Day 88 clean and sober today. Hope everyone has an amazing day today!!!
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Ohh english
Words of wisdom
Your not the only one who has said this in less then 24hours
I’m in the process of trying to distance myself from pot smokers and drinkers
I want to live my dream life
Wife, house 
maybe even adopt a little Asian baby (for real)
My old drinking buddies are good people who are trying to put together a good life. But what about my life? That’s what I’ve been thinking about. I want to merry my girlfriend. Not the bottle 
Also something I’ve been thinking about to take it further is my death bed. Will I regret my substance abuse? Including cigg smoking? I think so. Effin a, I regret it now at age 30
I will keep trying to beat this desiese of addictions.
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Brother, ALWAYS turn for help. You offer such encouraging words on here. Let us help you when you need help. A twig is easily broken, a bundle of twigs is not.
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Yes r2d2
Thank you for saving me from the dark side 
Awesome 
Congratulations 
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I am with you sister. I also have chronic pains (dysautonomy and neuropathie) it casued me to relapse after living sober for years. Not a painkiller in the world that helps but some days you just want to be free from it; if only for a little while.
Diet can make a difference (depending on the cause of course) but then this other thing acceptance… pfff. I got my diagnose in februay and am only beginning to step by step accept it.
I am reading this book. helps me a lot with realising the way to quality is in accepting https://g.co/kgs/sd5XgQ
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Second check in. So all of the sudden, I get word that they are closing are gym down here at work. It’s been open this whole time, hardly anyone uses it, there are no covid cases. I don’t understand, im going to be lost if they close it. I know me and the other guy are gonna do some serious searching to try and get it back. Im trying to figure out what my higher power is showing me
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Ask them wth… maybe you can use it off hours?
Oh believe me I’m already making txt. This is a 24/7 facility for the mentally I’ll. I luckily go to meetings with one of the Chief security officer, I texted him bc he knows how important this shit is to me. I’m already in a panic, like when sober time got shut down for half a day panic lol
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Regret won’t help. Positive action will. Living in the past, both good and bad, is not productive.
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Your posts on values have really got me thinking about mine. I recall something I read or heard years ago - that how we spend our time (not just action but thoughts too) and our money are a huge reflection of our values. This is why, or how, I felt so out of my own “right alignment” at times when I wasn’t sober, when I wasn’t drinking to healthy limits - that my drinking wasn’t allowing me to live true to my values. And you’re right - it is so much easier to see, in sobriety, how our own thoughts can be inconsistent with our values…
Your posts are helping me redefine what my own values are and take better stock of whether I am living true to them. Thank you! 
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Yes
I’m trying to figure out what will get my life kicked off
Today was my first day waking up early. I want to get a healthy sleep schedule so I can have the energy for a good job. After covid or at the least when I can sleep right I plan on getting work through a program I’m in. I go to the program tomorrow afternoon and I’m trying to get in today just to sanitize everything for the staff and other people who go 
Really great weekend and now it’s back to work. I reconnected with my in-laws and friend after months of isolation. I did my mindfulness meditation and affirmations this morning. Today is a good day and I won’t drink today. Feeling cautiously optimistic about my future, but really trying to stay in the present.
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Day 46 without alcohol. Survived the holiday weekend here in the US. Ive spent 3 days seeing everyone up here pretty belligerent. I actually got some sick satisfaction out of seeing everyone hungover as hell yesterday and today.
I know thats terrible. But glad I feel wonderful. Crazy weather here in Utah, it was 90 degrees yesterday and today it is snowing!!
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Hey man, I can relate - gym is so important to me. Mentally, physically, and for my sobriety. It is my anchor, and I was FREAKED when they shut them down here back in March.
They remained shut until early July, so 4 months. I had never gone that long without the gym since I started in early 2012. Hell, I had only taken a full month off once before, let alone 4 months. I have to force myself to even do my one-week breaks/rests that I do every 8-12 weeks.
During those 4 months, I just kept my running up to prevent the unwanted weight gain, keep my cardio in check, and prevent myself from going totally sedentary. It was all I could do. I tried a body weight program at home and using the bars at a local playground, but it just didn’t do it for me so I stopped after a few weeks. I just have to be physically in the gym to be in the mindset, that’s one thing I learned.
I was worried that without that daily outlet and structure, everything else would collapse. But I used the extra time to enjoy other things, that helped.
The biggest thing I learned is that 4 months away from the gym (hopefully you don’t have to wait that long) makes much less of an impact than I thought it would. I thought everything from the past 8 years would go down the tubes, but it didn’t. I certainly got smaller when looking in the mirror, but I still looked in good shape. Some strength loss was evident towards the beginning.
It’s also all coming back faster than I thought. Took me about 2-4 weeks to get back into the swing of things, re-establish the mind/muscle connection. I did a 6-week cycle to start, then one week off. Now on week 3 of my next cycle, hoping to go my full 12 weeks. I’m finally back to my old lifts, and starting to add weight on some.
So my experience: you’ll fare much better than you think you will, trust me. I was scared shitless of not being able to lift but it turned out alright. Keep up the biking, you can still do that in the meantime (I think you bike, right?). And my advice, when you are able to go back – take it slow, if it’s been more than a month or two. Diving right back in at full speed could cause injury. Take your time. Eat to maintain – keep that protein high.
Hang in there buddy
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44 days. Tired this morning. Worked overnight due to the wildfires burning over here. Work is definitely one way to keep your mind off of things like cravings thats for sure.
Wishing everyone a great day.
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Extremely tired but managed to get an AA meeting in on my lunch. Still prefer the way they were when I went before and in person even though it might be harder.
But one thing about online meetings you can pretty much get one anytime you want/need.
Might go to another this evening 
Good to check in once or twice a day here too, hope all are keeping well and living in the moment, I’m trying to do that but sometimes it’s difficult!
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Checking in on day 92. Hope you’re all keeping safe and well 
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Hi all, just a quick message to say hello and to check in. I hope that everyone has been having a good day.
As I didn’t really get a single day off over the course of the summer, I’ve decided to go to Greece for some scuba diving at the end of the month. There’s this “shipwreck” (or just the cargo, really) that sank God knows how many thousands of years ago, and the Greek gov’t has made it into a kind of “underwater museum”, and that seems pretty cool, so I think that I’m going to go check it out. Not hard dives, right around 30 or 40 metres, nothing too extreme. Still, should be fun. Getting there will be a bit of a job (it’s on a small island), but I’m still looking forward to it, and I’m hoping that the plans come together.
In any event, I’ve just hit 27 days… the “1-month” mark isn’t far, now…
Goodnight all.
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Working on day 84 of being sober (101 days no alcohol). My mood is down but my attitude about being sober is sky high. I started doing yoga and I can feel the difference physically and mentally =) Now that my head is becoming more clear, the things I thought I couldn’t live without, things that are draining me completely, are starting to seem less important and I am grateful for that.
I hope everyone is doing well. Lots of love to my TS family 
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