Welcome to this awseome forum Jen. There’s a lot of great information on here as well as wonderful people to help you along in your journey. 
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Day 15,
Since I’m not drinking anymore, I’m wasting my money on other things, my family got into Funko Pop, we got this bad boy today
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I believe so. I have a different, more grounded, calm, realistic feeling this time. Less “perfect or nothing”, more “I appreciate my incompleteness”. And not getting what I imagine I want or need, is not necessarily bad. There is something to learn here.
Two things I think I’m learning:
- Being comfortable with incompleteness is important. It’s impossible to be the perfect man. It’s important to take what comes at you in life and break it down into day by day chunks. Ask for advice when needed. Communicate.
- I need to connect with people, and this takes effort. I have to listen and reach out and try to understand what styles of communication people need. I have to share my story(ies) with people. I have to give my stories shape and form in images and words and sound and other creations. I have to craft something about what I am and what I’ve been through. It’s important for my sense of accomplishment.
I will keep working on this. I’ll keep sharing. Looking forward to hearing more from you too! 
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Welcome Jen! Lots of good people here and good resources. Anything you need or anything you’re curious about just ask and almost guaranteed someone’s been there. Take a look around the threads and see what you find - there are so many interesting people with interesting stories! Good to have you here & we’re looking forward to getting to know you 
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Good points. I’m not looking for perfection either. I’m looking for freedom. I have plenty of other imperfections besides what I’m here for. 
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Day 47 checking in, friends.
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Day 40 checking in. Ready for the week!
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Welcome, and congrats on day 37!
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Day 442. Had a few emotions to rein in today, but it was accompanied by self-reflection that taught/reminded me of a number of helpful things. Today’s group was especially useful as well. Knocked a few things off my to-do list that has been growing, so that’s a bit of a relief. Tomorrow feels… big 
but I’ll get through.
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63 Days: From a blah day until today my sobriety baffles and amazes me. From keeping life simple to over complicating everything. This is what my 63 day sober mind brings me.
My resolve to remain sober has never been stronger, the clarity and presence of my mind is refreshing, but also painful.
With that clarity comes the resurfacing of all the reasons I chose to drink every day, my dark side. But the clarity also gives me hope that I can overcome all of the dark and one day live a stress/worry free life.
My problem is I have no clue how to untangle the mess I’ve made. All I know is I can’t do it drunk or high, just trying to find strength to do it sober.
So one day at a time is how I’m doing it. I can be happy for a day, but I know I need to work harder and face my demons head on. Absorbing all the positives I can to keep me motivated, but I know I’ve got a long way to go.
Grateful I’m no longer drinking myself into oblivion. Going to work on one more day.
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26 days, going forward! 
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Day 1 checking in 
back to the beginning. One day at a time.
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You be as chuffed as you can, 90 days sober ain’t no small feat, congrats 
Keep doing what you’re doing and pile up them days ODAAT!
Blessings and sobriety!
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Thank you! I totally relate to eating sweets “alcoholically”. It’s been rough because I never had a sweet tooth before so I don’t have experience weaning myself off of them. But I’m trying!!
Good luck to you too, after those brownies 
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Thank you 
… wait my connection is going weird… I can’t read the last bit of your post … 
Checking in day 12, feeling fine and looking forward to be off from work tomorrow after to many work days. Calls for relaxing time.
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Day 203! Wish you all a great day!
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Day 1 and determined. This app and your stories has provided me with the motivation🤝
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Day 20 finished
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