Congrats on 2 years! Hoping your 3rd year is a breeze.
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Day 8 sober. I feel motivated although my moodiness is growing this days
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This cracked me up! Iām picturing a mosquito
protest and youāre their target. 
Seriously though, your connection with nature has been a blessing for your sobriety. Keep armed and keep at it.
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@eph-M-eral Superheroes only exist in fiction. U cannot do everything for someone, and shouldnāt feel guilty. I think u need to decide some boundaries, what is possible for u to do and then guiltlessly stick to them.
@Sam7 People being worried about u is a good thing. I understand wanting to keep personal problems between u and a psychiatrist, but that means a lot of putting up walls between visits. U donāt need to spill all to everyone, but how about choosing one or two peopie closest to u or most likely to understand, and letting them know a little? Whenever I have told a little of what is going on with me the sense of relief is enormous.
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96 days without a drink. I havenāt wanted or craved a drink in weeks. I do still sometimes get restless irritable and discontent but in those times I read out of the book or pray and get my 
in the right place then it all goes back to how it should. Happy Independence Day āMerica 
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Came across this and had to share because itās so real.
Iām all for positivity, love and light but itās entirely too unrealistic to be this way all the time. I wouldnāt even want to be like that all the time. Some therapy can come out of sadness, anger, hopelessness, emotional eating, etcā¦ itās a contrast to the good days and keeps us reminded of our lows, giving us a point of reference to appreciate the highs.
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I agree Shay, itās impossible to be happy all the time. We need to learn and grow from all experiences, both good and bad. Thank you for sharing!
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Halfway to a month!
Today I either respected my boundaries and stood up for myself, or was obstinate and cut my nose off to spite my faceš. Either way I did it sober.
It has been about three months of improved eating patterns and I feel my body is learning natural cues again. I ate a lot at dinner last night (vege curry, so I donāt count as a binge, and not binge volume anyway) and this morning I woke up not hungry, whereas usually eating a lot triggers a āeat more and more and moreā response. Really happy about that.
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Day 18. Spent a nice day with my family today then had a relaxing evening at home. Feeling really grateful at the end of this day. I definitely would have isolated today if I were not sober.
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Really awesome to see this - congrats!
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Aww! Poor Josie. Fireworks are going off like crazy and my dog wants to sit outside and watch.
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I have never heard of a dog liking fireworks 
Why am I not surprised 
Josieās hearing is really bad, so I thought I wouldnāt have to cocoon her this year. Perhaps the vibrations impact too 
Much more activity in our neighborhood this year. Another Covid-19 Fallout I guess. Anyhoo, not long to go now, I hope x
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Poor baby 
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Sheās right next to me and is settled now. Sheāll let me know when sheās ready to escape her temporary quarantine 
She used to bolt, and weād have look in every nook and cranny to find her. She found me this time 
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I need one of those for my pup. Heās having a rough night with my crazy neighbors setting off illegal fireworks in the neighborhood!
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Was utterly and completely exhausted, which is often when I think a drink is ok. Was visiting friends with whom I have had drinks beforeānever pushers and they are all th e kinds of folks who only have a couple and at partiesāand said no when offered. Had a wonderful sober time with them! I declined the bonfire because I realized that I need to put my mental health first and sleep is pretty much step one for me. All in all a day that I can be proud of on the sobriety front.
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289 Days. Got up today and the forecast was sun all day. Yay! I had an awesome AA zoom meeting then took my daughter to the pool. Weāre having a nice day, I jump on the TS meeting and out of nowhere comes a storm. Tried waiting it out in the car then decided to head home. As soon as we got changed, the sun comes back out. I should have stuck it out just a little longer. Oh well, I guess weāll try again tomorrow.
Tonight, we enjoyed a great firework display with the help of all the neighbors. They are not legal but all the public displays were canceled so this was the next best thing. The new neighbor directly across the street got down on one knee and proposed to his gf. She starts crying (happy) and comes running to show us her ring. Young love is so sweet.
All in all, a good day considering this is my 1st sober Independence day. I didnāt even think about drinking but then again, there were no drinking opportunities presented.
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