# Checking in daily to maintain focus #24 **URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/checking-in-daily-to-maintain-focus-24/106035 **Category:** Life in Recovery **Tags:** daily-check-in **Created:** [December 28, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/checking-in-daily-to-maintain-focus-24/106035 "2020-12-28T16:55:40Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1980
### Author: ![RosaCanDo](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/rosacando/32/293101_2.png) [@RosaCanDo](https://talkingsober.com/u/RosaCanDo) #### Post date: [January 10, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/checking-in-daily-to-maintain-focus-24/106035/1980 "2021-01-10T17:47:28Z")
Day 125: Last night was horrible. But we all made it through. The time has come to say goodbye to my buddy Chucho and my heart is breaking but it will be such a relief to end his profound suffering. We will be calling the vet first thing in the morning tomorrow. I find myself dealing with some swirling thoughts of drinking and the thoughts feel intrusive and obsessive. I just keep telling myself I choose sobriety. Nothing will be made better by drinking. It is a simple choice. I was looking back at my old topics and found my post from 4 months ago at the start of this sober stretch. It was good to read and remember, and I decided to start putting more thoughts down there. I might keep that up, but I still will be checking in here everyday. It’s an essential part of my recovery and helps me stay on track. I am so so so filled with gratitude for my TS community. Those of you who have been so generous with your love and support…I wouldn’t be here and handling things as well as I am without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Chucho has felt your love through me, too. If you want to read more Rosa musings, visit me here: > [@Sober Rosa Feels All The Feels](https://talkingsober.com/t/sober-rosa-feels-all-the-feels/97491): > > It feels good to feel again. Not feel good, per se, although I do feel pretty good at times, but to feel at all. After reaching roughly 35 days of abstinence from alcohol I stopped counting – I suffered a tremendous personal loss that changed my world. I am still coming to terms with the loss of a dear one in my life to the coronavirus. I didn’t reach for the booze right away, but instead found myself in a relapse of another sort, slipping to a point that I had not been in quite some time. It re… Sending love your way, folks. 💗 --- _[View the full topic](https://talkingsober.com/t/checking-in-daily-to-maintain-focus-24/106035)._