Quick day 35 check in. Been pulling a lot of hours at work so I’ve not been in in a couple day but I’m still going strong.
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People need to get back to work! So many of us are pulling extra hours. I, for one, am way to old for these hours!
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Oh I know… I work for the postal service…
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That’s horseshit, what they pulled on you, Rob. I’m sorry, but you deserve better than that, my friend.
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Oh shit that’s funny LOL LOL
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How is life my friend?
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Quick check in
Worth the translate btw
I’m kinda good, at least not bad but it’s been a week. Moms grave, hospital things and vipers with Vultures circling above but I will not fail. Though not perfect 
there is a cigarette reset to yet be done… But I really can’t smoke no more course of the operation. I smoked 12 cigarettes last week so it’s now officially time to face it. It hurts my future health. But the drag and the things I have to deal with are pulling like extended gravity…
That’s all for now
Be safe my peopz
@Girlinterrupted love the fucktard btw
Welcome back @Edorr , go go gadget good days
And @SoberGuyUSA great numbers there !
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Bless you!
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@Dazercat So sorry you’re feeling down. Internet hugs for you, they’re more gentle on the back.
I’m very impressed with your no-added-sugar numbers. I’m really struggling to get on that journey…. And it’s a journey I need to be on!
Take care young man 
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@Dazercat I can soooo relate to what you just described. Pain is a bitch and drags us down in even the littlest ways. Hold on and I will, too.
Checking in - not much sleep but way better than nothing! I don’t know what I did to my lower back but it wouldn’t let me relax and I ended up finally falling asleep sitting upright, practically. I do know that I need to work on my posture and strengthening my core, I stopped doing core exercises a few weeks ago due to laziness and the perceived “busyness” so back at it tomorrow. Resting it today for now. It’s such a gorgeous day, Lupe and I went on a longer walk to a pond and bit of woods by a Convent nearby. The sisters are very nice there and progressive in surprising ways with BLM posters and LGBTQ support signs. I like it there, and I rarely see anyone walking so it’s really peaceful. I’ll make it a habit to go more often and maybe even sit with a book. Soon, because winter is coming! It’s my husband’s birthday weekend so we are making plans and no doubt he will be drinking more than normal. I will stay vigilant. I don’t want to drink, so I won’t. I’ll be in the kitchen a lot making yummy food! We will also go for a drive and a hike. Looking forward to enjoying the fall weather.
Stay strong with me, amigos, and stay sober. You will probably see me here a lot in the next few days! 
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10 days clean and sober,
Feeling pretty good.
Its been a little rough
Came up positive for covid so I’ve been staying quarantined. Miss going to meetings and sucks not being able to meet with my sponsor.
But I’m starting to feel like myself again and I’m stoked to be sober.
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different, career change, work nights not days, got sponsees to help keep sober, got less money and more worries but strong in sobriety and mentally stable enough to cope with whatever life has got to throw at me. ‘Accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can’ Thanks for asking 
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Day 17 check in, feeling good. Down about 8 lbs this morning. Hitting the gym instead of the bar in the evenings.
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Day 151.
7.27am.
I love the feeling you get when you finish reading a book! Such joy 
I HIGHLY recommend everyone read this book.
It will give you the tools to build the foundation of a productive morning, resulting in an elevated life 
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Checking in on day 70
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Checking in with 3 days 11hrs sober 
Today, I’m grateful for the serenity prayer, coffee, and this community
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Day 460
Interesting day to say the least,
I remember you might remember some things I touched on cause I’m getting really bad at this,
But I’ll give the cliff notes.
I told you all about my best friend who relapsed, and I had to cut ties to avoid relapsing with him, he reached out today, got to talking, he just got out of detox, he told me he overdosed for the first time and his father had to revive him, he woke up in the hospital with a bunch of cops around and thought he was going to jail, needless to say it was a bit of a wake up call, I’m hoping this is rock bottom for him. We chatted he’s talking about coming back to NoVa, thinks it will be better for him to be around his network instead of checking in via phone and bullshitting it while copping dope in the background. Let’s hope it’s just not all talk,
The audition I went to that I considered a bust, turned out to be an door opening for me, while the group was terribly unprepared, played things wrong, and I’m trying to wing it in the background, the studio owner passed my name on to a few other groups, who all been asking me for time to work with them, Krass Judgement is still in the mix, but kinda on a hiatus at the moment, that’s my main project but we be short a heavy metal drummer.
In a week I should be in sunny California, for a nice break.
And then when I get back o need to get back on a routine, my therapist said it will help me, I love music but I’m getting burned out just by focusing on that, it’s becoming a chore to pick up a guitar, it’s my addict brain telling me more more more, yet I have not focused on other parts of my life, family, my relationships with others, hell I couldn’t tell you the last time I logged into Netflix or Hulu, just to watch something. Haven’t attended a meeting in weeks, I got to get better at budgeting and saving money, im looking at my bank account thinking about the thousands in gear I could buy, instead of hey let’s make sure you got funds to CYA
While I may be strong in sobriety I seem to forget sometimes that not drinking or drugging is only one step, change of behavior is the next balancing my life and reaching my goals is also part of that, the logic brain vs the addict brain is a daily struggle
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