Congratulations 
Welcome in the 2-years-club 
Congrats on the big 90 @RX24!! How exciting that it falls on the 4th of July. Itās like everyone is celebrating with you.
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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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@M-be-free49 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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Better. Still sober. The walk was just what I needed, and I came home to find a ton of support here. Thank you, thank you. I also had an email that the music fest (cancelled) that I usually go to in July was having another virtual concert tonight - 2 artists - one in Iowa and one in Ireland, 8 or 9 hours apart in timezones!, so I tuned in over zoom while making dinner, and about 150-200 people in all kinds of time zones did too, dancing away in their homes. It reminded me of TS and how spread out we are but here for each other. Grateful for you all.
And I made a new mason jar flavour of sparkling water I hadnāt tried yet - watermelon rosemary. It is pretty effing goodā¦ 
@Fromdayone Thank you so much for your compassion. Ironic, really - when weāre feeling failure, it seems counter-intuitive to go easy on ourselves (which isnāt the same as approaching the situation with corkscrew in hand, sigh), but I think itās just what I needed. Thank you againā¦
@Misokatsu Thank you, and I get it re: boundaries, but my Mom without dementia would never make these asks of me. Iām still finding the balance between being there for her and taking care of me, but itās like steering a car - constant adjustments. Even more ironic, I think my parents would freak out at me if they knew I felt like I was letting them downā¦
@Lisa07 Oh, like you and @CapriciousCapricorn - I was a target! For mosquitoes, thankfully, and not exhusbands (grr, sending hugs and resilience for that one). You are right, being in nature will be important for me as I chart this new world of sobrietyā¦ thanks for getting it and me tooā¦
M 
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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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Awwww, scared dogs are the worst! You just wish you could make it end for them, you know?
I used to love fireworks until I got a dogā¦ 
I hope she has recovered!
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