Congratulations on 500. WOW!! So happy for you. 
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Day 1… Again…
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Day 8. Mentally ok but the people around me are actively sabotaging
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So don’t hang with them if you can help it. I mean obviously you don’t say in what context these people are, but if they’re jeopardising your sobriety, get rid of them.
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Not been in here much for a while but thought I would check in on day 200, keep up the good work everyone and remember one day at a time 
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No worries… didn’t felt it that way. I appreciate you replied.
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Day 4 here. Frustrated by some negativity lingering from the consequences of using and those I used with. Hitting a meeting know this will help stop the negative thoughts and keep me focused on myself. Im taking responsibility for my own life and choices. Never want to return to that drama again. Thankful for this forum. Good day to all. Would appreciate some positive vibes sent my way.
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Thank you my sober friend
Hope that you will feel better soon.
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Congrats on your 100 days! I often found milestones brought up emotions, so yes, you aren’t alone there.
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How marvelous!! Love the photos!!
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Nice job on your 200!!!
Love this! Congratulations on all those days. 
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Bootz, you’re crazy, but you’re great.
Well done. It don’t matter how we do it, we just do it!
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- Something I’ve been thinking about the last few days is why I dont crave all that much and why I dont actually talk much about using. I notice a lot of members here engage in conversation about using and drinking and the effects of sobriety quite a lot whereas I speak about cooking, daily life and things I’m looking forward to. And I’ve given it some thought and really tried to pinpoint why it is that I dont seem to struggle with sobriety as much as I really struggled with active addiction … because it really was a struggle. Is it the fact that I did all my struggling whilst in active addiction or was it that I’m ignoring the initial issue as to why I was drinking and using drugs in the first place? The biggest hurdle I’ve really come to is “356 days sobriety, that’s nothing” and it really isnt much - it’s still early sobriety and in terms of longevity, isnt all that. But what I also found was that this isnt why my sobriety doesn’t feel so threatened because I’m fully aware that unless I work on it, it is threatened and I spoke earlier on in another thread very briefly about accountability which has also come up a lot recently in discussions of sobriety. I truly believe that for my sobriety, accepting responsibility for my actions and accepting that accountability and owning the fact that I behaved badly was the first step for me in working on building a better life for myself and it would really appear that many of the people on here also feel the same. So while we go off the mantra of ‘one day at a time’ (which is fine, I understand the idea that it’s supposed to refocus our attention to ‘now’), are we too used to worrying about the longevity of our sobriety rather than the strength of it? I feel I’m in a really good place…a place where I dont really have a problem with taking on tough topics of conversation, I dont need much encouragement and I dont really need anyone remind me of what an asshole I was when I was using; I’m aware of that and I’m truly sorry. I have no problem in saying it and make no apology for it but although not very long, my sobriety is very strong and for as long as I continue to keep myself in check and stay honest with the ones I care most about, I will actually be alright. I know that if I get complacent I will have a problem on my hands so the thing I will work on most going forward is making sure I am aware that even though I feel strong, I’m not invincible and I must be able to hold myself accountable for my own actions. The moment of clarity I had, where I often say I found my higher power, was the moment where I didnt really relinquish control of my life but where I took it back wholeheartedly with both hands. And I fucking love it
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Wow, very well said.
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What’s going on man?
How are you being sabotaged?
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Nah, @Jane.c. That’s awesome. I could have had full time off paid to do rehab and IOP but passed. Looking back the result was a few more years of being a relapsed drunk, selfish, not very helpful jerk on the job. Would have been so much more productive to just accept the help then and get right in the long run
Ah well, better late than never?
So I think it’s super rad you’re taking the time to get after it. 
#worthit
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Thankyou
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Checking in on day 10. I hope you are all keeping well 
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This reminds me, I really wish Angie-Lah’s “The war is over” thread was still posted.
It is a fine line, but that realization of life beyond not using is such a thing. Hell, it’s the promise that brings so many of us here.
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