276 days alcohol free today! 
Some days aren’t so easy, sometimes my mind tells me that I miss drinking alcohol, and that “I’m okay and I don’t have a problem”, or that I “need” a drink to relax and/or cope… But the beauty is, I know ALL of this is not true! I don’t actually miss it, because the reality is, drinking brought me much pain and suffering. When I was drinking, most of the time it would end in depression, despair and anxiety. I would say and do things I’d regret. I would hate myself. Now, as a HAPPY, SOBER non-drinker, I am truly learning to love and value myself. To know that I am worthy of love and joy and happiness. I know that I don’t need to drink to relax, to “fit in” or to be okay, it’s in fact the opposite! Now I am more of my courageous, true self. I have good and bad days, like always, but I have the courage and strength to see them through, rather than retreat and crumble at the mercy of substances like alcohol and drugs. This awareness makes me feel good, and I hope sharing it here helps others to feel good too, by making choices from a place of self-love and honour. 
Very beautiful pendant @SoberWalker thanks for sharing today. You’re always an inspiration here in the forum 
- Slept better. Got 3 days to go till my ‘normal’ working schedule restarts. Now coffee and breakfast and read a bit here. @AnonymousD Hope you slept some more. Keep sharing friend. The good and the bad and the pretty and the ugly. You help yourself and the rest of us by doing it. @Awmed Welcome to your sobriety friend! Happy to have you here. Together we’re strong. @ifs It makes me glad to see you working on finding the way up James. ODAAT and all that friend. @SoberWalker I’m not one for stuff like that but this one I really dig. Precious! And well deserved! Happy for you.
Let’s see how the weather develops here. Want to go cycling but not in the rain. Certainly don’t feel like drinking. I’m sober and clean and more grateful for that each and every day. Thanks for being here all. It helps so much to know we are in this together. Clean and sober love from Amsterdam.
Gefeliciteerd Menno!! 
days!! What are you going to do to celebrate? 
Ps, besides the biking 
I think it might be my dreams/nightmares since i wake up feeling this way. Thanks for taking the time to read and answer 
Thanks yes i know time will heal both for me and my parents its just hurting, dont hear from them except when i call. Many times i have been thinking, should i just call them both asking how long they will put me on ice or be mad and dissapointed in me ?
Ik ben ook zo blij dat ik nu sober en wel de huidige wereld met alle corona ellende kan zien. Paar jaar geleden was mijn inname uit pure eenzaamheid en verveling vast verdubbeld ! 
Thanks alot and congratulation on your 1 year . I got some more sleep. Im better but the anger is not fully gone. Didnt expect so, since it was a crazy lvl anger. For a girl who have suppressed and never allowed herselves to feel anger its very crazy to experience it at this lvl it scares the sh#t out of me 
. But i might just put this anger into some serious housecleaning
Give it some rest. In the beginning of sobriaty we are not our best in keeping our calm and do difficult phonecalls 
As I speak for myself…
Focus on you now, that’s enough to deal with for now I guess. When you have more sober days and feeling better it’s time to deal with that kind of things. But that are just my thoughts of it
Well Claudia, I want to see the Noordzee to celebrate. I don’t have a 
and we’re not supposed to take the 
or 
for leisure so I’ll have to 
there 
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That’s a great gift! I would love to live closer by it. Could’t bike for it. How many km’s is it for you?
Thanks for your thoughts on my thinking. I know for sure today is not the day to do it, because of my anger lvl and mental state
Shortest route from my front door is 30 km one way. Normally I make a bit of a detour to get here and back.
@MissDuse Thank you. It’s Palm island, in the Grenadines, … just a short bus, tiny plane, and catamaran away from St. Lucia 
And your number feels like another lifetime
But every day counts:+1: Thank you!!!
300 days, just beautiful! Congrats on being sober and clean, keep on keeping on ODAAT. 
Blessings and sobriety!
Day 113!!!
Well hoooweeee it’s day 60, these last like 6 days have been weird, I haven’t really smiled much. And I’ve been grouchy, specially toward my girls,but it’s all a learning experience it’s gonna be ok. Things are still getting better, I’ve really felt so fatigued lately, and almost like I would going through my first ten days of sobriety again. I’m hoping and thinking it was just bc this was a milestone. Any way it’s Friday so I mean you gotta be happy about that, but yeah my mom is kind of like sinking fear into me about this virus, and I told her yesterday it’s enough I said I’m done worrying about this stupid virus, she is falling into the same shit as everyone else and trying to control everyone’s actions. And it’s turning into anger inside of her, which I believe might be why I’m so frustrated and angry, she absolutely can not handle staying home with girls she is even snappier at them then me. I keep praying to God and I will not stop, I do believe in him. And as always I’m so grateful for all of you. I would like to congradulate all of you, you all are doing great
Day 33…checking in friends😊
Ayyyyy, sorry! That was me yesterday and I had a day like last week. Just woke up raging. I went outside for a bit then forced my teenager to go to the park with me. Sounds simple and stupid, but it really helped. I hope it passes quickly