Congratulations
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Have a nice day TS family , Day 
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Hang in there alcohol will mess up the body but sometimes the body can heal itself also
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Cant sleep nothing really but I was laying cement today for the first time itās a sidewalk stomach (divticerlitus) acting up again thought I had it under control. Anyways my wife gave me a nice massage and I was out after that but I keep dreaming of me laying cement. Anyone ever start a project or did a activity and just dream about it all night?
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Oh hell yeah man 394 sober and still healing. Iāll be healing for the next 6 years probably lol. Just loved that art work, and caption on what alcohol does to ppl when they drink it. It takes your soul and doesnāt give a shit about who it takes
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Congrats on just an ordinary day Mar Mena! Actually they might be the best once we get sober and clean.
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- Coffee. My true day off this week. Trying to choose between going for a hike or for a bike ride today. Slightly favouring a hike right now because of the foggy weather. Then again it could lift any minute. Will do something outside for sure. Itās March! Just as Iāll do it sober and clean. Waking up hangover free is still the best. Have as good a day as you all can friends. Clean and sober. Love from Amsterdam in very early spring.
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Day 898
Goodmorning, not that active here at the moment but still around 
Going trough a rough time at the moment. 2 out of my 3 kids are having big study delays because of motivation problems. Also my eldest is depressed because of it and Covid. My eldest would have gratuate this year but now he doesnāt. Thatās not a big issue for me but Iām sad seeing him not happy in life. Heās also doubting about his choice of carreer/school. Itās hard because I canāt do muchā¦
So Iām a lot in my head these days and thatās helping nobody. So I walkā¦I walk loads! Last week I walked 60 km/37,2 miles. Today Iām off from work and Iām going to walk to a friend 15 km/9,3 miles from here.
So difficult times, but still sober and managing.
Glad this tread is here, it helps to write things down. Use my diary for that purpose too. That and walking are my most important coping ways right now.
Thank you for listening and I wish you a GOOD DAY 
Picture made during a walk
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229.04 Days
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Checking in early today. Had an interesting day. Well, I think it was interesting 
Got the dreaded email from HR this morning telling me (and all of my colleagues) that we run the risk of losing our jobs if we travel home in the summer and then are unable to get back into Singapore for the start of the new academic year.
This effectively means that we cannot travel home again this year. That means that by the time we next get home, it will have been three years since our last visit. Three years without seeing friends and family. Three years without children seeing their grandparents.
I was kind of expecting it, but the finality of it hit me hard. I have been really miserable all day. So much so that I started to talk myself into having a few drinks this evening. Who cares? Iām halfway through a three year prison sentence. Whatās the point?
Anyway, by the time I finished work I was pretty sure I was going to drink. The funny (and great) thing is that when it came to it, I really didnāt want to. I couldnāt bear the idea of pouring that poison into my system again, or the idea of waking up in the morning feeling rough and anxious.
This feels huge for me.
It wasnāt that I leaned on my willpower and managed to pull through by gritting my teeth and depriving myself. I had conceded. I was going to do it. I have booze in the house. It would have been easy. I just didnāt want to.
Coming so close to it and realising how I felt about it at that point is a real revelation for me. I feel emotional thinking about it.
Have a fantastic sober day, wherever you are.
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Tony, thatās huge! First, I am so sorry about the circumstances. Thatās is such a hard thing. But! Hold on to that moment when you realized you didnāt want to drink, itās a momentous shift and evidence of coping with difficulty and emotions without alcohol! Iām so happy for you. I went through some similar revelations (completely different scenario) and it is really a place of continued strength I turn back to each time I have a case of the āfuck-itsā that could threaten my sobriety. I hope now you can identify what will help you deal with the continued challenges and high emotion around this. Nice work 
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Itās a great opportunity to let your dreams help you prepare for the inevitable loosening of restrictions! Well done keeping on.
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Checking in March 3rd 2021
Got some much needed rest feeling great feeling ALIVE wich is the most important thing work is awesome itās like getting paid to sight see 
traveling to different states , cityās is great one day I would like to be more home but for now this is how it is 
Day 3 of cigarettes and alcohol taking it day by day step by step 
thatās all we can do . Trucker out ā¦
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Iām really sorry for the bad news, it sucks. But Iām glad you didnāt drink, itās a huge victory. I had similar experience, although I did relapse a few months ago. I literally teared up drinking the first glass it was so hard to do. I realized, how much sobriety became a part of me. That after a long time I do have something to lose. When I drank regularly I really didnāt have anything to lose. But sobriety gave my life value and it gave me dignity. Of course I screwed it up big time, but thatās just me. Iām glad you didnāt make that mistake.
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I feel you, we wonāt be able to go back this year either. My mother has already passed, and my dad is a long story, but at least I donāt have grand-parent guilt. As for a near miss with a relapse, I really do think they make us stronger. A few weeks ago it happened to me, I even got butterflies thinking of getting a drink, but now I look back and cannot believe I almost wasted my sobriety.
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Dude thatās awesome. Iāve said for a long time that one of these days I want to do your jobā¦ maybe in retirement or something. Who knows. Seems like a really great way to make money and enjoy life.
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Checking in. Hit reset this morning. Made the decision to be truly sober today, sober from my addiction -and- sober from the drug I often use instead to cope. Also Going to face a work challenge head on today that Iāve been endlessly avoiding, and hopefully take away the power that anxiety has over me right now. 
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Checking in, I could have done so anytime already because I didnāt sleep a wink. Nothing was working (and Iāve been sleeping great lately 
) so I gave up and got up. Iāve been thinking about my upcoming 6 month milestone and also about stuff coming up in therapy, and Iām just revolving around these thoughts of how I got here. How did I get to the point where I was so crippled by alcohol and depression/anxiety? There has been some chicken and egg type pondering, did I really drink to cope with my mental health issues, or did I develop mental health issues because I drank? Ultimately, just like 
at some point itās irrelevant, at least to where I am now. Which is so much better off, with a future, the possibility of actually feeling real, unadulterated emotions and living an authentic life. As BrenĆ© Brown calls it, living wholeheartedly. It aināt easy, but itās worth it to me. I am, however, doing the work in therapy and in other ways to work on those tendencies I have that land me in trouble spots. Thinking traps, shame spirals, perfectionism and the like. Always a day at a time. 
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Checking in on day 418.
Feeling good. Living life on my own terms and Iām healing along the way.
Iām very grateful to be sober.
Life is good today.
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Definitely itās like vacation and you get paid for it