Those numbers are mind boggling. You’d think that after 43 years you’d call yourself good and move on. A lesson to all of us that every day of sobriety is a gift of grace and a product of effort. Hey, good on us for passing 5 weeks, eh, @Mychelle! We are doing this thanks to this place. And you are killing it!
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I read an article that one of the keys to longevity - and happy longevity at that - is realizing your purpose and going for it. That’s a great goal for all of us! Sorry about the boat, but just wait until spring/summer! By then maybe COVID will be over or on the wane. Something to look forward to. (Another key to happy longevity, apparently.)
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Thank you @Figgie it’s a battle for sure some days. We just have to keep on going and stick together. What a great group of people we have here, thank you so much!
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Checking in at day #36 here.The pink is definitely fading, but that’s okay. Sobriety is normalizing and that has its plusses and minuses. The minus is the high of waking up clear headed is gone. The plus is that the high of waking up clear headed is gone. Normalcy is good. Normalcy is dangerous. Learned that here. Tonight, we’re ordering takeout from our favorite Italian restaurant. One of my husband’s clients gave us a gift card for pro bono work he did. Normally, $100 would have been eaten up by pre-dinner cocktails & a bottle (or 2) of house red. Tonight, it’ll pay for appetizers, salads and main course - no problem. Maybe with some left over! Have a happy, sober, fulfilling weekend, folks. Let’s all stay the course together.
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close enough. When I first joined this forum, I was so optimistic, always giving great advice and trying to help ppl. And now I just stink.
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Ebb and flow, my friend… You’re there when you can be. You have a good perspective on things that maybe some of us don’t. You’re good with the younger crowd and you always give from the heart. 
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I’m down a pound and a half! Slow and steady, lol. I dug out my old fitbit and it’s really been helpful tracking food, movement, calories, etc.
Someone posted a meme a while ago about a lady looking at veggies at the supermarket and asking if they want to come home and die in my fridge; I had to laugh at the cucumber I had in my fridge, lol! 
Baby steps but moving in a forward motion.
Have a great day people!
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Awesome! I make it a point to hit at least 10,000 steps a day. Now if I could only stop eating junk
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Morning everyone! Day 72 here… and day 12 of getting up and running. When I decided I was going to start running each morning… the idea I had in mind was me waking up before my kid and then running 2 miles super fast and having that time to myself…
The reality though is that now my kid wakes up super early too! Oh and its now part of the dogs routine too so he is comes in the room at the crack of dawn ready to rock and roll. Lol he is a huge husky so he is absolutely loving it. So I have my kid in the stroller with her blanket and my husky running and occasionally trying to get lizards 
and its kinda a shit show but the bright side is they are all keeping me accountable. And off we go…
Hope you all have a great day!
@Dazercat Killin it with those numbers!! 
@Lisa07 I have learned a lot about refrigerators this year surprisingly lol and it turns out that unplugging it for 3 days does the trick. Same thing happened to mine. It stops getting cold because the coils feeeze over and you have to defrost them. Idk worth a try, it worked for mine. 
(Also not sure where you live but Ive been told multiple times to stay away from LG and Samsung when purchasing.)
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Awesome! I also just salvaged what I could from an entire cucumber that had been lurking in my fridge. I skipped working out all last week and I regret it, but I mowed the lawn yesterday and went up and down my stairs a million times yesterday so I’m counting that, especially since I’m feeling it this morning! Gonna get back on that treadmill and weights this week. Thanks for the motivation!
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Aaawww thanks dear . Not always a triumph but almost every other day 
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… I didn’t mention nicotine 
What!? Where!? 
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I also have a husky. As the weather is getting colder its not easy to get him inside once he’s out back.
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Yeah I know 
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I’m having trouble reconciling my feelings. I’ve never wanted to live before, so I didn’t care much about my heart attacks. I felt like I wasn’t lucky enough to die from them, and I didn’t. The one a little over a week ago really terrified me. I so badly didn’t want to die. I was there alone and scared and wondered how long it would be before someone found me. I reached out to my next door neighbor, he works in cardiology. He has all my ECG information. I have an aortic dissection as well. I promised I would call him next time. However, I have his card on my fridge and I couldn’t get to it. I’ll have to put it somewhere easy in my phone to find in an emergency.
Long story short, I want to live. I finally feel happy. My eating disorder will kill me. So those numbers growing are crucial. It has not been easy, but the fear from 9 days ago is front and center in my mind. Almost consuming. I need to figure out something with insurance so I can go to the heart clinic I was supposed to go to 5 years ago after my first heart attack. I just didn’t care. Sorry for the a negative post. I’m otherwise happy, but just scared because my heart is a ticking time bomb.
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Thanks for the tip @Clarity, it’s definitely worth a try. It happens to be an LG, maybe that’s my problem. lol. It’s only 3 years old. Won’t be getting another one of those.
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That’s relieving to know you have someone close by you can call Beth. Please put his number in your phone under a favorite immediately. Don’t hesitate to call him at the very first sign even if you think it’s nothing. Better off having him come and say it’s nothing rather than waiting to the last minute. We need you here girl. You have a long life ahead of you. Love you and care about you lots!! 
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