Good for you! One day at a time you are doing it! I am glad you do not have any around; that is the best way! @No_more_C2H6O
@anon27760155 if that is what it takes then that is what it takes! Your sugar urges should taper off… also stock up with healthy foods and sugar free gum or candies? You are doing great! be proud of yourself, stay on track and celebrate each day! If you are going to get sweets, get the best ones!
@MolotovMoxie Congrats to you, one day, one minute, one second at a time! Use the help here and feel your freedom… it will get better… you are doing it! Yay!
Late coffee and breakfast. I’m feeling lazy so it’s good I booked a place in the gym this morning. Not feeling very sociable today either so it’s also good I planned to call a couple of friends today and set up some meeting dates. Going to keep to my planning. Fighting avoidance and procrastination takes self discipline. And staying sober and clean of course. One day at a time. Have as good a week as you all can friends. Love from my place where Luna does what I’d like to do. But I did that yesterday. Time for some action. Love.
Here I am, again! I feel accomplished that this is probably only the third time I’ve reached 100 days sober in the last, oh, 20 some years since I had my first drink. I’m grateful that two of those 100 day milestones occurred this past year. I think I’m doing something right, and though I’ve been fighting a funk lately, I can see myself using tools I’ve learned to derail paths that lead to relapse in an intentional, active way. The tool that has helped me the most recently has been to take a step back from my feelings and observe what is going on in my thought process. Sit with the feeling without reacting, figure out what might be a cause or at least acknowledge that it is a feeling that will pass, and then respond in a deliberate way. Even if that is to take no action and just distract myself until it does pass. That’s pretty huge progress for me. This keeps me from going down the rabbit hole of paralyzing anxiety or crippling depression, both of which lead to drinking. It also, maybe obviously, has helped me with direct urges to drink or otherwise numb myself - I’ve learned to get curious about the “why” instead of panic or hide.
I mentioned I’ve been funky lately, so a bit absent here, but I’m revamping my recovery plan and I’ll be around a bit more. I appreciate you, my partners in building a better life, each day. Sending out some love today.
I love to hear this. I have to change my approach to my sobriety every once in a while too. For me it’s kind of like doing the same thing in the gym every morning…I have to change it up or I’ll get bored and eventually my interest will start to fade.
Day 390
Slept awful and had another relapse dream last night. It was more subtle than my past dreams and I almost didn’t recognize it for what it was. Happy today is the end of my work week and can sleep in tomorrow, but today is going to be a bit rough.
Day 437 clean and sober today. Got to sleep in a little bit today, going in to work today at 8am. Been having lots of using dreams where I lose everything again and it’s pretty scary. I guess my subconscious is keeping it real and reminding me (not that I don’t know) just how quickly my life could be destroyed with one bad decision. Anyway, I love you guys and I hope you have a great day today!!!
Checking in at the end of day 232.
Taught some real live humans some maths today. Love it.
Ready for bed now, though. As predicted, sleep didn’t go so well last night. My Fitbit tells me that I slept for 3 hours and 9 minutes. Felt like the world was coming to an end when my alarm went off at 5:30am.
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight.
