Good for you 
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Thank you, Fleur! 
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We live and learn mate. You’ll never be cured and you’ll never be able to have just one drink and be happy about the concept. That’s why today is the only day that matters.
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Congratulations @DLS!! Your perseverance and determination is admirable. I hope you did something nice for yourself today because you deserve it. Love you Sis!! 
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10 months…
Somedays i feel like i can take on the world, otherdays i actually wish i just wasn’t me right at that moment.
I am however glad that i am on this road of recovery even when i feel like the battle is too much because i can honestly say that the urges are becoming weaker, i can put my hand on my heart and say the words i love myself just that little bit more everyday and even at my lowest of the lows i still choose recovery over my substance abuse.
We all have challenges, we all have a rollarcoaster of emotions but we all deserve to recover!
So as i sign off…
A little message from one struggling addict to another
I believe you can do it, we all deserve to recover
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- Bought me a Kayak!
Ms. Monkey already has one. It’s probably been 20 years…at least…since I have been in one.
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I love you too! You’ve been my rock here through so much, thank you for all you give here.
I did, I bought a few things and went to the gym. The car place I go to to get anything done has a cat that lives there; I stop by randomly on occasion to give him snacks and treats. He’s a talker so he’s always happy to see me… I stopped there to see him. 
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Nooooo favorites allowed!!!
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I’m still learning to use that word. I did call my son one last night. He was so confused 
I told him to google it. Hahaha
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You’re younger than me 
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I am checking in maybe for the 2nd time today as I had a familiar moment tonight and needed to share. I was given the option today of changing my work shift to 2 hours earlier ongoing and that was a wonderfully pleasant and unexpected surprise. It is a perfect set of hours for me and for my household and I am thrilled. When the reality set after a few minutes, I had a very familiar feeling of wow, I did something right and made it through the super late shift for many months and now I get to reward myself with a lot of beer. In a moment could see it, smell it and taste it and even remember how I felt upon first sip. The first thing I thought was no, this is not how is reward myself I can’t do that. I am so disturbed by what a knee-jerk reaction it is to reward myself or celebrate with alcohol for pretty much anything. Uggghhh…Fortunately I am working and did not drink and I don’t plan to. I am just reminded of how much automatic behavior must be unlearned. Sigh.
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Congratulations. I thoroughly enjoyed your Clueless reference
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This is a great share. The more you see it happening, the easier it is to see it for what it is. Just conditioning and habit. I really identify with it because I do it a lot, too.
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Classic, Beth! Same here, Margaret @Irisees919 Thanks for the share. The more we acknowledge and share these triggering events with others the less we are alone in them. I truly believe that putting it out to the universe helps release something, too, whereas keeping them inside they sometimes fester.
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Yeah, who’d have thunk? We’ve got this Shay, not by luck but by hard design.
Blessings and sobriety!
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@Joy this is so amazing!! i hope you are feeling proud. i am still on Day 1 from alcohol and cigarettes — i had tried to remove one at a time but it never works, because i feel they go hand-in-hand for me. so i decided i’m determined enough to do both at once. i am inspired by your progress and am excited to see myself being in my 600, 700th day like you. but for now i am just staying focused, one day at a time!! 
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