Day 186 for me here. One of my wisdom teeth is bugging the hell out of me, so I’m really anxious I’m going to have to get them removed. It started very suddenly so I’m hoping I just irritated the gum by biting something or brushing too hard and that it will go away.
I visited the dentist recently for a teeth cleaning and he never said anything about my wisdom teeth so I wasn’t expecting them to give me any issues. Anyway, that’s my biggest issue at the moment so I’d say I’m doing pretty good considering how minor that is in the grand scheme of things
@Desire2ChangeToday That is one hell of a productive day!! Good for you, it sounds like you’re killing it
@Rockstar24777 I’m glad you’re doing better man, I hated to see you so down as you were the other day but I knew you’d bounce back.
Wishing you strength & clarity! Hope he doesn’t string you along, but wouldn’t want to rush it either. Congrats on facing this and not running to the bottle or DOC. You are an inspiration
Thanks so much. Setting a timeline this morning is important so there is no stringing along. Not drowning myself in beer during this is an accomplishment and I appreciate you acknowledging that.
Hi there, your teeth issue sounds familiar (not diagnosing you here obviously, LOL). That’s how my upper wisdoms decided to end their existence (I had them taken out). I know it’s scary to see a dentist let alone have something removed. If it keeps bugging you and if it really is wisdom tooth, I do encourage to do something about it. The older you get the trickier the removal becomes, or so I’ve been told.
Checking in from Flag. Other than my 350 days without a drink I got nothing new. Surrounded by the love and joy of my pets. My wife, who drinks everyday. No family near by. Beautiful walking trails up here in the mountains in my own neighborhood. We really are alone up here. It’s like a summer camp all boarded up for the winter. We love it. I’m dealing with the pandemic and politics the best I can. I know I’m truly blessed to be retired. Hunkered down **STILL!**At a point in my life where I don’t have to go anywhere or do anything if I don’t want to. So I’m just grateful for what I have. Very grateful. Kids are good. Pets are good. Wife is good. I got my health and home. What more can I ask for?
Looking forward to my first sober Christmas
You guys are all amazing warriors out there fighting the good fight. I’m so proud of you all. And I’m glad you’re all here for me.
Here’s a chuckle. I had to googled ODAAT the other day . I felt like a doofus.
Love you guys.
Back on day 5 again. Had a slip up decorating the Christmas tree. As if I could only do it with wine being buzzed. My relapse started before I even poured it. I knew I was drinking. It was a strong pull and there was no other outcome it seemed. I didn’t enjoy it like in the past. It felt more like it was in the way than anything. I feel stronger about pushing through Christmas now. My last drinks weren’t fun or special and I can do without. I wasted a whole day nursing myself back to normal. I don’t want to keep this cycle up. I’m putting in the work regardless how slippery my head gets I’m not going down again!
Thanks.
Chocolate. There can always be more chocolate. And coffee.
Thanks for the update. So glad you’re sober and not all alone. Thank you being such an encouragement and support at the forum. Dare I say a comic relief as well Very grateful to be in this tribe family with you
This right there is pure knowledge given by your experience of using.
Way before drinking, I used to know that I would be drinking (also what, where and with who I’d be drinking). And because I’ve behave so many times in the way my thoughts where going (to be drinking), I’ve conditioned myself to drink when I have the thought of drinking. So now that I don’t drink, I still have, like you say, the thought that I’ll be relapsing way before it actually happen. The difference is that, before I made the choice to go sober, I was letting the thoughts of drinking commanding my actions, because I didn’t knew how to resist or change the conditioned reaction to the thought of drinking otherwise than to actually drink or find a way to numb my thoughts and related feelings. Now that i made the choice that drinking is not an option, when the thoughts of drinking pop-up, I have to deal with it in any way I can other than drinking. It has been and it is still hard sometime to know what I actually need when those thoughts appears, because every feelings I had used to be coped with booze.
So what are those thoughts telling me now ? That I am going to relapse this afternoon because I thought of it in the morning? That I am going to the groceries and cancel my day with wine in the afternoon? No. Because that is not an option, the thoughts of relapsing are a vivid sign and reminder that I have a need to be addressed, I have to find what it is, deal with it or tolerates it. Thoughts of relapses are telling me to slow down, to go back to my true self’s needs, and take action from and for it.
Sobriety is a superpower. By using the thoughts of drinking as a reminder that you can find answers within yourself, it gives you power over not only alcohol, but over your overall life. And as long as you practice this introspection and take action from the within, it will become the new automatic behaviours of your mind - and replace the conditioned-relapsing one.
Thank you.
Right back atcha
Oh I got the chocolate covered too.
I got Dove dark chocolate bars in the fridge.
And I ordered myself a Chocolate Babka from Gold Belly. Suppose to have been delivered yesterday
Omg this scene, is it from Analyze This? Where he just says, “You…” In his De Riro way?! It’s a family joke and we pull that move on each other, love it!
Checking in sober, Day 345. Posting later than usual, been out shoveling snow! Yesterday we had brown grass and not a flake in sight, today we have +18" and snowfall is expected for another 3-4 hours at least. I thought the first day of winter wasn’t until Monday!!
. I felt like a doofus.
Very grateful to be in this tribe family with you 
