Checking in Daily to Maintain Focus #22

Life in Recovery
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love it :+1:. xoxo

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Great to see this, so proud of you :+1:

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Oh Stella I had no idea. I was just showing wifey the pic of your ā€œpuddle of dogsā€ and telling her you had 6 of them. Of course the first thing a person does is ask why do you have 6 dogs? I didnā€™t know. You are more amazing than I ever thought. And Iā€™ve thought you to be pretty amazing and am blessed to be following right behind in you in your sober journey. I hope writing that post to all of us has made your day a little bit brighter. Iā€™m so proud of you and your sobriety. You got to admit itā€™s so much easier being sober.
And one more thing. :point_down:
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And Iā€™ll be praying for God to give you the strength to continue our sober journey.
:pray:t2::heart::hugs:

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1457

It never rains but it pours eh? Sounds very overwhelming.

It is heartbreaking when we feel like we could or should be doing more, but the wonderful thing about dogs is they accept their lot without judgement or holding grudges. They will know they are loved. What more could anyone ask for, when it really comes down to it?

Hoping for calmer seas soon :pray::sparkling_heart:

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@EarnIt Wow! WHAT A POST! You are such an inspiration. Great job. Youā€™re making us stronger by sharing this. Thank you and keep it up! :muscle:t3::muscle:t3::muscle:t3:

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Really good, Paul. Thank you. I just got off my Dharma meeting. The topic was mindfulness and how thoughts swirl without your participation. So, it was timely. Back to feeling powerful, not weak.

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Great to hear, donā€™t ever be surprised that you want to drink now and again, call yourself an alcoholic and remember thatā€™s what us alcoholics do. Itā€™s just a thought and means nothing. The only thing we have to do is be present enough to be aware of this and know that our thoughts cannot hurt us but our actions can. Well done :+1:

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Yep, I am better having already gone down this familiar path.

I am one of those people who refuses to use the term alcoholic. Iā€™d basically be a -holic of pretty much everything. I have trained myself over two decades to overdo everything EXCEPT real feelings and real moments. This is a thing to be trained and practiced, with dedication and mindfulness.

Thanks for your support, my friend.

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Thank you everyone for all the love.

Just got home from doing my 4th and 5th step. Honestly for me it wasnā€™t that hard to get it all out, get out all my resentments,my fears and all the ppl i have harmed. Yeah it hurt, but it was worth it. I see my parts in it, I can see how some of the resentments sure may be justified, but what good does that do to me? Nothing, but better yet I see how to keep becoming a better person, and stop any further resentment or harms to other. I am now sitting for a hour and reflecting on everything and will move on to the 6th and 7th step.

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1464

Wooooooo fricken hooooo. This absolutely rocks and so do you. I appreciate your presence in my journey and you are an inspiration. Virtual hugs girl. Congratulations :tada:

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1465

Wow time is flying 180 days. Good job

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How do you make your lights so straight!? We were just taking about putting them up this morning but We used those plastic clips last year and most fell off and it didnā€™t look great in a week or so- :unamused:

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@Truckinmonster21 BRO! You are a MACHINE! Awesome! :muscle:t3::muscle:t3::muscle:t3:

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Thankfully i havenā€™t had people say that lately. Last time i got in the several weeks sober range and said i quit to friends & got weird comments, so not sure Iā€™m going to do that this time.
I havenā€™t been saying Iā€™m not drinking too anyone other then my husband. If they offer booze - i just say i have something in my cup thanks. If they ask what - i tell them - Thanksgiving my sister in law commented that ginger beer has no alcohol! All shocked, And i was like i know, and walked away. I have said i just donā€™t feel like drinking tonight (because it is one day at a time), or i have something to do in the morning. It is weird the comments you get though for trying to be healthy :woman_shrugging:
Nice work on the week!!!

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I get what you mean, Iā€™m full of isms :joy::joy::joy:

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And so are you and everyone else in this journey one day at a time brother !!! :pray::pray::pray::pray:

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Ignore them. Those donā€™t sound like supportive people, so why care what they think? You know what you want and that youā€™re dedicated to this, thatā€™s all that matters. The opinions of people who are putting down someoneā€™s attempt to better themselves should be disregarded.

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Thanks, those are great tips. I think Iā€™ll keep things a bit more quiet this time and just do my thing.

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You are such a source of inspiration. You have no idea how many of us here youā€™ve motivated, including me.

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Awww I knew I adored you for a reasonā€¦ you have such a big heart!! Such a good dog mama.
Animals are expensive!! You should make your ex pay for some dogchild-support. That should be a thing!!
You are always so kind despite the hand you have been dealt. I pray there are some good cards coming your way soon. :revolving_hearts::revolving_hearts:

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