another great day sober, nothing to report just walking the walk and talking the talk. Be grateful.
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Goodnight everyone
Tomorrow is a new day
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With this daily gift of sobriety comes a price I am enjoying having to pay, itās doing selfless acts of kindness and exercising my mind and body to do things I could really do without having to do but the sense of achievement at the end of the day is amazing and being sober is an added bonus. Be strong, Be grateful.
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Step 4 tonight, sober and emotional. You better trust in your God by the time you get here bc your going to need it. Yes be strong, Be grateful.
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been flying high for weeks this time and the only thing to knock me off my stride is the only thing thatās going to help me in the long run. itās not a pretty sight when you have to look at your whole life and dig up some things you mentally put to rest. Iām still loving life sober and more than happy with the decision to do this itās just emotionally draining. I know I have my Higher Power with me at all times and safe in my new sober environment, all will be OK. Be strong, Be grateful.
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over 2000 posts ago on this thread I decided to write myself a nightly journal of my journey bc I wanted to look back and see how I grew day buy day. I was ambitious, happy, confident and quick to make a bunch of new sober friends. Little did I know that alcohol was never going away so simple, days of sobriety would slip away and there was no way back, the only ambition left was finding a way to stay sober for one day but it was a pointless dream more often than not, happiness became a memory and friends drifted away, actually I pushed them away. Others moved on while I stayed exactly where I sat, at home with drink and drugs in my hand asking myself how and why. Iām fucking clever, I can stop tommorow when I really want to bc Iāve done it before. Yeah hello tommorow Iāll just have one more day thank you very much, its Friday Iāll stop on Monday. Hello Monday bad day at work Iāll wait till the end of the month. Letās jump a couple of weeks where the end of the month seems a long way away and Iām taking cans to bed Iām not eating food for days Iām shitting green water and my body probably isnāt going to survive until the end of the month. I pray to a god I donāt believe in, death would be a relief from this. Midnight one night I do something crazy and press a button on my phone and suddenly I have a sponsor, then Iām hitting meetings every week and listening to learn and learning to listen, I study the big book and suddenly Iām now praying every day in the morning, still to a god I donāt understand but Iām willing to believe in anything if it can do what I canāt. Now Iām back to the person I was over 2000 posts ago but with extra knowledge, experience, belief and not interested how much Iām going to grow. Iāve been given today and Iām going to take it Iām going to do it to the best of my ability and with Godās will that will involve going to bed sober. Iāll settle for today. Hello today, Thank you.
Be strong, Be grateful.
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Nice one Pauly 
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I never gave up on you because I knew you would find yourself again. It was only a matter of time and here you are, 2000 posts later, that same person I met when I first joined. Love you friend.
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Goodnight to all
thank you for your help today
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Doing the 12 steps has a moral grounding on selfishness and resentment but lately I seem to be getting wound up more often and resenting people even quicker (At work) but Iāve come to the conclusion that Iāve probably always been like this but now I know itās my character defect and not everyone elseās fault, well they are patronising idiots but I could just learn to nod and keep my mouth shut. All in all another great sober day and I thank god for sending his fools my way to teach me daily lessons. Be strong, Be grateful, Be quiet if you think your going to upset someone bc youāll only end up upsetting yourself.
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Itās another great day to be alive. With AA, god and a plan for life every day falls into place without any effort from me if it doesnāt fall how I want it I just step around it and move on. Things still happen that make me go ggrrrr!!! bc Iām not perfect and I donāt want to be. I like my flaws it gives me something to work on in my spare time. Be strong, Be grateful.
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Another day of giving to the world and the world will give to you. A couple of moments I had to do things I didnāt really want to do and I was sent unexpected help on both occasions. one was a bit awkward bc it involved the help of my next door neighbour of 10 years and I went to call him his name and I didnāt know it. Yes my life has definitely been all about me and maybe one day I will love thy neighbour but first Iāll wait until we are on first name terms. Be strong, Be grateful.
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Got asked to be a sponsor today and itās nice to think that someone wants what I have and trusts me to give it to them but Iām currently on step 4 myself and my analogy of that is like being a brain surgeon student at university, Iāve learnt how to cut your skull open but after that your on your own mate. Also chuckled at the amount of tea I drink in a day and whether it was good for me 
30 plus years of drugs and alcohol and never questioned it once 
oh I do love the mind of an alcoholic. Insanityā¦
Be strong, Be grateful, Be prepared to do whatever it takes.
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Why could I not see this earlier ??!
FINALLY I can go to sleep now 
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Thank you Paul for making me laugh with the tee conundrum you seem to be having. The irony of it allā¦ You are spot on with your brain surgery scenario. All in good time my friend. You can share with them how you got to where youāre at today. Share with people that there is hope/recovery for alcoholics like us. Proud of you, keep up the good work Paul. Recovery is a beautiful thing and the promises do come true in oneās life. 
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Today I did not stick to my program but no one is perfect. I was dishonest, selfish, a sloth, over righteous, resentful and they were my good points 
on the bright side I am sober, did some step 4 work and had time to meditate and reflect on my day. I still think I acted calmer than I would if I was drinking and probably would have had a mini meltdown and lots of self pity but I found solutions and god sent me some help which at the end of the day means I wasnāt too selfish after all bc the problem was solved without me having to lift a finger anyway. Itās all boring work stuff.
Be strong, Be grateful, Be more subtle in your approach to recovery and maybe sometimes itās worth keeping your opinions to yourself, Lesson to self. 
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Sorry mate! Copied from Danniās Thread.
Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empthay, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in anotherās world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self-kind of understanding
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I thought of exactly this quote too 
Not always easy as we knowā¦ but very true
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Right before going to bed sober, praying for the people in Vienna! So sad.
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