Me toooo! Day 21😁
8 Likes
Day 26 for the win.
11 Likes
So happy to hear this! I miss her and am happy she is well! 
1 Like
Checking in on day 53
20 Likes
Tonight will be day 7. Cancelled my plans to hangout with the SO today to get some rest. For the first time last night I had thoughts about selling my home and moving into an apartment, so I can afford to go to day shift. It’s a hard decision, when kids are involved and their dad lives around the corner. But they deserve a happy and healthy mom. Something I’m thinking about. Hope everyone has an awesome day!
23 Likes
Day 3 Sober. I feel very humiliated by myself but humility is a good starting point. Patience, patience I keep repeating to myself
16 Likes
Definitely worth thinking about Ashley! If it makes the difference between you being happy and sober. At the end of the day you have to look at what’s more important to you and your family.
These decisions can be difficult.
1 Like
Nicely done, @Hailstrom!!!
Good quote (by Peterson) something I need to take to heart. The “years of hiding away from life” have definitely sapped my creativity.
Day 174:
I usually start my days in silence. But this morning I just made the mistake of offering someone-who-shall-not-be-named a morning salutation. A 30-minute diatribe against the world ensued.
It’s interesting to have the ability to self analyze a reaction in myself as it’s happening, and noticing how those reactions have changed over the past few months.
Sober on my mighty sober peeps!
16 Likes
It’s out of my system and I’m now officially out of the “whoa is me” excuses to drink 
Definitely not in denial that I’m an alcoholic and know that one day it could take me under if I don’t quit. Currently working on a few big decisions that would only help with my coping abilities when life gets heavy.
14 Likes
Well done @Hailstrom! Congratulations! 
1 Like
Well, only those that follow that thread. There is a whole world of TS people that don’t follow certain threads. I didn’t even realize you and memes were a thing. 
2 Likes
Day 17. Checkin.
“Strengthening the space between impulse and action”
Love this quote.
Have great days all x
16 Likes
Day 226. One of the most important things I have learned on my journey is self care. I must take good care of myself in order to be there for others. 
21 Likes
Day 380 or 390something. Not even 8am, and I’m very aware I need a meeting. Cranky, cranky this morning. Pausing and regrouping. Letting go of the reins today. I have no control over people, places, and things. Ready for football season to start. #RollTide
25 Likes
Day 11 here! Motivated AF to keep on with this journey. I’ll tell you this place is one hell of a tool to keep me on track and accountable. The comments you give and the information I gain is most valuable. Also, I enjoy welcoming people here. I give the best advice I can so others might gain some insight and strength to carry on. This community is the best. Have a wonderful sober day everybody!
23 Likes
It’s just a place to rest your head. I’d rather be life rich and house poor than life poor and house rich. You deserve to be happy. While the boys might be upset about the change initially (they’re kids), in the long run they’ll be happy for the time they had with their alert and rested mom. Taking care of ourselves is the best thing we can do for those we care about. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
17 Likes
This sounds like a solid decision.
1 Like
Day 7. All is well in the universe. My cat does not feel the same with the sounds coming from the military range
18 Likes
Day four here. Coming towards the end of the week and I can feel that common pull to drink.
10 Likes
Yesterday was a very powerful day.
After 10 months of wondering what’s happening, I finally got word from my attorney that the DA’s office filed charges against me.
I am being charged with felony DUI as well as grievous bodily harm. There is now a warrant for my arrest and my bail is set at $130,000.00.
I can’t even begin to tell you what a toll this is taking on my wife and our marriage. (our marriage isn’t great to begin with… Very complicated and, honestly, pretty disfunctional.) Be that as it may, we have been saving up to pay for an IVF procedure and the plan was to proceed this fall. We can’t afford to wait any longer, and now it seems like we can’t afford to move forward. She is in agony and it is completely my fault. I have never hurt anyone this badly before, least of all someone I love. There is an aspect of this that seems like a blessing in disguise. Objectively speaking, it is probably best that she and I not have a child because ultimately, we probably shouldn’t be married; but if thats a blessing, it’s the most painful one I’ve ever seen. Today I feel like I’m ruining her life, one step at a time. This is where I surrender it up. I’m asking my higher power to take the wheel. I just got to work and I feel like I could collapse /pass out at any moment.
297 days sober and grateful for it. Now more than ever.
26 Likes