Checking in sober. Today is day 359. Just 6 days shy of that year!!!
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Congrats congrats congrats to you!!! It warms my heart to see your success!! 
You’ve worked so hard and truly deserve happiness.
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That’s fricken amazing! Congrats on 359
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yes. Vertigo put me in the hospital in November 2016. My ears are mush from my service time, and sensitive to fluid from infection. This time was different. Thought I was having a heart attack. Dizzy. Nausea. Cold sweats. Vision graying out. EKG was normal. Same for CT scan and MRI. Was prescribed meclizine, and it gradually went away. It can be purchased OTC here for motion sickness under the brand name Bonine. Also, a few drops of isopropyl alcohol in each ear will help draw out inner ear fluid, and decongestants will also help your ears drain.
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They resolved pretty quickly, but I would have an occasional minor flair up every few weeks. I’d just take some bonine (which is an OTC motion sickness med) take a nap, and would be back to normal.
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Day 27 checking in…I am loving my sober weekends. I’m gonna watch some comedy specials with this woman who is way out of my league (lucky for me she is also my wife).
Coffee is my drink of choice tonight 
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Thank you Beth. I owe my accomplishments to everyone on this forum. I know I would have given up long ago if I tried to do this on my own. 
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Day 16. Didn’t speak with my man at all before bed last night and he left for work before I woke up. He text around 3 saying ‘sorry about the shower curtain, I slipped on the soap’. I had already bought and hung up the new set (needed to be done anyways). He still hasnt come home from work so I’m not sure where we’re at. My day kind of sucked. I felt fine all morning but after I was at work for an hour my eyes started burning terribly. They looked horrible too. I dont know if it’s some allergy, as I worked outside all night, or a sinus issue(bc I’ve never really had one) bc I started getting a lot of pressure around my nose, eyes, and ears. Feels better now that I’m home, washed my face, and put in allergy eyedrops. Anyways, gotta push thru it to make it thru work tomorrow. We’ll see. I rented the Neverending Story, which I grew up on and have probably seen 100+times. I figured my daughter was old enough to sit thru it, and she did and enjoyed it. That was nice. Thank you everyone who was up late last night and responded to my responses on multiple threads. It really helped keep my mind off things. Goodnight 
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Congrats to @anon60334405 on 200 days and @Dan531 on joining the 300 club! I love seeing all these great milestones.
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Checking in day 27
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337 Days. I’m so happy this week is finally over. I’m getting too old to continue working 12 hour days and trying to keep on my domestic duties (house cleaning, laundry, yard work etc). It’s tiring but someone’s gotta do it. I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I’m really proud of my husband, he’s on day 5 of no alcohol. The hardest days are behind him and us. It’s not easy dealing with someone going thru withdrawal but it’s much better than the alternative.
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Was thinking about you Courtney, Hope you are doing well. @Dragonflygirl82 May peace and serenity be with you on your journey.
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Day 53.
I guess I didn’t realize I had high expectations for the day… until day didn’t go according to my script… 
No catastrophes, nothing unmanageable, just an anticipated pleasant day trip turned into construction delays galore, throngs of other local day-trippers who seemed to stop and have a picnic and catch up on their social media (tho maybe TS? 
) while strolling across the street (as I search in vain for an imaginary empty parking stall), being turned away from cafes at capacity… …all things completely out of my control, and all would have been entirely unmitigated by a beverage, were I to have admitted “defeat!”.
Seltzer water and I practiced some calm detachment (interspersed with occasional whispered expletives) instead, and carried on with the day 
Enjoying the time to catch up with pals here. It’s interesting to visit/vacation in my hometown and environs - much has changed in these places, and much with me too. Just trying to be open and curious to how it all feels, still too soon to know how it may shake down - how I will relate to people and places when I’m further along in my days. For now, one day at a time.
Welcome @Jamfeb!
Congrats @anon60334405 - 200 days is whole lotta days. Your posts continue to inspire me, or give me something to think about, and usually (of course when you intend to!) make me smile. Hope you are proud!
G’night all - big love 
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Day 11
The weekends are easy for me, husband here, no chance to drink. Frustrated that my husband has yet again gone to potter around shops while I do homework with son and daughter is being babysat by Youtube. Son needs lots of help, so have to be with him. Daughter feels neglected. I feel guilty. But husband works fulltime so weekends he wants his own time. No perfect answer.
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Checking in day 34 !
Thank you and God bless !
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Checking in on day 77. It’s a great, sunny, hot day here. Wishing everyone a happy sober day 
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Daily checking, had my first night out yesterday since I started my journey. The weather was warm and nice, I had alcohol free beers - let’s be honest they were not good. Feels like soberness has no taste.
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- Took the day off from cleaning all together yesterday and had a busy (social) day instead. Thanks again @Claartje. Had coffee with my bestie, cycled to the organic farm where I got a really excellent piece of cheese this time. Visited the Rembrandthuis museum, which is the house where Rembrandt lived before he went bankrupt. Nice little museum with an interesting little exhibition on images of black people in the 17th century.
Afterwards set outside my old bar and actually I had fun for the first time in a long long time, either drinking or sober. Left when the rest of the people there started to get drunk. Got Chinese Surinam take away that I used to get a lot coming home drunk from the same bar in the past. Sober the chow mein is still pretty good. Got home and talked to my friend in Texas. Watched NBA. All sober and clean. Planning on a slower day today. Again clean and sober. Have a good day all. Love from Amsterdam where I liked this painting of Congolese envoy Don Miguel de Castro from 1643.
@Soll Soberness does have taste. It just doesn’t taste like alcohol and it needs getting some used to. Personally I never saw the point in drinking AF beer. Take your time finding alternatives. They are there. BTW, eating out has gotten more enjoyable for me since I got sober, not drinking alcohol to dull my taste buds after a couple of glasses. Success.
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