Big weekend of challenges! Not challenges that I wanted to drink, but I was in two situations where I would usually drink to either have more fun, or be better at talking to people I know a bit but not well (strangers you can ask basic questions, but man I hate talking to people you already know basic stuff, but aren’t close, wtf do u say), or even bloody dance IN PUBLIC. There certainly were times I felt awkward, just removed myself from a situation, or totally faked-it-til-I-nearly-made-it. But I did it, and hopefully now my brain knows these things are possible sober.
Edit - alcohol never actually made me better at those things of course, I just thought it did!
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- Zomertijd (daylight saving time) started here. I’ve managed to stay in bed till midday yay me! TBH I feel like I’m lacking a bit of energy. Managed to do absolutely nothing yesterday. So going to try again today to do at least the necessary household chores and cook myself a decent meal before my new workweek starts. I am sober and clean and I have every intention to remain that way. One day at a time. Have as good a Sunday as you all can friends. Love from Amsterdam and Fort Davis TX. I was there 4 years ago today in a dust storm. Reminds me a bit of the weather here today.
@M-be-free49 Have a good time off Emm. Sounds like good you time. We’re doing it again today. Hugs.
@autie Two weeks! Yay you! Congrats and keep going.
@ICanAndWill You do you friend. I post here because I think it’s helpful to some. It sure is to me. At some point in time I will stop. I agree stalking is not healthy behaviour no.
@Eleven17 Two months! Big congrats!
@Foreverfree36 Excellent work on 3 weeks Kels! Congrats!
@anon74766472 People here have the prejudice Germans have no sense of humour. Thanks so much for proving them wrong again and again Franzi.
@Rockstar24777 Congrats on the new tattoo Rob.
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Welcome back Rob.
That’s all we all can do. And repeat tomorrow. Hope you learned some lessons from this or it would’ve been in vain. Please post before caving to the crave next time friend. Success.
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Checking in March 28 2021
7 days clean and free of Alcohol and cigarettes I made it to my first week I’m very proud of myself and just very motivated to rack this time up again yesterday was just constantly being aware and alert conscious of my surroundings and decisions this divorce almost had me won’t lie I find myself saying you thought you had me but NO it was not going to pull me back into being who I crushed never moving forward onward is my way and I have to keep going congrats to everyone hitting milestones to the ones going through a rough time head up ! You got thisss
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Good job! Those were the situations where I would drink myself into oblivion. You did it sober!
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Hey everyone, checking in on 287. I hope everyone has a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.
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964 days alcohol free. Happy Sunday
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I’ve learned very recently that the times I have the least resolve are the times I intentionally choose to forget how bad an alcoholic I am. Try to remember where the 2 roads will lead you…
I’ve found over the past 18 months that my choice to forget that I’m an incorrigible drunk is intentional. I want to be able to drink socially or in control like those around me. Yeah, fat chance. I’m an alcoholic so even though I know this I consciously choose to ignore it. Or, ill tell myself, tomorrow I’ll start my new sobriety. Again fat chance, as long as I’m holding on to my old way of thinking…I’ll call this Road A.
What I’ve also learned is the more I show up here on ts, the more I remember where road A leads. Coming here offers strength, hope, promise, support, understanding and friendship. I’ll call this Road 2.
The challenge ahead for me is to ignore the detours from Road 2 back to Road A and as I’ve already mentioned Road 2 is its own reward, where Road A leads nowhere. This is now my journey, a choice of 2 roads.
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I feel I can only connect with the people on here that are brand new or have recently relapsed. I feel that making “friends” or getting involved in cliques on here only ends up in some kind of drama (just like Facebook which I’ve deleted since last year)
Also that’s why I no longer felt the need to be a moderator on the forum cuz I was tired of getting in the middle of every confrontation that came up. It wasn’t good for me mentally. You gotta use the forum to YOUR advantage. If your not feeling it anymore, then that is OK. the app will always be here for you as a sobriety tool whenever u need it.
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Day 290 clean and sober today. Getting closer to that 300 hundred mark wtf yay!!! Yesterday was sad at times but most of the day I was ok. Yesterday I was sitting on the porch and the sun was shining down and I swear I could feel Corey in the breeze and it made my heart so content. I hope everyone has a great day today, love you guys!!! 
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Checking in sober at the end of day 84.
Woke up at 5:30am today and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I went for an early walk. It was beautiful. Incredibly cool. Nice and quiet. Lots of birdsong. All unusual in Singapore.
Had a bbq for lunch and some good friends came to join us. My wife drank with them whilst I chugged back pint after pint of Guinness Clear. I’m not sure how I feel about her drinking for the first time in 84 days. I thought I would be happy because I don’t want her to stay dry on my account, but when it comes down to it, I actually feel a bit sad.
Hope she feels lousy in the morning. 
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight. 
(Honk, honk!)
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Day 4. Heading to Ohio for the next two weeks. Wife has been nice to me, making me resent her less. I know she wants the best for me/us, I just have to figure out what that means.
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Sorry you are feeling this way. I agree there can be drama and cliqueyness but after all, this is a community and social media so this is going to happen. For me I get a guilty pleasure in reading it all. Edit: but I for sure am rooting for everyone to be successful in their fight against whatever it is that brings them here. Edit2: I hope you do not truly mean everything you said in that post. But I don’t apologize for that and it is helping me stay sober. Thank you all you people sharing your lives with us. It’s just a tool for me. I try to stay positive with it and like and post on things that make me smile or that I can relate to in some way. If you step back from here you will be missed. I still have to laugh when I think of when you said you were offended by celery!
Hope everyone has a nice day wherever you are.
Bye for now…
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@Lisa07 congrats on all the 5s 
@Girlinterrupted congrats on 10 months
@M-be-free49 enjoy your time off 
@trose1995 sending strength 
@autie congrats on 2 weeks
@Rockstar24777 that looks awesome! 
@Foreverfree36 congrats on 3 weeks
@Soundlab welcome back, you know you can do this
@Truckinmonster21 congrats on your week
230 days no alcohol.
198 days no cocaine.
4 days no binge-eating.
Completely emptied my wardrobe/storage cupboard at 7:30am this morning, and now it’s all packed into boxes in the spare room ready for moving. Also decluttered my bedside cabinets and drawers, as well as the drawers beneath my bed. I definitely hit a wall around 3pm though as I started finding it difficult to let go of things, will reattempt that drawer tomorrow. I feel overwhelmed at how much there is left still to do but I’m progressing through it steadily so all is well. I’ve got so much stuff to donate to charity shops when they reopen, it’s filling up my hallway at the moment!
I hope you’ve all had nice weekends
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No way… That is impressive!
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Hi Matt, maybe it is important to exactly look at why you picked up again,took the well-known path. Maybe not in big public here but maybe you have someone you trust and go it through. 
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Happy Sunday everyone. Checking in here from Florida. So today marks 2 weeks of sobriety for me. It has felt good to wake up the last two weekends and not being hungover and not accomplishing anything except laying on the couch all day and feeling depressed. Was at the beach yesterday with the family and actually played with my sons in the water and in the sand building sandcastles instead of sitting in the chair and pounding drinks down all day. I have felt good these past two weeks and taking it one day at a time.
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We can all try it alone and most tried endlessly. Failing again and again. I was suffering and still thought that I was unique in my suffering and problems. Maybe it is right but how we handle our problems we are similar and together.
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