Checking in. Big day tomorrow. Breath, exercise and pray. Please help me gang, its go time!
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Hi all, just a quick message to check in before going to bed. I know that that little story about the chocolates was kind of silly, but I felt that if I had had any of them, notwithstanding the tiny amount of alcohol, that I would have had to reset - or that I should, anyway - and I didn’t want to do that.
So, into the bin they went…
32 days… things are going all right.
Goodnight to you all, have a safe and sober Sunday night.
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Day 4 sober. A good day in the Church and with friends. Grateful for having another chance
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I like your whole positive attitude about the whole thing. As a wise dear friend of mine in recovery always says. “We’ll figure it out”. And with a sober attitude that should be too difficult.
Just had the Finnish pancakes Olivia recommended. They were great! On the couch on the deck awaiting the carbo sugar crash 
What else are sober sundays for.
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@Natnat
Y’all are so strong and wonderful. It really makes me so effing angry when I read about stuff y’all are, or have gone through. I’m glad you got each other on here, and even then your probably still not alone. I cannot imagine. You all take care of number 1 and that’s you. Know that y’all are in my prayers. And never ever blame yourselves. Y’all rock.
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Good for you Brooke. You stayed strong through some pretty tough shit. Your post tells us no matter how many days we have, a strong urge is bound to happen. It’s how we handle it that makes all the difference.
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291 days
Today was a 9/10 happiness wise and an 8/10 recovery wise
Stay strong
Goodnight
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360 Days. Nothing exciting going on but I guess that’s a good thing. Took my daughter to the movies (1st time in 6 months due to covid). You walk into the cinema and there’s a full bar in front of you. They replaced the popcorn, candy and ticket booth with fucking alcohol. I had to get our tickets at this fucking full bar. The whole wall was decorated with bottles. I had to ask where’s the popcorn, oh that’s in the back now and I get handed a menu. Really?! Thankfully they brought it to our seats so I didn’t have to stand there and wait. Then my daughter spills the whole bucket of popcorn. There I was back at the fucking bar ordering another one. I now accept the fact that times have changed and alcohol is everywhere!
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I know it’s crazy that they have it at the movies. So dumb who drinks a lot while at a movie I would have to leave to pee every few minutes!
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Day 213~ 7 months NO Alcohol. I feel amazing. My health is so much better. Mentally, physically, emotionally I’m a different person from who I was 7 months ago. My final straw was I knew if I had even one more sip I was going to die. One way or another I was dying and killing myself. I fell so far down that rabbit hole 
there was no light left. My soul went dark my purpose was slowly slipping away. I’m not a religious person, I never attended AA, I haven’t even read the Big Book other than snippets of what people post here. The point of the matter is… when you want IT and want it more than anything else you DO IT. No matter how you choose to get sober you CAN do it. It is not impossible and believe me I know how impossible it can feel. Our strength and determination are more powerful than any addiction.
Keep fighting! Keep trying! 
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Great job! 7 months is huge.
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Congratulations mate 
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Atta boy Crazy D.
Good job.
Have a great week.
Checking in day 172… at my first wedding since being sober. Dessert just came out and I’m happy to say I’ll be remembering the entire night 
the old me would have blacked out by the time dinner was served.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
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Good job. I know EXACTLY what you mean.
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That’s great, Kristen! Probably one of the bigger tests…
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I had a weird moment tonight. I was making dinner and suddenly I had a spike of anxiety. I hadn’t heard from my normally responsible and recovering alcoholic son all day and thought, uh oh, he’s drinking. And that made me want to drink. In the past I usually made dinner while sipping wine, so I get that. And that glass or 2 or 3, has dulled the anxiety. Anyway, I breathed deeply and reminded myself that my prior fears about him had been unfounded, that these were my brain chemicals talking. Poured myself a large seltzer and kept going. An hour later I was fine. But it scared me. This is day 16. I hope my brain settles down.
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Day 12
Not a very productive sunday i must say.
Accidentally spilled a drink on the floor and almost got some on my new laptop. I noticed later that i got really mad about this (a bit out of proportion). Not agressive but unnecessarily upset,idk. Maybe my mood is swinging from recovery?
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