Thanks Dan!! @Dejavu
Oh wouldnt that be nice 
I no longer have my flower shoes with me but maybe my nap gear will replace them in appearance?
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You just ask. Did you? People are usually very pleased & honoured by that
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Thanks dear @SoberWalker darling. The Asian thing is to call 50 years milestone a beginning of a woman’s new spring. Isnt it comforting…? 
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Thanks frank @anon89892515 
I spent last night with my stablemates and they gave me a tiny watchover angel i can keep with me. Im gonna carry it everyday and especially when my treatment starts 
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Amazing job Bill! Huge congrats. Excellent work. Inspiring stuff. Thanks so much for the share.
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- Great day yesterday. Now for the weekend. Going to more meetings, have to work out, have to babysit my besties daughter, have to do some house chores, have to be here, have to be there. Honestly I don’t really ‘have’ to do anything or be anywhere. But I want to. Like I want to be clean & sober. And I am. Looking at it like that my life actually is pretty good right now. Have a great sober weekend all! Love from Amsterdam.
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That’s a nice saying 
I’m not afraid of being or getting older. I like my age as it is, 51 now. I hope I will become a very old lady some day. In Dutch we have a saying: “Wie niet oud wil worden, moet zich vroeg opknopen”
It’s a hard way of saying, but we Dutch are direct people 
Translation:
" If you do not want to become old, you have to hung yourself early".
So I rather be as old I can be, cherishing my new grey hairs and wrinkles 
In the middle of my woman new spring!!
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Got a bit behind on the check in thread so too much to comment on individually, but you’re all awesome! Whether your day is a struggle or a success I want you to know that I really appreciate you sharing your story here.
I have had a weird week or so. Have had some proper relationship conversations about where we’re going and it’s really getting close to the time I change jobs. Feels like a transitional time, taking steps I wasn’t expecting to and I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Have done a bit more yoga this week and combined with dropping my sugar intake I’m feeling healthier. Today will be mainly walking with a bit of time at the allotment and dropping in to a Recovery Dharma meeting.
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Oh yes, age/numbers dont matter like they say, its the thing between your ears and in your heart. Ive said that my ultimate goal is to be a smiling old lady. That says it all
Flourishing spring to us both 
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Wow,
True Adulting!
I’m impressed. 
It’s 5 am here…my boyfriend still isn’t home. He goes to poker night once in a blue moon to an old friends house about an hour out and sometimes these late nights occur bc he drinks too much. Last time he went there his phone died and he didn’t come stumbling home til around 8 am and slept it off all day. He knows in the morning we have a jam packed day getting ready for this trip. I told him not to do this to me again…I feel like his mother constantly checking in and it doesn’t help that he drives a manual sports car that is pretty difficult to drive especially if you’ve had something to drink so my mind always wanders to the worst. sigh just when you think they get it its back to square one. Anyways I hope y’all have a nice sober Saturday.
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Hope your man gets home safe, Emilie, and in a semi-useful condition. 
Day 190
I actually have to exit the app and recheck the number of days lately.
Dreamt of severed heads, some real, some paper mache’, luxury yachts, and an old love interest (isn’t that a classy way of putting it?).…all in one weirdass dream.
Usually I dream the more bizarre stuff when I take Valerian before bed. This just came out of my brain au naturale.
Have a super sober Saturday you sober superstars!! 
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I’d say if you have her number and you feel comfortable, call her Kairi.
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Day 546.
Just a few days away from 18 months! I have not checked in here lately as I’ve had a lot going on but I wanted to pop on while I had a second. Lots of busy moments here lately just living life, healing, finding my true zen in a difficult place and literally as soon as I did that, things shifted finally! A moment I thought would never come has finally arrived! It’s an absolute (welcome) whirlwind right now but this weekend my house is finally alllllll mine again to put back together! 
I feel peace, serenity, excitment. My space is already becoming tranquil again and calm even in the midst of massive chaos. My heart couldnt be happier about that!
I hope sober life is finding you all well! Ta-ta for now, I’ve got lots to get back to!
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Thanks for checking in with an update. It put a smile on my face and a bit of that Zen rubbed off I think.
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Aww, I’m happy to hear that! It was a good shift for me. A week ago I was anything but zen so I had to do some conscious work to get there. When I did, life really shifted forward!
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Day 1 (again) although first day of using this daily check in. Had some good advice and have dharma recovery book in the post. Currently sat on the exercise bike and gonna do some online gaming later with some friends I haven’t spoken to in a long while after a period of self anger and self destruction. New job starting next week also so hoping the time away working silly hours will keep me focused instead of being too stressful. Anyway, grateful to be here and have a couple of people so generous with their time and words that I’m now back and being sober again. 3 days for me will be a massive achievement at this point in time so here goes nothing!
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Checking in, heading into day 13. I feel almost shy to say my days when some have so many, but I know I will get there if I keep at it. To be honest, when I first got here, my main intention was to get through the anniversary of my Mum’s death (which I did). And then I decided to keep going until camping. Which I went into planning to drink. Hindsight of course I regret that. But I can’t change that. I did moderate, but that’s not the point. I think I feel better knowing that camping is likely done for the season. I wasn’t sure if “forever” was for me. But the more I stick around here, reading reading reading, the more my views are changing. Thanks to everyone for all the support, wisdom, etc. I look forward to being better. Onwards & upwards. 
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It doesn’t matter how many days we have Salty, we all only have today.
I use other people’s numbers as motivation. Especially after reading their similar stories and situations, or worse! And think that if they can build up that many, one day at a time, then I can as well.
Don’t ever feel you’re journey is less meaningful than others.
In my mind that’s the start of the slow slide down!
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