lot better today... mainly cos i sat on the bugger yesterday and made sure he didnt drink.For th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/morning_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-13T09:34:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-13T09:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:thebigfight.blog-city.com,2006-05-13:links.311710812</id><title>Judge and Jury</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://thebigfight.blog-city.com/morning.htm"/><dc:creator>Thomas Inglis</dc:creator><author><name>Thomas Inglis</name></author><updated>2006-05-13T09:10:00Z</updated><published>2006-05-13T09:10:00Z</published></entry></feed>