Checking in at 15 days sober.
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Checking in on day 58 enjoying whatever the opposite of a hangover is! 
My daughter and I had a ātea partyā with an espresso for me and a baby-ccino (just foamed milk) for her. That was pretty sweet.
@Charlie_C I empathize with the crush dreams, I have dreams like that often. I think our brains are just processing stuff. Today I woke up from this recurring dream in which I am back home, itās Christmas eve and I forgot to get Christmas presents for everyone and I feel like a total schmuck. I end up frantically searching for gifts at a gas station or something lame like that. I have no idea what this means. 
Hey @Julied, congratulations on the milestone! Keep it up, you are doing awesome! Good luck starting on your fresh journey @Soundlab sounds like you are already doing something different. I hope the smoky air clears up for you @Squirt I know how miserable that can be. I hope you get some better quality rest soon!
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I notice you saying you added a counter for healthy eating. Iām a few days in to a new food/eating journey chapter in my eating disorder recovery, too. (Along with being alcohol free) just wanted you to know youāre not alone and I can relate to how complex and difficult and as you said,brutal it can be. Cravings are so hard to deal with. Iām in your corner!
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When was day 1 for you ?
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Checking in on day 115 x
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1 month 8 days. Made through another weekend sober even though everyone else around me was drinking. Hit the gym hard 4 days in a row. Decided I needed to rest on Sunday but that was hard. I thought about drinking but did not.
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I have not really kept up on this thread or TS for the last week due to having to meet a very special, but also very stressful deadline. I pulled it off, and Iām really feeling accomplished, but pooped
Iām feeling so good about my eating disorder progress. I literally cannot believe the amount of days I have. I have tried for so long. I think starting my personal training certification again will really help me stay on track too. Iām in the process of obtaining multiple certifications in order to help people transform their lifestyle, not just weight loss. This will only be a side hustle and Iāll likely only take one or two clients at a time. I have a beta client already, my little guinea pig and one of my best friends.
I think Iām most excited about my hair growing back!!! Yay hair lol
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- Heading back to work tomorrow after 2 weeks off. It was great to get the head clear as work is busy 9am to 6pm ish.
Nowā¦ whereās my work clothes??
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Good for you for tackling food. When food becomes a crutch or an obsession, rather than a fairly enjoyable fuel, it can be devastating. Sending strength.
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Checking in on day 24
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Day 105.
8.57am.
8 degrees.
Iāve decided to have a gyst day today.
Laundry, vacuum, tidy, basically get my Sh&% together at home.
Been out for my daily morning lockdown coffee walk. Went inland this morning to the park. Its such a pretty dark and gloomy frosty winters morning 
Feeling good
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This is on the east coast of NSW
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Not seen you around much recently, Fleur. I always look for your posts. Hope everything is ok.
Iāve watched a lot of Olympic coverage. At first I didnāt think they should go ahead, but Iām so glad that they did. Whatās the mood in the country like?
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Day 7 no alcohol, Day 253 no weed
Wow, this Sunday feels very different than last Sunday when I relapsed and thought a few sips of a martini was not a big dealā¦and then thew up in the middle of the night. How much has transpired in this past week?
There have been a lot of ups and downs. A lot. I feel like some serious shit is churning to the surface but I am here for it. I feel FREE. I donāt know the last time I felt so free. Something snapped in me yesterday, something was released, and I am so grateful for it. Yeah, I donāt know what the fate of my relationship is and what will happen nextā¦but I know I can face whatever comes up. And I donāt need to lean on any chemical substance to do so. There is something powerful and magical brewing. Iā'm ready.
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Day 105.
1.35pm.
I am so bloody hungry. Ravaged. Iāve had lunch already and 4 coffees since 6am. I could still eat my arm off. So annoyingā¦ 
Trying to distract my gluttonous self with playing around with light instillation and wall artā¦
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Day 405.
Iāve missed this thread! I was away last week and cut down on my screen time to manage my energy levels. But, this place was never far from my mind, and it made me realize just how much support we all share here, how bolstered I feel by you all, by this place, when Iām taking my sober self into new and/or stressful arenas.
I know this: after decades of social-drinking and stress-coping-drinking and any-reason-at-all-drinking, thereās really no good reason. At least for me.
Waiter? Bring me another sober day please. (Do I make inappropriate joke here about bringing another round?!) I know we all have another day in us.
I will look forward to catching up on all of your shares as I settle back in at home this week. Until then? Gānight, big love to all. 
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- Coffee. Too early. Want to sleep some more. Just dreamed about my home being literally stolen and not being there no more. But OK. Iām sober and clean. And will get through the day sober and clean too because thatās the way I live my life and the alternative would be so much worse. Thanks so much for being here all. It helps so much. Weāre not alone. Love from Amsterdam.
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Good morning. Checking in AF and drinking my coffee, feeling good to wake up sober again. The rain is pooooooring outside!! And I have to go to work soon.
Great day to you all. Thank you.
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Day 1055
Almost 8 oāclock in the morning. Already up 1 houre chillin at my phone with accompagny of coffee. Leaving for our 4 days hotel stay at 10.
Have to pack my stuff but hubby still in bed so it has to wait. Still depressed and easily irritated.
But sober as well and proud of the fact I am.
When in a bad place my mind slips into itās old habit: thinking of drinking for relief.
But thatās no long term solution, we all know that.
Picture from a walk 2 days ago when a air balloon flew by.
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@Singtone I am doing well, summer vacation means lots of taking the kids places, doing homework, extra English literacy, etc, so am pretty busy. Plenty of people are enjoying the Olympics from home, but number of Corona new cases is the highest it has ever been, so that is sobering.
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