This is my song for my 44 years old I used Shazam to discover Hand In My Pocket by Alanis Morissette. https://www.shazam.com/track/218148/hand-in-my-pocket
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Day 37 checking in friends😊
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Happy Birthday!! 
You deserve to be celebrated. Don’t give up on yourself! You’re totally worth fighting for.
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Day 148. Creeping up on 5 months of sobriety. Things have changed but there’s still more to work on. But for today I just need to spend some time in prayer and meditation before work. If you’re just starting your sober journey I’m here to tell you it gets better. Keep fighting for yourself. Do the next right thing and take it one day at a time. 
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Happy Birthday…bless you on your journey. One day at a time does it
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That’s a great song! So many memories attached to that one… Thanks for the flashback.
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@Dejavu
500 days!!! Enough said. We all hope to be there some day.
@Salty
60 days!!!
Whoooooooohoooooo!!! You go girl!!!
@Fargesia_murielae
Congratulations on 180 days!!! Not sure how I missed this one. You are killing it my friend!!!
@beaniebun @Nvbookthief
You both are racking up days faster than a Hoover!!! Congratulations on 36 and 56 days respectively!!!
@Hidden
Wow, I turned around and boom💥, 80 days.
Great job!!! Congratulations!!!
@Bob123
36 days!!! Killing it!!!
@NWWitch
Day 18!!! Great job!!! Keep fighting! 
@TrueSpiritRyuu
Whoooooohoooooo!!!
1 full month sober. Nice!!!
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Day 17
Nothing special about today. Pouring rain here. Flash flood warnings all over (no playing in storm drains today🤪). I have a busy day at work and then my Smart meeting after work. Rolling into Friday and the weekend. Biking is done for the week until Saturday.
@Jen2020 @Hopeful777 @Shannon1980
Sober twins, don’t let the lull between milestones trip you up. We are all going to fight and resist our way to 21 days ( three full weeks)!!! Mind your monkeys 
especially heading into Friday and the weekend. Make your sober plans now!!!
Everyone have a great and sober day!!!
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Public service announcement for TS guys from @GVLNative:
Guys, if you have not ordered Valentine’s flowers, do so right now. 
Also, restaurant reservations are probably mostly gone now. Make reservations today.
Gifts are up to you, but Amazon has two day shipping and cards. Easy peasy!!!
This only applies if you have a Valentine.
I do not, so I don’t have to worry about it. 
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Respect! Appreciate the support my friend…ive dropped weight and am exercising daily. Feel reborn!! Keep it up all
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Most of these boneheads probably have not thought of it. They will be in a panic next week.
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Day 71. Happy to be not drinking. I am doing therapy and it’s useful. I realize I have a compulsion to be productive, and I end up doing fake-productive things instead of just being to take a break.ike, drinking, or online shopping: they’re ways to tell myself I’m doing something, I’m fixing something, I’m addressing a need. But I don’t need to be always doing that; it’s actually destructive not productive. I think I need to make myself go to some kind of meeting, too, or maybe just in person yoga/ meditation.
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D 607
Anxiety sky-high this morning, and for me, this often translates (and today is no exception) to a short fuse and being easily frustrated by the smallest of things. This is also how my depression often manifests, uneccessary frustration and easily irritated by others. Example being this morning driving to work, I drove like a mad man and I was getting so angry with other drivers going so fucking sllllooooow. It was stupid behavior, though! I take such risky driving maneuvers and get so aggressive, neither of which is a usual character trait of mine.
A chatty coworker, who loves a talk even when its obvious I’m working on something, was bothersome as well. He just tries to be friendly, and I tolerated it this morning, but I wanted to bite his head off. He’s really nice and I feel bad for just even feeling angry towards him, even though I dont act on it.
The #1 thing that gets to me in these times is perceived instances of carelessness or oversight by others, which isn’t fair for me to misplace anger like that. It’s like my usual understanding and compassionate self just vanishes when I get into this mindset.
I need to get better at managing this shit.
EDIT: Now that things have cooled off…I want to mention that I actually have gotten better about this, my GF has mentioned it a few times that my these instances have become noticeably more rare. I do this by catching myself in these moments of frustration and “reeling it in”, cooling myself off, reminding myself that these small inconveniences are nothing to get frustrated about, and that how I react emotionally to any external stimuli is my own CHOICE. I think this morning I was more upset with myself for failing to catch myself in the moment today and cool myself off faster. I failed to use the tools I have learned. But then I need to remind myself, I am not perfect and I am still practicing this technique with the goal to make it habit.
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Happy birthday, Thomas! Glad you are here!
About a week ago I was killing it the gym. I had just broke my PR for deadlifts(650lbs). I was doing some isolation work on my traps at the end of my workout. I was on my 5th or 6th rep when I felt a tear in my left forearm. Well, I completely tore my left distal bicep tendon. Yay me. Surgery is tomorrow and I’m looking at 6 months before I can get back to regular activities…
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Fuck man, brutal. 6 months out of comission is rough. Anything you can do in the meantime for fitness?
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Nope. Just stationary bike for 3 months. No weights allowed. I have to allow the tendon to reattach to the surgical site.
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Hello, day 65. Right now, I’m in clarity. Glad to be sober. But last night, I was craving bad. Sometimes, I feel like Dracula trying to abstain from blood. 
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Woof. Sorry to hear, man. At least you can still get the cardio in, though. Better than not being able to do shit the whole time.
Speedy recovery dude. Then get back at it, better than ever.