congratulations and dont do yourself an injustice, if I’m sober in another 5 days it’s a miracle and I’ll be more than happy.
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Two weeks today
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U will b just remember why u doing it in first place be strong 
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@Squirt Sorry to hear u are feeling bad. Quitting alcohol is the first step, and it gives us the space and energy to work on what alcohol was masking in the first place. Sending strength.
@anon53116147 Getting lots of lessons about how precious life is.
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Been sober for 1,041 days - I’ve been dealing with a lot of uncertainty as of late. Uncertain of where I am in life, where I belong - I often times feel like I don’t belong where I am.
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I feel your pain, if I went to the doctor and told him how I felt they would recommend anti depression something or other but like most things in life I think I know best so I’ll do it the hard way. I’ve been off work for 2 weeks with anxiety and I go back in just over 24 hours and it’s freaking me out and making me feel ill. I actually thought about just running away and leaving everyone but what sort of a heartless coward does something like that. So yeah I guess we carry on living and learning and keeping some faith that this all happens for a reason and while we’re here we just gotta make the most of what we got. If it weren’t for the bad days how would we know when to appreciate the good days.
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I cried the first time I shared in a (online) meeting. It felt very emotional and powerful in ways that I am not even sure how to explain. I hope you can continue to do it, and that it helps you.
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Perhaps. Change is often a long an arduous process, not sure I have the energy or courage for that right now.
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Gift yourself conscious growth, it’s worth every bit…! 
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Thanks @Mno that’s very useful advice. I stopped going for walks. I should start again.
@DLS Lifesavers and gum sound like a good idea. I’ll surely keep some with me.
@Dolse71 Thanks. What kind of lozenges were these?
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Thanks, Eric. You’re right. I think I need to be a bit more aware of what is going on in my head and give myself the appropriate noise. The good news is that with the fog lifting daily, I’m in a better position to do that. The best noise of all on my walks is chatting to my daughter. Hopefully she’ll be walking with me today.
Hope you had that great sober day.
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Just be careful Michelle. The meds the doctors put me on did not help my depression or anxiety, they almost made it worst. I started sleeping at work all the time,showing up to work late. And then they put me on mood stabilizers which I really do believe helped me with my relapse.
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Day 365
Thanks @Rockstar24777 !
It’s been one year, and now I really need to put in some serious work to get to year two. I have a lot of thoughts about today but I’m not sure how to put them to words right now. Maybe I’ll post more tomorrow.
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Congratulations good job girl
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Just doing a second check in. It really hasn’t been a good day, even with all the stuff going on it really is crazy I’ll never see these two again. You would think this would show me how precious life is and how grateful I should be. But no instead I was miserable all day and miserable towards my girls. Sometimes I feel my girls deserve a better dad. Wtf is so wrong with me that I can’t get my shit together and stop raining my storm down on them, I pray for God help to plz help me be a good dad and have fun with my girls. Of course he doesn’t answer. I know it isn’t god who can make me happy, why is it so hard to just be fucking happy. I wasn’t thinking about drinking or anything, but literally just straight fucking miserable
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Day 999.
Took the day off and feeling way better than yesterday.
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This is an awful thing you have to go through Mike. There’s going to be a lot of different emotions and feelings that are going to come up when dealing with death. Especially 2 of them with 2 different people you know. I’m pretty sure I would be pretty miserable for a few days or weeks as well. And it’s not like you can just explain it and talk to your little girls about it. There’s going to be some shock and trauma you are going to have to deal with. I know this probably doesn’t help much. But you’re probably going to have a rocky road of feelings a head for you for a little while. Just try and be as gentle as you can on yourself and with the girls.
Praying for you.
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Checking in substance free on the eve of my 19th month.
Crazy shit… 19 months without poisoning my body and mind. It seems surreal if I am being honest, like I am living someone else’s life…
It’s a damn good life though, I think I might steal it.
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Congratulations Jess on your 1 year of sobriety.
Great job. So happy for you.
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