Congrats @Dan531 400 days and @anon60334405 300 days, keep on stacking them days ODAAT mates.
Blessings and sobriety!
good morning, checking in day 43 sober. Woke up early feeling fine. Blessings to you all.
- First day of frost here in a long time. Going to dig out my winter coat for the commute to my early shift. Always a bit tough to have to go to work early after a long weekend. But Iām sober and clean. I have a job to go to. I got a place that looks nice and clean and the heating works and I have a warm bed I just slept on. I got my health and have the possibility to better myself one day at a time. Lots to be grateful for and donāt I forget it. Have a good week all. Clean and sober. Love from Amsterdam and just north of it, where I had a beautiful hike a year ago today. Want to go walking again.
@everyone Thanks for sharing all here. So many stories of success, failure, struggles, good times, bad ones. Makes my day when it only just started. Thanks so much for being here all. It helps. A lot.
Dayā¦ Monday I guess. Slept so well. Reason for that: somewhere here I read about melantonin helping to sleep. And I remembered having 5HTP somewhere. I guess at the time I bought it I was so drunk every night that I couldnāt sleep through the night. And logically, I wouldnāt cut out alcohol as alcohol can help to sleep, falling into bed
Also taking supplements for the liver.
Well, as a good addict when itās said take 1 to 2 pills, you take what? 2 as I am in recovery. Otherwise I guess 3. And I slept like a baby until 6h30. So I will take one tonight to get up to work tomorrow on time.
I wish you a nice Monday
What a wonderful picture.
Day 111
Had some weird thoughts of drinking today. Was watching some Youtube (day off today) and there was a video titled something about lockdown drinking and the thumbnail was of someone with a glass of something. Had a feeling of wanting to join in the collective commiseration and escape. And then once the thought was there it kept popping back. Had to remind myself it would be a shitstorm for me. And today I did some work, and house stuff, rather than do nothing and make myself feel poorly. I am aware I am nearing 4 months, and I have fallen twice around this time. Gotta remember I am not trying to beat a pb, I am trying to stay sober for good.
You couldnāt have said it better. Critical to my journey. The weekend was a test for me, and the next while will be too, but already I know that a hard day sober is a million times better than the alternative - for me. I also know that this community helps me more than I can put into words.
I was going to post Day 153, but as I scrolled through and got caught up, the counter ticked over to Day 154. Thatās 5 months and 1 day. But every sober day is its own sweet rewardā¦
@anon74766472 I sing too when Iām alone in nature. Makes the ravens caw back at me and keeps the bears away! a bientĆ“t
@CATMANCAM good luck on your upcoming interview. youāll do great.
@Jamie3 double digits tomorrow! Big welcome to you.
@StellaLuna thatās a lot of pressure. i get it and i only have one, and some days i feel trapped in a mental prison of failure that iāve not met her needs, but i know that doesnāt come from her. oh, to learn to love myself as my dog loves meā¦! and i can only imagine how your dogs love you.
Gānight all. Thanks for sharing another day.
Iām sending big hugs for youā¦ you.
62 day and I still donāt exactly know how this app works but anyway I hope it will come by time I feel positive the issue that I have is that I have so much time that I donāt have much to do now that I take distance of people,places and thingās thatās has anything to do with using I go to meetings and do some reading and some volenterywork but still have a lot of time left and I hope I can have more new contactās I find that alsow difficult but okay I hear it will get better sow I think that I have to be paichent but I am glad to be clean and wish you all well
136 Days
Nearly done day one
Had Two yearsā¦then messed upā¦so day oneš
Checking in, day 25. I watched the interview with Patrick Carnes that @Matt recommended in the other thread and also a few others - they were really helpful. I took the test that was mentioned in the video and it said, that my answers have met a score on a basis of six criteria that indicate sex addiction is present. I mean I wasnāt surprised, but it made me think that probably I do need help and deal with this issue in the near future, because otherwise I just slip from one addiction to another.
Otherwise Iām fine, I keep taking the cold shower in the mornings, which made me think why am I doing this while itās so uncomfortable and you knowā¦ just fucking cold. And I realized, that thatās because this way I have the illusion or impression, that I have control over my behaviour, that I can rule my body, I can take short-term difficulties to gain long-term benefits ā and this is how this whole sobering up works. So if I can do it on small-scale, I have the feeling, that Iām capabale of doing it that on a bigger scale as well.
And this is a Bach prelude (BWV940) that I really enjoyed playing. I recorded it with a different technique, so no background noises this time
Thatās toughā¦ good on u for getting back to it!
Checking in sober with nine days of choosing a better life. Discovering that recovery involves feeling the weight of the past. Iām not living in it, but the consequences are there and I have to face the damage thatās been done, especially to my marriage. The path to healing and restoration will never involve alcohol. I have to walk through it. I have to run towards the pain. I want this life more.
Checking in on day 38. No cravings. When they come I am prepared. Calling my sponsor. Reading the big book and continuing my step 4. I love my life without alcohol. No regrets in the morning. No bad feeling about last night. No fights with hubby. Time for the kids. Patience for day to day tasks. Life can be so beautiful! I wish everyone else to feel this. A life sober! I hope everybody has a great start into the week
Had almost 4 months and feel of the wagon. Here I am. After 10 k walk with my dogā¦checking in day 3 alcohol free.
Have a nice day beautiful people!
Day 2 just checking in
All good things in your life!! Keep at it.
Good morning TS folks. Itās Monday, itās raining and I was awake 2 hours before I wanted to be but I feel great. I havenāt felt this good in a while. My anxiety is low and Iām sober and intend to stay that way. I finally feel comfortable being sober. Physically I feel so much better. Iām done with the withdrawal symptoms and that feels wonderful. Have a Magnificent Monday my sober friends.