Day 189. Early start at the gym, a good meal and now off to band practice. Its gonna be a good productive day. Ive been around alcohol quite a bit the last few days but it hasnt been too difficult. Im thankful to TS for helping me build up a strong tool box to help me deal with these situations.
Have a great day gang, you’re all doing great 
Gaining a little weight is way better than drinking 
@Joyce19 yay for the contract 
@Bomdhil I’ve never seen someone like you. You often only may see the struggling-you, but I see a guy who is getting up again and again and again! Wow. You got more strength than you know Thomas 
Hey, I’m new here. Day two of not smoking. Would like to check in daily. I’m using nicotine patches, and am realising how powerful habits can be 
I really want to make it though, because giving up smoking is a prerequisite of being baptised and becoming a member of this Christian church that I really believe in…
Read the concerns about ADHD meds… I used to self medicate with amfetamines for a time, then got diagnosed about a year after moving away and not having access to those. Talked to my psychiatrist about my history with drugs, still prescribed me ritalin, it has never been an issue. Only thing is that even two years later, I’m still only allowed to pick up 3 months worth per prescription… Which I’m more than happy with, because it creates an outward accountability of sorts.
Checking into day 35. Start my orange theory fitness class this morning at 10:00am. Then I’ll make some work calls. Have a happy Saturday folks!
Ish, dear lady, it’s such a great feeling to see guys that had a bit of a shaky time building up days.
Good for you.
Day 235.
Sending lots of love and congratulations out to @anon30771928, @Eke, @Ark, @Frantasticooo, @Hawke, @emc2018, @jellyem For reaching some impressive milestones today. It makes me so happy to see such wonderful people working so hard every day to get there. 
Day 18, and alcohol cravings have definitely decreased 
. However, the sugar cravings are unreal! I’ve never been a big sweets person - I usually love me some salt. But this past week, the sugar cravings have been so strong that I honestly ate oreo cookies for dinner on more than 1 occasion. So now the alcohol hangovers are a thing of the past…but the sugar hangovers are a whole different beast! Im tired, my head hurts, I’m a pretty irritable bitch. I was planning to ax sugar, but I know I’ll detox from that as well and feel like garbage. I was hoping to wait until the alcohol withdrawls were a much more distant memory than they are at day 18, but it feels like I’ll need to rip that band-aid off sooner than later.
Those insulin spikes make you feel awful. I still sugar binge occasionally and it makes me so incredibly sleepy and sick feeling. Bought Rebel ice cream a few weeks ago (Keto friendly/low net carbs) and that has been helping on the nights I just want a big bowl of ice cream. Have been sipping on diet soda (Diet Cherry 
), when I feel like I’m ‘missing out’ on a yummy beverage. Need to cut those out eventually, but I’m in no rush 
Me either, I was always do self-righteous about never eating sweets, then when I quit I lived on junk food and cupcakes and ice cream. It’ll subside. Have some fruit smoothies, those help.
Having some protein with your sugar can (potentially) lessen cravings; adding protein with sugar/carb can slow down absorption and cause less of a spike in your blood glucose, therefore less likely to “crash” as much where we crave more. So a boiled egg or a handful of nuts with your Oreo sounds funny but could possibly help with cravings 
or fruit with protein, that way you get something sweet but nutritious. Like fruit & cottage cheese or Greek yogurt. However even without the protein, better than giving in to alcohol/DOC. Now I’m hungry! 
Same boat here! I’m day 27 and this weekend seems to be better than last weekend as far as sugar cravings go. Last weekend I was in a sugar binge like crazy!! Smoothies are a great option like @anon44659383 mentioned bc you can make them taste good and be low sugar and low carb! Still there is something about ice cream right now, lol
Checking in on day 73, last night for the first time in at least a week I had a using dream. A month or two ago it seemed as though I was having these 5 or 6 times a week, now they are a lot less frequent and some weeks I don’t have one. If anyone follows my posts in dream threads, I have posted a lot about how I’m learning about lucid dreaming, astral projection, and being able to control everything while dreaming. Last night was the first time I’ve been able to tell myself as I was about to use that I was dreaming and theres no way this will work. I performed a reality check mid dream which told myself I was indeed in a dream state, and somehow stopped myself from using. I find lucid dreaming and these very in depth meditations on astral projection to be amazing and so difficult to explain let alone understand. So much science behind this, and it’s a real thing because so many people have experienced the same things, and tests have been performed on people during REM sleep to prove it. I plan on practicing more and more every day, doing more research, and I’m hoping sometime soon I can do all the real cool things people can perform like rolling their astral body out of their physical body and fly around the world, watch yourself sleep, do anything you want. This stuff is truly memorizing and I cannot speak highly enough of how it’s single handedly helped me stay sober
Day 180…wow hit a milestone, but I am here living for today. I was chatting with a friend while my daughter was drawing and our conversation was a little on the dark side about climate issues. My daughter pipped up and said: that’s some really scary stuff. On the car ride home I told her: I know we were talking about really scary stuff and I have no idea what the future holds for us, but I do know this, we have today, right now, and if we do good today, then tomorrow will be ok!
This is such a crazy adventure, and I am no longer using substances whether Rx or etoh to deal with my pain, sadness and anxiety. I can only deal with what I got. I will carry on and trust the journey.
Thank you everyone here. You have no idea how sharing your journeys helps me everyday.
Wishing you all the best! LD
I know how you feel about the sugar cravings. I never ever ate any sweet stuff not even sugar in my tea but I’m now eating chocolate, cake etc… 
Just glad I’m not cranky.
I’m now planning on quitting sugar as of tomorrow. I’ve still got cake to eat from the birthday barbecue/party I’m at… 
Have a pleasant sober weekend.
Beautiful Leah! Congratulations on 180 Day!
Day 183
Nothing much happening. It looks like we might be spared the brunt of this hurricane.
The monotony of not being able to walk is really starting to take its toll. Read, TV, nap, repeat.
Ho-effin-hum, really.
