Check in on day 27 nothing to report really so that’s how I like it, off to the beach for the night as kids have broken up for summer holidays, so making every minute count, they’ve had to share me with that other world for too long, today I can be precent in there lives, they don’t want things or toys or gadgets they want my time. Have a blessed Thursday 
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Checking in sober.
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Had the plumber come over this morning. Again.
Last week his trainee put in a new sink stopper (heavy duty kind you push down on instead of using the leaver in the back). I noticed a couple days later that it didn’t work, so I made an appointment for the plumber to come by on Monday to fix it. Not an emergency so no problem. On Saturday I found that beneath the cabinet had a bunch of standing water. Awesome. Cabinet is warped on the inside. Kind of concerned that water might have gone under the whole vanity through a hole in the back.
Plumber comes Monday, finds that the trainee didn’t put any pipe tape on the threads, but also the popper was defective. He fixes it. I tell him I expect the company he works for to have someone come check out the vanity, which they arrange. Restoration guy comes yesterday, and there is a bunch of water again. 
Plumber insists through text that he ran the water and it didn’t leak but of course he would come back (he’s a good guy and experienced, but this is just the wtf that has been my life recently). I decide to check the pipes. I run the water. Nothing. I have basic plumber training so I consider the situation, then splash the water with one hand as if washing my hands (because generally people do things with the water). Bingo. Water starts coming from the threads in the back.
So this morning the plumber shows up, and I tell him the issue I found. He checks it and… nothing. So I get down there and feel where it’s just barely starting to get wet. Plumber checks. Nothing. 
Apparently they’re shy and don’t want to misbehave in front of other people. Finally he can start to tell where it’s leaking too. (Edit on this paragraph to rephrase)
Anyway, finally the leak begins to get bad. Not sure why, but it just needed a while to become a problem. It wasn’t an expanding or contracting issue because temp didn’t matter. So he tightened it and it seems to have worked so far? Now I will contact the company. Yes, the damage is cosmetic, but also… it’s my stuff. So we’ll see.
After the new water heater failing, the nice garbage disposal I got failing and getting water everywhere, the kitchen faucet being defective when they put it in and having to replace it right away, the storm door I had put in last fall now warping and won’t shut (they’re ordering parts to come fix it), the wiring in the kitchen lights I had put in being defective and having to get fixed, etc., (this is only the recent stuff).
Am I haunted by the ghost of Bob the Handyman? Maybe. Somethings we’re just not meant to know in this life. 
On second thought, go toward the light Bob. I’m done with your shenanigans.
@apes2020 Oh man I can’t handle it when it gets that cold. Right now it’s hot AF where I live, and I think I would still take the heat over cold like that. btw, great full moon video you posted in the other thread. I’d forgotten that I put him on 1.75 speed though and half way through I was like, man this guy is really excited. 
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Day 207
Morning, another sunny warm day in the UK making the most of it as it does not last for to long… went river swimming last night perfect.
@Ooooops happy sober birthday 
@lizak good to hear you doing well, and the kitten has cuteness overload
@Girlinterrupted will look for it now thank you
@Charlie_C so sorry to read about your brother my thoughts are with you all, keep strong and reach out if you need to. So sad.
@Rockstar24777 yippee so happy for you, and a quick start date. You have done amazing and will be amazing… Congrats 
@Dazercat virtual support pinging your way, your strength will guide you through 
Have a good day all
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1st thing I read this morning. Fuck shit bollocks… And yet the way you said it made me chuckle. Yes Bob needs to find peace 
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My deepest condolences for the loss of your brother @Charlie_C
Yay to the new job @Rockstar24777, it’s about time. Onwards and upwards!
Blessings and sobriety!
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@Bomdhil gutted for you. Any specific reason/trigger? Did you plan that retreat? If not could you? You have the strength and determination to never give up, its now working on the tools to maintain your recovery… i know you can do it. Could you reach out to your sponsor or group before ?? Please full admiration for getting straight back… sending strength to you
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Maybe I should cleanse the house. I’ll invite all the handymen who have had to work on my stuff and we’ll sit together in a circle and try to urge him to go toward the light. 
If nothing else that would make for a great Friday night activity.
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You are amazing Joy… you are so steady in your recovery journey…
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Lmao 
I up the speed aswell in some videos because there so long and dang who has the time to listen to long videos lol but I do like that guy victor tho, his videos are pretty cruisey and easy to listen to and he makes his points clear without rambling nonsense you know? 
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I literally laughed out loud reading your whole post not laughing at you but at your cheeky pipes are you brilliantly humourous writting
I pictured you standing at the tap , splashing the water with hand as washing your hands, because thats what people do lmao 
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Thank you Marie. I’ve been given a second chance to live this life the best way I can, no hangovers, no shame. The only way I can do this is sober and clean and I plan to do this at all cost.
Blessings and sobriety!
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Thank you. Though I decided to change the pipe paragraph a little because I realized there are people on here who might not appreciate that kind of humor given their issues. I didn’t mean people splash the water, but rather they don’t just let the water run straight down. 
I’ve seen some people wash their hands though. Water all over the place like they were a bird in their last life.
Also yes, speeding up videos is a gift from the internet gods. 
My solar return is at the full moon too! Great video thanks for posting it!
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Day 10, back into double digits 
. No work for me today, off to play golf/ look for my ball in numerous hedges and trees. Still getting my morning gym session in though. Have a great day everyone and thanks to all that wished me a happy birthday yesterday.
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I actually remember you talking about this. 
It was a great choice!
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It’s difficult to look ahead, I find when I keep my mind in the present moment my mood is much more stable.
24 hrs at a time works for most things in life.
Congrats on your days.
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If that doesn’t help, I have a book on exorcism, I could give it a go
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What are you going to do to change that?
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Hey John.
That depression came on me a lot on the early days. Sometimes a couple of days in a row. I couldn’t get anything done. Except maybe romanticize about the future when I might take a trip and drink again. Or celebrate with a nice bottle of wine. I figured my only real job on those days was to not drink. If I didn’t drink, then I got as much work done as I needed that day. That’s also when I coined my phrase “I’m not drinking today. And I’m probably not drinking tomorrow.” A year and a half sober and thinking about never taking a drink again still terrifies me. So I just won’t drink today. That’s all I have to do.
Keep checking in buddy.
Your worth it.
If you ever feel like picking up. Check in here first. We got your back. That’s how this place really works.
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Checking in.
Relapses start happening before we pick up a drink or a drug. Quite often the people in our lives will notice our behavior start to slip, old behaviors start to turn back up, old attitudes return, things like that. It’s up to us to be humble enough when someone points these out to us to take their observations and do something positive with them. Without even noticing one day we can find ourselves teetering on the edge of a very fast spinning plate. That same spinning plate we used to be steady in the center of.
I heard something great at a meeting last night and I will be adopting it into my own recovery. I think it is simple and effective.
To ask someone in recovery who you trust.
“How am I doing?”
Congrats on your recovery everyone!
@Charlie_C I am so sorry about your brother that is heart crushing news. Sending love. 
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