Congrats on the big 2-0-0 
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Checking in at 1 month 22 days. Had some very alcohol positive thoughts last weekend, but doing better this week. I just remind myself that the negatives far outweigh the positives, that basically I end up feeling sick and what’s the point of that. Sometimes the pro- drinking cultural messages we’re surrounded by are overwhelming. I struggle with the symbolism of drinking as a form of freedom, of letting go. A change in consciousness, which it is, but in the end, not for the good. If I drink, I’ll fall back into negotiating with myself about doing it again and when. All dumb and pointless. I don’t want to get into that pattern. There will be positive thoughts about drinking and I’ll just observe them and let them go and they’ll pass.
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11 months, wow, congratulations Emm and also for your daily gratitude 
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Checking in day 63. It’s been a while since I was last on but glad I’m back. Awesome to see a bunch of familiar faces still on here!
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158 Days
Feeling tired after yesterday, but no hangover, first time in 30 years! So happy with that…
Busy day ahead, lots of visits which I enjoy, and out for dinner this eve…
Noticed my eating habits have declined since I got sober too much sugar in every form, so tackling that, as I do t think it’s helping my energy levels… and need to get to gym more by organising my time better… I always feel like I chasing my tail.
Stay safe and sober and have a good day
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Day 988 
Yesterday I wrote about the inappropriate private messages I’ve got here. Glad to mention the moderators has done something about them. Do you get them too? If you click on the little flag button beneath that message (push the 3 dots to see it) you can report it to the moderators. Let’s silence those who are here with other intentions.
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Day 338.
Massive thanks for the enthusiasm for my 11 months! It really means a great deal to me. 
This place is the best. It was a long and adulty work day, but popping in here and there on any day gets me through better than anything poured in a glass ever did. It’s like a 24/7 lounge to turn to for support when sober legs are shaky, for comfort and others’ ears when we’re dealing with things in new ways, and of course - there’s always a reason to celebrate!
Tonight? Congrats to @Charlie_C for 200 days! You keep doing yours sober - for 200 days straight! Well done, friend - glad we’re on this journey together.
Like any place, though - we’ll have our problems. Me? Zero tolerance for harassment of any kind - here and IRL. Please, if you’ve received it, report it. This is our community, and we need to protect it and each other.
Still, I’m proud to belong here, proud of us showing up to our lives each day, and showing up here too. I’ve got a pretty good idea where I’ll see you all tomorrow… 
G’night friends - sweet sober dreams and days to all.
EDIT: and as I wrote this - @SoberWalker said it all! 
Strength in numbers!
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Oh, thank you! This was a delight to read!
Right now, I mostly write too many emails for work and then my posts on TS 
, but during this lockdown, and thanks to being sober, I’ve also indulged in long-put-off creative writing classes. (They are online and asynchronous, with only a few webinars. We middle-aged aspiring writers are hopefully more enthusiastic than your and @Misokatsu’s students! Though do I ever feel your pain when I’m on lengthy work zoom meetings with a group of muted black squares… 
)
Semi-retirement looms on the horizon, so I’ll get up to more fun playing with words then… …one day at a time, of course. Thanks again, friend. Wishing you and your new fitbit (loved the analogy to moderation!) much success and plenty o’ steps!
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Hi Charlie,
Congratulations with your well earned 
days. I’ve seen the struggles and the determination of you to get and stay sober, but look where you are right now!! 
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Day 417.97
Root canal 
Other than that not much else today.
It doesn’t hurt much. So I’m good. Just have to finish up at the dentist Monday. Hopefully he can just fill it and not have to make a new crown. No doctors the rest of the week. Yay!!
Shitty Day?
Yep.
Still clean and sober?
Yep!
You Win!
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Checking in on day 11. Time is flying by. I try to make it easier, not not drink alcohol: 1. I don’t have any alcohol at home.
