Checking in daily to maintain focus #32

Wow ! Great share Stella, how far you have come :bouquet: inspirational.

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Checking in at the end of day 228.
Struggling to get back onto work time. Donā€™t want to go to bed early enough. Now I know how my kids feel. :unamused:
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight. :sleeping::zzz:

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235 days

Doing ok, off to wales nr Snowdonia again with my son and dog for a few days, need head space and see some beautiful scenary.

Weel done @C_8 for the great catch :clap: @Charlie_C gorgeous photos of you, Linda and granddaughter
Have a good day all

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Wooooo, you caught it!!!
Nice one Cate.
:smiling_face_with_three_hearts::kissing_heart::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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That is so BADASS and spot on Stella. Youā€™re a fucking miracle, no doubt about it!!! :sunglasses::metal:t2::heart:

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1108 days alcohol free.

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Hereā€™s to day one without alcohol. I hope Iā€™m back here every day, forever. Iā€™m worried about how Iā€™ll get to sleep tonight. I canā€™t remember the last time I fell asleep naturally and am afraid of what kind of dreams that Iā€™ll have because I know Iā€™ll remember them and back when I did fall asleep naturally ( many many years ago) I always had nightmares. I hate how it feels to admit that. Very scary.

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Hereā€™s to you Kimberly! Welcome to the forum and welcome to your personal journey towards a better life. Thanks for your honesty. We all need honesty to make this work. And yes , it is scary. We all been there and we all know how scary it is. One other thing I know is that we canā€™t do it alone. So Iā€™m happy you are here. Together we can make it. Together we are strong. So hope to see a lot more from you, sharing, commenting, supporting, being supported. Or if thatā€™s too much maybe just hanging out with us all here. It all helps. Wishing you all success lady.

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Thank you @Its_me_Stella Iā€™d been watching my counter for hours! :sweat_smile::joy::+1:

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69, dudes!!!

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That is exactly the number Iā€™m trying to avoid in a couple of days lolā€¦ congrats tho

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Haha!! My husband told me to avoid it. I was like ā€œhell noā€ :sweat_smile::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::+1:

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Bad juju :scream::scream::scream::smiling_imp::smiling_imp::smiling_imp::wink:

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Day 1019. Checking out sober. No intention to change that.

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Day 386
Havenā€™t been on the past week. @icebear Thanks for the tag on the other thread and dragging me back here/out of my funk. Got back Monday night after being out of town in Minnesota and jumped right into my work week. It was a very busy long weekend and I completely burned myself out but still sober which feels like a miracle.

My shift handing out finish line beers at Day Across Minnesota was supposed to be 11am - 4pm but got caught up seeing old friends & cheering on the racers that I kept helping until around 8pm. The beers they had were tallboys that we were pouring off into pint glasses. I handed the extra of the can off to the racers but a lot of the other volunteers were chugging the little sips left rather frequently and some of them ended up a bit tipsy. If I wasnā€™t sober I probably wouldā€™ve ended up more than just tipsy and made a fool of myself in front of a large number of old friends and acquaintances. Instead I felt helpful and really enjoyed being able to refill water and support those that were turning around to continue the double distance.

A lot of other things that went on over the past week but I will keep it brief for now. Too far behind on everyone elseā€™s posts to ever dream of getting caught up but Iā€™ve kept yall in my thoughts and I hope youā€™re doing well.

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Day 5.6 :smiley: feeling good. Went to my second aerial hoop session tonight also! Hurting now but feel super proud. No way id be doing it if hungover!

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Checking in sober day 319. Been looking ahead to the one year mark. Iā€™ll catch myself say x more days. I guess thatā€™s normal, but I really have all my days left, not just those. Today Iā€™ll just worry about this day.

I caught myself talking about a restaurant, and went straight to the beer tap. It brought on a strong urge. I played the tape forward and reminded myself all the ways my life is better now because I donā€™t drink.

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@beachmouse
That sounds like an impressive mindset change in 11 days!

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Woo hoo! You got it! @C_8! Iā€™m so jealous Sisā€¦I tried and missed the last number. :joy: I donā€™t know how you guys do it.

happy dance

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@Lisa07 ā€¦ Set my alarm for 5am (coz Iā€™m crap at math) then 4 hours checking my phone :rofl::partying_face::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Youā€™ve caught some good ones too!
BTW, hubby loved the gif :heart_eyes:

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