Congratulations on 3 months well done… loving your benefits of your sobriety…
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I get that, the community here keep me on track, as soon as I wander away it goes wrong… keep reading the first few days are tough but worth it…
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Oh I miss the u.k alot! I lived in London for 4 years in the early 2000s… I love the rain and cold weather 
I also miss tescos 
your home looks so cozy 
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20k steps is a lot ! Nice work i try to get in 10k a day but even thats difficult some days
Dont give it a second thought. Be you. Do you.
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Yes it is, and thats only at work! So in a Day, it gets alot 
You can do 10k, keep it up 
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Day 270
Thank you so much for all the people who replied about my check-ins, sorry I am not @-ing all of you. It was great to be reassured that they do have value of themselves, even if not exciting or profound.
I walked to the library with my daughter today, just the two of us. It is a fair walk, and we chatted the whole way. For some reason, she was particularly interested in the story behind her dad and me meeting. She wanted to know who talked to whom first, what we did etc. I told her about our first date, which was drinks and food at a Izakaya, and she was aghast. “Were you drinking wine?” “Yes.” “Didn’t you get weird?” (excellent euphemism, btw, kiddo) “Yes, but Daddy was a lot more accepting of Mummy getting weird when I drank wine in those days” “Yes, but he doesn’t like it at all now, that’s why you don’t drink now, right?” “Right.” Later she asked (very pertinently) “After the date did you go back to your house?” (momentary panic, do I lie?) “Actually, I went to Daddy’s house.” (her eyes became the size of saucers) “What did you do?” “Watched Rolling Stones videos and ate sandwiches from Lawsons” (not a total lie, that was what we did the next morning, but like all my relationships I have zero memory of our first night together, which makes me regretful now). I think it is really important to be able to talk to kids about the drinking, at an age-appropriate level of course.
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Thank you I fit alot in a small space! UK does have some beautiful places… the rain today is good, makes me do jobs around house! But sometimes we have too much. I worked in London for 10 years it’s got alot going on but too manic for me , like to visit now, it’s only an hour on train… love Camden, the vintage clothes…
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- Or, to make @RosaCanDo happy (and who wouldn’t want to do that), 23 months. I can do with a little milestone or two. A wet weekend followed by a return to work Monday afternoon ahead. I feel work on my mental health has stalled in the last two weeks. I’ve slacked, both in actively working my mental state and in daily life. Some old patterns starting to creep back in. Need to get going again as Recovery is a verb.
Then again, I could do with the time out. I needed vacation in more than one sense. Recharge myself. I think I did. This weekend I’m going to set myself some goals for the coming weeks and months. Which is a goal in itself. Which makes myself feel better already. Have as good a weekend as you all can friends. Sober and clean. Love from Amsterdam.
@Hopeful777 It’s the goold old North Sea beach at Zandvoort Marie. Not the most beautiful beach here by a long shot but the one closest to Amsterdam.
@Fnkychic Hope you’re better today JF. Bit of a fright you must have gotten.
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Thanks, bestie! You’re awesome. 
P.S. I absolutely agree with the old patterns creepin’. Gotta work that recovery, don’t we.
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Hello all!!! Im going into day 6 today and I FINALLY got some sleep last night. Since I’ve been sober I’ve been walking around with a major tension headache from being so tired. Last night I was so tired I slept from 6:30-2:00 am got up to use the bathroom and went back to sleep 2:30-7:30. I feel so much better and focused on my day and task at hand! I hope everyone here has an awesome day!
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Day 330 clean and sober today. Wow yesterday was a really tough one stuck in my head. Lots of thoughts of drinking and using, depression was really bad as well. Went to bed super early last night and today’s a new day. Love you guys, have an amazing day today!!! 
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Day 328 today! I had some wicked drinking dreams last night that came out of nowhere. Like I’ve said recently, my drinking dreams have been off the charts the last month or so. I can’t figure it out.
Oh well, still sober and loving it! Just another hangover free morning 
I hope everyone has a great start to their weekend 
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You’re doing it though, Rob. Take those options off the table, you have other ways of coping now.
Have a great day!
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Have a great day too Donna!
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Cruising right along at 35 days.
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I’m here, I’m alive and I’m sober.
Day 251
Just talked to my Mother, Pa is now at the Covid-19 unit at the hospital still in respiratory care and his condition has gotten worse since yesterday and is now critical.
She said there’s still hope, as fast as it can turn and get worse it can also turn and get better. They don’t know because Covid-19 is so unpredictable.
All we can do is wait. They’re giving him the best care they can, all the meds he might need and everything but they still have nu clue if he’ll make it or not.
We’re not allowed at the hospital, ofc we’re not I understand that. But I can’t go to my Ma’s house either she’s still in quarantine. My uncle and my sister who’s been there all along is on their way to Ma’s so she doesn’t have to be alone.
My 18 y/o is on her way to my house and is going to stay until we knows how it all turns out.
The good thing is that he got the the hospital in time, and that Ma’s quarantine ends on Tuesday, so hopefully we’re able to go there soon no matter how it ends.
And that we’re lucky to get daily updates from the hospital.
Happy Saturday everyone.
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