2. Told my boyfriend that I don’t drink alcohol anymore.
3. Avoid my favorite supermarket where I am used to buy the alcohol.
4. Have some NA drinks at home.
5. Try to eat well and healthy, exceptions allowed 
6. Go by bike wherever I can.
7. Try to be busy by cleaning the house, the garden, etc
8. I was thinking to write a list for what I can do if I feel bored or lonely (I am living alone, kids are adult, boyfriend is living a 2,5 hours drive away).
9. I always say “yes” if anybody wants to meet me or to any other possibility to go out of the house.
And very important: 10. Checking in here 
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That’s such a great list! Looks a lot like mine I made 2,5 years ago and I’m still sober🥳
I wish you the same Joy, go get it
Congratulations with the 
days!!
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Thanks, Buts, I know your list, that’s the reason I write mine 
Thank you so much for it! It is so helpful. I always remembered it but I never wrote it down.
Danke!
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Morning everyone! Day 116 for me . I’ve been having councelling every 2 weeks and he signed me off yesterday which was great . He said he would miss talking to me but I got this ! My biggest enemy now is complacency so told me to keep putting the work in - educating myself , starting new habits and goals and also just as important coming on here to share and see you guys stories .
Anyway - 4 months this weekend which is good , I still get the occasional -‘ I miss drinking ‘ but then I remember one would never be enough and where it would lead to.
Anyway happy to say I’ve been signed off , hope everyone is doing good today
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m9 d23
So yesterday while giving a friend a piggy back, my daughter tripped, and as her hands were holding her friend’s legs there was nothing to break her fall and she faceplanted into the playground. Luckily she didn’t break her nose or get black eyes, but she has a hell of a bump on her forehead and it was serious enough the teacher brought her home (it happened at home time and we live very close to the school). And luckily I am now sober so that unexpected visits from teachers are not a problem. Yesterday was my day off, so a year ago, it was my ‘get drunk in the morning, with the plan to sober up in the afternoon, but of course fail and probably pass out’ day. That didn’t happen every week, but so glad I am not Russian roulette mummy anymore.
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Wow. That fall sounds horrible Fleur. I hope your daughter is ok. I never had a broken nose but I hear they are most painful. Glad she didn’t break hers.
I can imagine how grateful you are to be sober now and not have to worry about unexpected teacher visits.
So many benefits to our sobriety. It’s a beautiful thing.
I pray for a speedy recovery for your daughter.
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Day 831
Still a lot going on with work and moving, but making some progress with both. Hopefully i’ll exchange on the house today or tomorrow. I have a payment to make today which should finally trigger everything. Still loads to do but I will breathe a sigh of relief once all of the legal bits are done. Fingers crossed that all goes smoothly today. It has been sooooo stressful.
And work is busy as ever, many plates spinning which isn’t a particularly nice way to work, but you have to roll with it. I did get a nice surprise yesterday tho. Each of the teams had to vote for their ‘Team Champions’ last week. Bit of fun I guess. Turns out my team voted me as champion!!
It was a much appreciated acknowledgement of the work I do. My role in the team isn’t particularly glamourous or exciting, but it is important so I’m glad they see that. It’s always nice to get a pat on the back.
What is most interesting to me tho, is my reaction to it. I actually allowed myself to enjoy it for once. My natural reaction would normal be a cynical one. I would fob it off as unimportant, pointless even. I might even doubt the reasons or intentions of me ‘winning’. But I haven’t done that, not how I would have reacted say, a year ago.
That’s where I see a lot of my gains these days. In the way I react to things. Less negatively. And there’s been some real progress recently in that sense.
Have a great day folks 
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- Finishing my coffee & in a bit of a hurry as I’m meeting my bestie in town before going to therapy later. Biking yesterday was a bit tough as it was pretty hot and the sun rather intense. Well rested now so ready for another day. Clean and sober.
I shudder at the thought of the past, when on a summer night like this I felt compelled to hang out in or before the bar until late, drinking as much as I could,. stumbling home or falling of my bike trying to get home, and waking up totally disorientated, sick to my stomach, headache, well you know the deal. Never again. Have as good a day as you all can friends. Clean and sober. Love from my desk.
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