You are doing great!! Keep fighting it’s so worth it… you are worth it! 
This is more than good! This is amazing!! You are doing an awesome job!
A perfect ten Courtney! Love to see your numbers and yourself grow. Hugs and love and huge congrats lady.
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A first of many Jean! That’s huge!!! Big congrats lady.
Thanks so much my friend!! I love being on this journey right along with you! 
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- Coffee. Back to work. Don’t feel much like it today. OK. Thankful I got a job to go to. Thankful I’m sitting here sober and clean, remembering how I was 556 days ago on a Monday morning after the Sunday end-of-the-weekend boozer at my local. Never again.
Today the government is expected to announce the strictest lockdown we’ve seen yet. The country needs it I’m afraid and I’ll live with it like I’ve done since March.Just hoping it won’t affect my group therapy. Can’t see it working on zoom. Well. We’ll see. I’ll stay clean and sober regardless. Because life is so much better this way. Together with you all. Have a good week friends. Love from Luna and me.
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Checking in 506 Days Sober! So thrilled about the bold steps I’ve taken to FINALLY take a leap of faith and start my new business as a land investor. I filed for my LLC a few days ago and am just so eager for it all to be finalized. I’ve already found a logo I’ll be using after @liv_m suggested it. The first purchase I made has just gone up on the Craigslist and Facebook less than 2 hours ago and I already have 3 inquiries from potential buyers! I can pinch myself. I’m actually living out a dream despite still feel doubt and fear. I’m just trying to bury that noise and focus on my vision. And you know I’ll end it by saying…none of this would be the case if I was still drinking alcohol and smoking weed! Both, very expensive habits that abstaining from has saved me enough money to invest in the programs I’ve purchased, the land I’ve purchased, and the LLC documentation and filing fees.
Have a happy Monday everyone.
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Success! Yay you Shay! That’s a great thing to take with me into the new week. So happy for you. Thanks so much for being with me on this journey. Totally inspiring.
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Thank YOU for all of your support and for being apart of my journey. I’m grateful to be in a position to inspire others. 
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Day 819 
Busy days ahead and I’m glad when this week is behind me. Working and studying and having a big exam thuesday. It scares me a bit. It’s an online exam with video surveillance. I’m not a wizz kid and this is the first time having such a thing online. Hope it’s going to work out well.
Friday I’m going to the hospital to let my eyes checked out. I have problems with focus and seeying double at the end of the day. Tonight the gouvernement is probably going to announce strict rules because of Covid. I think a lock down is coming up.
We’re not in a good flow right now 
But…this too shall pass 
Picture from a beachwalk I made yesterday.
Let’s add another day sober shall we?
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Starting to dread the holidays sober. kinda have a plan together taking on more classes to teach. But I know from experience that adjusting the outer world does not help me enough. when self hatred or low self esteem takes over I go… Motivation has to come from within. And my neurological condition should be my biggest motivation.
How do I get to a place where I give a shit about my health and sobriety again?
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Day 13…second check in… Its 7.30pm and its still 34 degree’s outside. Its hot! In the past, I would of been out some where with friends enjoying a few glasses of wine with dinner sitting out enjoying the warm summer evening, spending too much money on drinks, smoking alot of cigarettes, waking up feeling hellish the next day… But that isn’t my life anymore…I’m home, I’ve done a 2nd meditation and a short yoga sesh. I’ve had a 2nd long shower and done my skin care routine and put a face mask on. Ive baked some sweet potatoes and made a yummy huge salad. I’ve had 2 liters of water… And I’m curled up on couch ready to be couch comando for the rest of the evening 
… I’m feeling my life choices are good atm 
… Also, I just watched a YouTube interview with a guy named dean Henderson… He is a conspiracy theorist… But not just fluff, the good deep stuff… I like his research… I just found this website if all you conspiracy theorist are interested. I enjoy it 
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Why not check in every day?
Read around, read some more… There is so much great advice and support here. Lean in friend and make the most of this amazing community 
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Congrats girl ! I love this 
isn’t it the best feeling ever when we get things done and complete goals that we have delayed because of our previous unfortunate choices in life etc…aim for the stars hun, they say the Sky’s the limit, but in reality its not, there is no limit, because our possibilities are limitless if we focus and take daily action toward our goals
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@Dragonflygirl82 Congratulations! U make such a contribution to the forum.
@FeelingBetter A month is great! Be proud!
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I know when I think about how I should feel, or try and get back to a situation where I used to be managing ‘better’, I am often setting myself up to fail.
I think the important thing is trying to find a way to meet yourself where you’re at with some compassion. That’s definitely something I struggle with, as I also have low self-esteem. Tara Brach has some great stuff about this, which I am linking to here in case it is useful to you or anyone else!
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Hi,
I am glad you are setting boundaries. Boundaries are there not to be broken so I think you are right to be strict about them. They do need articulating and put into writing so you are clear if they have been broken. There can be some flexibility if you allow it up to the edge of the boundary and then a big NO after that. Therefore, it is important to establish where exactly the boundary is beyond which you will not tolerate people going. Do not feel bad about enforcing them, it is up to people to respect them and it is only assertiveness when you stick to them, it’s not being mean. Easier said than done, but what I do is to have an answer or reason prepared for when they might be breached or challenged.
In my level 2 counselling course we practiced saying no to quite emotional requests that breached boundaries. It was very uncomfortable but helpful. Is there anyone you can practice with?
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@CapriciousCapricorn 
Gosh, same here. Well said. As usual, practice makes progress, not perfection (no matter how much I want the nonexistent “perfect”).
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