Yea man I am not really thinking about days right now focusing on setting up everything and planning on my recovery program. But still felt great seeing I had passed the first week without being so much impatient like I used too… I guess I’ll enjoy the double digits as the next digit will come only in a couple months after that ! 3 months more ? Aaafff whatever, so much things interesting ahead before that, like, feeling emotions and not avoiding them
On thé point of feelings, today i had a good interview with a patient and I surprised myself by telling him :
“There is no such thing as negative or positive emotions. We do as a social human being give theses valences (+/-) to emotions, but in reality they’re just emotion. They might be unpleasant or pleasant though, and there’s more of the firsts than of the latter. But emotions what emotions are is certainly very adapted and veryyy informative .”
And right now I’m like… wow, lol, so easy to tell this to someone but how did I manage to forget that for months for myself and interpret every Damn emotions I had as a need to drink ?? Oh well. Ain’t perfect, yet
I check my days on sober time in the morning before posting here, because I don’t remember the exact number normally.That happened way before 100 days actually. For me it’s helpful as a reminder of one day at a time. A source of pride as well. And I’m trying to find nice aesthetically pleasing numbers to post too, but I don’t have the patience of an @AyBee so I almost never get those…
I just realised when posting my sober day I took the screen shot at 1717, I’m so interested in angel numbers and seen them all day every day.
I went to look and see what this means and the explanation really hits home.
I am on the right path.
I love helping others.
If I see or feel a certain way about people I always speak it.
I’m a firm believer in building people up and complimenting people.
I really love this forum and it gives me somewhere that I can feel like if my story/advice can help even one person I will be so happy.
Is there anyone here into angel numbers or spirituality?
Checking in on the 10th day. It was a stressful day, I’m glad it’s over.
However I can handle stress and extreme emotions better than before. But still I have an emotional trap in my life. There is someone, who helped me a lot and supported me in the hard times. I was always attracted to her a bit, but now a lot. I know, that this change happened just because of feeling grateful, or at least I think so. The point is that I should be over this feeling, but it keeps coming to the surface. It’s hard not to handle it with a drink. The worst part, that she is the one, with whom I can discuss these kind of issues, but obviously I cannot do it this time, so I have to cope with it alone.
That’s a tough one Tomek. Good you’re sharing here. Hope it’s helpful. You’re giving yourself the opportunity to deal with stuff, to learn and grow, one day at a time. Congrats on reaching double digits. That’s big. Keep going You’re not alone.
Hi everyone, I’m just about to head off to bed, having got to 42 days. Six whole weeks without any alcohol… I can’t remember the last time that I managed THAT. Still, I’m looking forward to (at the very least) getting past my previous record of 125 days. It’s a ways off yet, but… not so bad, and I’m feeling pretty good about it.
Crappy weather here lately… and I got properly rained on last night !! Oh well, what can you do.
Work is going all right, and I’m looking forward to heading off to Greece on Saturday.
Goodnight all, have a happy and sober night.
Congratulations @Dolse71 , embarking on your new endeavor. I know you’re going to do well my friend. You have a lot of resources at your fingertips and you have all of us here on Talking Sober. Always here for you Paul, reach out if you need.
P. S. Happy belated birthday old man.
Cheers Mr Ed, I know you love your book and have a great understanding of recovery so let me share with you where I am at in case you think I may be running before I can walk.
One month sober and nicotine free to celebrate my wife and I bought a donut each from a new luxury donut shop and we had half of each others I preferred the half Mel picked could of ate the lot…mine was biscotti too sweet but how cool is that a celebration of something with no booze cos of no booze…yabba dabba doooooo
Checking in on another day! Not a bad one overall, have been crazy busy at work but I am excited to accomplish some things and get some quick wins on the projects I am managing.
On another note I have another hearing tomorrow in regards to my daughter…hoping that goes well. I do not foresee any issues, but you never know with these things.
I know. I feel the same. But we are actually doing it - everyday, one day at a time. One moment at a time. (Don’t tell anyone - but I didn’t come up with that myself ). I want to be sober? Yes. And I already am, and so are you. So now the task is to stay sober.
Like I said - I think the seasoned pros on here can give us more insight on how to stay sober, but for right now - I try to keep it pretty simple: wake up sober, go to sleep sober, and check in here if my mind starts questioning either of those…
And sometimes I just check in because, you know, it’s been like 2 hours and I miss you all…
Checking in tonight after first day back at the pool. Wasn’t really a workout in particular, just getting back at it, some technical stuff and a little pyramid at the end. Just getting to move a bit a little by little… instead of starting like I use to do all-out and burn myself in a coupe of week… Trying to regulate my actions as I can’t really regulate my mood and fatigue right now.
Gonna try to read tonight instead of staying on phone/computer late, trying to sleep better than the last days.
I am really enjoying being around this forum these days. In 2+ years coming on here I think it’s the time I feel the more connected with this community than I had ever before. Love sharing this journey with great people like you all guys.
Hope you all have a goodnight, talk soon,
Hey thank you for your kind words! Just know that I’ve had my share of restarts, Day 00, etc, and I sure wish I had found this place earlier, but at least I’ve found it now.
I even joined and left the forum once, in early pandemic days. I had to give moderation another go. Turns out it was as successful as the previous (trillion) attempts! (My “sip a glass of wine with dinner” was more like the “suck back 3 glasses of pinot”, in the words of @Figgie - thank you!)
It’s always good to have you around on here, and I’m looking forward to hearing how your recovery project goes! Excited for you
