Goodnight everyone.
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Checking in : being alone creeps on you sometimes especially when theres nothing around to do doesnt help when your neighbors are having parties every night and they notice your not doing what there doing 🤷 all i have is this App and GOD to me thats enough least im not somewhere puking my guts out or in Jail or smoking weed feeling like im not all there . November 24 2020 .
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I guess this is the moment, when you have to stop these thoughts, because otherwise they will lead to relapse - and you know it very well.
As you wrote a lot is going on right now, and it’s totally ok to feel down. But you cannot give up. You had enough of drinking, you already made your choice. It is the time when your choice is challenged and you cannot let yourself down. Look into the mirror and look into the eyes of the person who made that decision and who has been fighting for so long. You promised yourself a better life, you worked really hard to achieve it, you just cannot let it go. Gather the last pieces of your strength together and fight it! I know that you are capable of it and I know that at the moment you don’t know that. But it doesn’t mean that it has to be the way you think.
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Hey friend ! Listen everything is going to be ok you have sobriety by your side cant put a price on it talk it out with your partner and see what can be done but please dont relapse thats the last thing you want to do it can be multiple things making you crave right now i wont lie for me its boredom lonliness right now provoking thoughts of using but im better then that thats why im here on TS reading as much as i can you got this your doing great 
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Congrats Crazy Dutchie thats good news
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Thoughts are just thoughts, only action will make you drink again. I read somewhere that thoughts are clouds, but you are the sky. And when I am concerned about being alone I make a schedule, zoom meeting this time, do this at that time, etc.
@anon89207786 Congratulations!
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I like that analogy with the clouds and sky.
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Day 2. Focusing really hard on work. I’m thinking about joining the zoom meetings but with Thanksgiving and all I may be going all over town to find a ham. Anyhow hope everyone is well and for those of you who have gotten sick I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Checking in, I’ve been so busy lately and not had time to read the 200 posts that I am behind on so Well done everyone and I love you all. Sobriety rocks and remember when you wake up do a check up from the neck up. 
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I like your spirit and way of thinking. You are young and should absolutely try everything possible. Maybe come up with some other kind of daily routine so you don’t feel like your not doing anything. Maybe meditation or some kind of light exercise that don’t bother your back. You’ll get through this and it’s not permanent. Tell those whispers to shhh 
This is something you have to do.
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Great to be here another day sober. It sure beats the alternative. Thank you all for sharing this site and your experiences
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Glad you were able to find that community, Jan. Look forward to seeing you ring in your first year.
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Keep investigating the source of craving and then address it in a healthier way. You know drinking is only going to bring pain.
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Double digits! Congrats!
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Successful 11 days. Super irritable today. Lots of thoughts about the inevitability of my next drink. Teeter-totter all day. Onto tomorrow.
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Day 59. It was a super stressful day at work. I ended up having to drive down to Lake Charles and back, a 5 hour round trip if conditions are ideal. Conditions were not ideal. It was rainy and traffic was awful and it took nearly 7 hours start to finish. I’m exhausted and whiny (obviously), so it’s definitely time to get some sleep. Tomorrow will be different. And I’m really looking forward to that. Now I’m going to curl up with my tiny dog and call it a day.
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Day 752. This has to be enough for today which is about to start.
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