Day 44 and counting. Sobriety rocks!
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Better than drugs or alcohol! Looks sooooo good. I’m craving sweets like crazy right now too. 
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Poor you but good on.you for accepting the challenge and good luck. I’m still working out how to change.my dam profile on this site … why do we feel the need to tell everyone “I’m an alcoholic” the Alcohol.companies should stop spending so much money trying to trick us into drinking their poison, I’m going to do a check.in post too. 
we got this 
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That looks amazing.
Heh. I wrecked half a pint of Ben & Jerry’s this afternoon. I mean, no cravings or anything. Ice cream is just bomb. 
Glad you’re here, @Jane.c. 
IOP is a trip, but it can really be something else to witness the change that occurs.
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That sounds rough Josh, you should definitely get to your Dr, my son has epipens for egg allergy and I wouldn’t be without them (thankfully he is growing out of it which you cannot with shellfish) once you’ve had the reaction the potential is it will be worse next time, also if you have the reaction just to touching imagine your reaction to accidentally injesting it! They will probably make you go through allergy testing but better safe than sorry. I’ve treated full blown anaphylaxis at work in A&E several times and it’s scary stuff
Hope your feeling better
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Wow, that looks delicious and it actually looks like you showed a great deal of restraint. I punished a whole packet of jam rolls once at around the same day count. When the body needs sugar the body needs sugar. I’m sorry I don’t know what IOP stands for but it’s great to have support on here., today is a new day
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I ate three ice cream bars yesterday. Oh well.
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Day 29…wow I was in a bad mood this weekend. I scored bad on my test yesterday which really sent me into a funk. I didn’t drink tho. I got good news about the test today, the teacher graded it and gave me some partial credits and I passed the essay question so it bumped me to a passing grade. So if I would have lost my sobriety over the grade I thought I got yesterday it would have been all for nothing. Flipping 4 more weeks of his class! My step daughters were also here this past weekend with my nieces who are visiting from out of state. Very different personalities and likes, even tho they are the same ages. I’m ready for some peace and quiet. Anyway, I’m just rambling…back to work tomorrow after the long weekend, which they are never long enough.
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Thanks @Shell - Its definitely something I’m going to consider because I wont be able to work if I allow the allergy to stand in front of it. And there are things I can do to limit the risk so I will definitely look at the options. Egg allergy is a bastard isnt it? I’ve only met a few people who have it but so many things contain egg it’s so easy to get caught. I hope he does come out of it soon
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I just finished off a milkshake and yesterday had 2 scoops of ice cream, lol. Really need to tap into my sugar demon and get rid of it.
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I can really relate. I remember my scariest moment was on xmas eve. I was like 2.5 months sober and had been stressed about getting through 48 hours of xmas festivities with family around loads of alcohol. I got through it, got into my car and my first thought was “phew, I’m so glad I got through that 48 hours without a drink. I should celebrate by having a drink.” That scared the whatists out of me and I called a friend, bee-lined it to a meeting and was so grateful that a few weeks earlier I had gotten rid of all the booze from my house, because otherwise I wouldn’t have felt safe going home.
You did marvelously! You got through it! What an achievement! These experiences make us stronger - you are an inspiration!
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Not me, eating ice cream right now 
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Day 18. 730pm and I’m in bed with my candles lit eating ice cream. In other words just another sober night.
I’ve been feeling down the last two days, today was especially hard. I’m getting into the acceptance part of the end for me and the Sag. He wants me in his life but I can’t stay because I love him. So I’m wading through all these feelings and trying to stop my obsessing. I swear if you read my journal 
. Growing up blows.
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“Cake now!” is a totally legit tool. I made a list for myself and carried it around everywhere I went. It helped me feel better that when I was spinning out and freaking out, I could look at the list and run down it to find something appropriate and keep trying things until it passed. It helped having the list as a reference because I wasn’t always thinking straight. Stuff on my list included:
HALT - Hungry? Eat something delicious. Angry? Hit a punching bag. Lonely? Text or call a friend or sponsor. Tired? Rest/nap
Texting and calling people right away helped, and posting here
Meditation
Exercise
Getting under a cozy blanket or into a fleece animal onesie (no joke) - I got a weighted blanket too
Hot shower (I would stay in the shower and brush my teeth until it passed)
Reading the AA book Living Sober
Go to a meeting or otherwise talk to another alcoholic about it
Write a loooooong gratitude list (A-Z, or 20, 25, 50, 100 things)
Listen to AA speaker tape
Journal my feelings
Also, trusting that the feeling would pass was a big deal - if I stay busy and distract myself, it would go away. Usually after eating something. Feelings and cravings won’t kill us, but what we do in response to them might. Don’t feel bad about having the craving/feeling, feel good about not acting on it.
Hope that helps
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@anon12657779 hope your day gets better man! I found punting wombats helps! Thank @ifs for that discovery!
@anon84416494 yikes bro! Gotta be careful with those allergens!! Do you have an EpiPen? Need one? I know a guy…
@anon44659383 growing up does blow! I say more icecream is in order! I like anything lemon or mint chocolate chip, what are you snacking on?
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For some reason 107°f seemed a whole lot more tolerable 35 years ago. Now, it seems to kick my butt way more.
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Same here in Finland, happy to live amongst a cheap but quality health care system. They still havent ruined our wellfare society.
Was thinking of that the prawn paid for it hard
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Day 9 checking in. Feeling pretty good about myself for making it over a week sober! Hope everyone has or had a good day! 
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- Coffee. Got up half an hour earlier. Gives me some more time for myself before work.Going to try to keep this up. Need the time to work on myself and think and process. Will keep up my sobriety for sure today. Love my sobriety. Have a good sober one all. Love from Amsterdam.
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