Thank you @littlemisschatterbox
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Hey Charlie! Congrats on day 111! Enjoy your busy day and weekend and best wishes to you!
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Thinking of you and what you are going through. Proud of you for not only your sobriety but also your ability to reach out when you know you need help. That is not easy and not something everyone has found the courage to do. Big hugs to you, I hope you find the answers you need. As a mother, I understand how leaving this unsolved would not be an option. 
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Checking in at the end of another great sober day. Had friends over this evening after work. Two lovely people and their two lovely young kids. Heās a good mate. We have a lot in common. I really like him a lot. Usually I would drink a lot of beer and/or wine with him over dinner. Sheās the only teetotaler I know in real life - which is a damning indictment of the culture I live in. Anyway, I sat watching him get steadily more and more out of shape whilst drinking my Guinness clear with absolutely no desire to drink at all.
My resolve is never stronger than when Iām sober in the presence of someone who is drinking. Watching what it does to them is soul destroying.
Life is so much better now.
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight. 
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941 days alcohol free. Happy friday.
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@MagicMama Congratulations on your two months.
@anon27760155 HUGS and healing vibes sent your way.
@Milele Happy birthday!!!
262 days. Did a lot of thinking yesterday about all the emotional hurdles I have overcome since being sober. I realized that there isnāt one life event that I āreserveā for drinking. Although I am feeling shattered right now I am fully aware that alcohol would do fuck all for me. I used to consume alcohol and now know it consumed me. I have sat down and really thought about what I want in a relationship. I was previously told that relationships are the first place weāre hurt and therefore the last to heal within. I have come to realize that I have a lot of healing to do and the relationship I need to work on the most is the one with myself. With the stresses in my relationship and added pressures of not one but two roommates I am really starting to believe that getting my own place would be best. Unfortunately I am not financially stable to do so right now. I am hitting the job ads even harder and am more determined to obtain employment as I see it as a stepping stone to my own happiness. I am awaiting a callback from an interview last week and have an interview scheduled for Monday as well. Unfortunately the salary tied to the position matters now as I have a budget figured out for what I need to make it on my own.
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Happy Birthday!! 
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Drink lots of fluids which Iām sure you know.
Soul is a great movie. My nieces and nephew loves it. Weāre having a movie night too. Coming 2 America premiers here in the states today!! Weāre pretty excited. I hope you feel better soon remember this is only a temporary feeling to a long lasting glorious outcome of being sober and present everyday. Sending you positive vibes 
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SOUL is such an amazing movie.
Cried like a baby.
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Day 33
Only had one day of struggles this week with the inner party-goblin. Relied on my support system and got through it. As per ceremony it was brought out from work stress. I am a career driven woman and tend to pour all I am into my job. I LOVE my job but I also need to step back and take care of my mental health.
Tonight is the Anaheim v Sharks hockey game. Boyfriend and I do Hotdogs and Hockey night here and there. It has been fun to substitute beer with brats. 
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Congrats! What was it that you quit first? 
I donāt check in everyday so these are just a small run of tasty numbers for booze.
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@Sunny11 congrats on 200+ days
@MagicMama congrats on 60 days
@Natnat1 welcome back, so good to see you checking in 
congrats on 204 days and your new home
@anon27760155 I hope you feel better soon 
and thatās great that things have improved with your sister 
congrats on 7 months+
@I.cant.We.can congrats on triple digits 
@Milele Happy 40th Birthday! 
@RosaCanDo so pleased you got some sleep and are feeling a little lighter, Iāll join you on that hunt for a survivable baseline!
@Rockstar24777 sending hopeful prayers
@Squirt I wish you success in your job hunt, same predicament we share. Sorry about the relationship challenges youāre facing, I hope improving the relationship with yourself has a ripple effect
207 days no alcohol.
175 days no cocaine.
2 days no binge-eating.
Ugh. I felt brave and dealt with all my creditors before coming here so Iām feeling like the sh*tiest person alive. Couldnāt even bring myself to face the outside world because of the shame it makes me feel so no walk today. Thatās how my day has ended.
I had my 1:1 following the completion of DBT, and it made me feel anxious and useless. For anyone thatās familiar with the content, we went through a real world example of using DEAR MAN to assert boundaries, it did not go well, and I started to have an anxiety attack just from imagining trying to say all the things. So thatās how my day started.
The fear of homelessness is really on my mind. If it was just me Iād do what it takes to cope, but my 2 cats are my reason to stay alive and I canāt bare the thought of having to spend any time without them, nor they without me. We need each other. Iām just hoping that on the day my flat sale completes and I become officially homeless, that wherever I end up in emergency accomodation until Iām housed, that I can sneak my cats in, or even better, they are allowed to stay with mešš». Iām praying over this regularly. I consciously put these thoughts to the back of my mind most of the time, but itās one of those days where it has risen to the surface.
With all that being said, Iām still just so fkin grateful that I found my way out of active addiction hell. Things would be unfathomably worse had I not. I may feel really sh*t and ashamed today, but atleast Iām not having panic attacks over it or feeling any desire to use. I can recognise why I feel the way I feel and that Iām doing everything I can to move forwards. Lifeās journey is different sober, but I embrace every day as a step in the right direction. Better days will come, worse days will come, and thatās okay, together we can ride it out.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, see you tomorrow
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Yes, thatās rightā¦ the women usually play the domra, and the men usually play the balalaika.
I also like the guy with the xylophone, heās pretty funny.
Anyway, Iām glad that you liked it.
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Checking in day 8 no booze!
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Good evening my beautiful friends. Thankyou to everyone on the warm welcome back it really made me want to keep checking in with you all . As itās a new account Iām limited on how much I can post and reply to . But Iām reading up and love seeing the love and support we all share on here . Itās day 205 today and Iām doing a charity dog walk for dementia UK. Iām walking 100miles in March with my fur baby teddy! Iām on day 6 and itās great getting out for long walks . Today I got to see my grandsons and the excitement on there faces when they see me blows me away I never want to let them down and they are a massive reason I want recovery so badly . Hope everyone of you are having a blessed day xxx
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Congratulations on 500.02 days Cate. Thatās super!
I hope itās not driving you nuts you didnāt get a nice even 500.00 
Real happy for ya.
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