Checking in sober and cigarette free 
just going through the motions… feeling a little bit of depression creeping in… my mind is trying to trick me into thinking that things without alcohol are boring… i realize it’s bullshit but it still feels real. Trying to keep things simple for now and do some more reading and podcasts that are recovery related to stay focused. Happy sober Wednesday everyone 
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Guess the annoying A student Nerd Me is back. We got the exam yesterday, I already did more than half of it. I’ve got one question left and 8 days to complete it. Feels good. However my teacher told us that we’re going to need todays class before we can Finnish the exam so now I’ve got some free time before class starts.
This far a really good day 
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mate after everything I’ve been through my Mrs still thinks I don’t have a problem and even yesterday said do I want a lager shandy bc you can’t be an alcoholic on shandy 
I told her if I do then the next one wouldn’t have lemonade in it or the next etc etc etc. If you have only 1 drink a day and it is a problem to you personally then that’s all you need to know about yourself. Some people at work tell me I over think it all but thank god we do bc if we didn’t think at all where the hell would we be now. Worm food. You keep doing what you gotta do and you keep listening to that caring side of your brain and all will be well.
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I read on here the other day that if life is boring then you are boring, it is a hard but honest fact I think. I do like to rest but if you said to me now shall we go climb a mountain and sky dive off it I would love to yet here I sit.
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Interesting how people who love us want us to keep up our addiction to poison. Good for you for standing firm. You’ll be a role model to someone I’m sure. You’re here, you’re sober, they can get used to it!
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Day 26! An amazing thing happened in my side gig as an author having to do with the upcoming Frankfurt Bookfair. If I weren’t sober, it would be impossible to even begin to handle it. But now it’s a snap. Grateful beyond belief.
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Day 26!
I’m learning that as sober life goes on, this is a journey of life that will always have to be continued. I am thankful to get to be on this journey! Just for today I will keep my thoughts on my recovery and my new associations! Also thank the Lord for my newfound peace of opening the eyes of my heart! I hope you all have an amazing sober Wednesday! Let’s gooooooo!
We are truly soldiers.
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I remember when I first came back on this forum more seriously (still on and off) about a couple of months this summer, at some point you, me and @LeeHawk if I remember correctly had pretty much the same sober date. I can read in your last post how much you’ve put the effort and wisdom we all have access on this forum, and wow you’re putting it in words that reached me this morning, with lots of what it seems to me like creativity, and I thank you for that 
Not a tune up. Yep.
Yesterday I had my first outpatient meeting in months/year. It is the person I’ve been seeing the first time I stopped drinking two years ago and I like her very much. I’ve butted my ass to go in person (I had the option to do it on the phone) as I was tired from the work day and insomnia from last night ( @Apes2020 btw I’ve never look into the phases of the moon for that, but I’m also since 2-3 days just unable to sleep, and feel like an hypomania phase is starting up… But I have no energy? Usually even if I don’t sleep I do have energy if I am truly being hypomaniac … anyways I re-started to journal my mood into an app “eMood”, we’ll see…)
Anyways, I have told her everything and that I wanted sobriety. She reflected me that those time I’ve been trying abstinence I’ve been accomplishing a lot of things and felt great, in comparison to the years I’ve been trying to moderate. What those moderation-trying years had brings me? If I am being honest and I look at the larger picture: it proves me that I can’t drink. Oh well I can, but at the price of loosing a part of me and my life - which I don’t want.
All this to say, she’s working diffently this time. We’re going to be working concretely, every week. And by concretely I mean I am going to spend TIME , DOING things for my recovery and to expose my brain to things different surrounding addiction and CHANGE. We’re going to do so by doing daily exercices / time to look at what I write and collect in a big book (my choice), like a scrapbook that I am going to creates, read, modifies and re-read every day or so. It will be a recollection of my goals, some exercice like the list of things I can gain from change (sobriety), the things I can and could do now sober that inspire me, people I like, and all other kind of stuff she’ll propose me to do.
I am excited!!! I always was impressed by people in movies who had a BIG scrap book with collections of journal articles, photos, drawings… And I’ve got to have mine! Tonight I’m going to buy the biggest scrap book I can find and start working. I’ve been looking for years on a way to express myself. That will be my expression book. 
Thanks sobriety for that. 1 week in the book yesterday 
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Day 723. Met up for lunch with a sober friend yesterday who I haven’t seen since before the pandemic. She’s celebrating 2 months in a few days (she had 5 years under her belt at one point but has been struggling for a while) she’s dating someone who is also sober (9 years) and so that really helps. I told her about my close call, we talked about being in relationships with people who aren’t drinking, we talked about how we are growing and improving, etc it just felt really good to talk with someone who gets it all. Besides the TS community, I don’t have a lot of sober friends and so it was refreshing to talk with someone who gets it instead of someone whose supportive but doesn’t understand first hand.
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I got faith in you, stay distracted, stay strong, and don’t entertain the bad thoughts. I still haven’t written my ‘my story’ post yet, I keep going to and finding it too triggering :k
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@IcanIwill 15 days here too! Just not drinking these past 2 weeks has helped tremendously with my stomach issues! Hopefully sobriety will help with yours too!
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Hello sober twin! 
it’s improved a little bit but something still isn’t right. I’m glad you’re feeling better! Keep up the amazing work!
Seems like a pretty cool plan. Will be interested to see how that progresses. Please keep us postef!
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Day 103 clean and sober today. I got a place to live and I get to move in this weekend YAY!!! I’m graduating my program Friday and am so grateful because it truly saved my life. Have a wonderful day today everyone, love you guys!!! 
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Day 8
Sober. Tired and sleepy 
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Day 260 sober. One door closes, another opens. My unemployment runs out this week but I got a call this morning for a job starting on Monday! Somehow things are working out and alcohol isn’t dominating (ruining) my life. Wishing everyone a great day!
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That’s awesome!
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Thanks for the commiseration. I’m sorry they did that to you. I don’t know why it matters to anyone else whether WE drink or not. What do THEY have invested in it? Ya know?
Amazing. Well done you!