Congrats on your 3 years of sobriety!!!
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Congrats on your 30 days Tyler! Thatās soooo good! :))))
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I saw a quote that readā¦
āI used to think communication was the key until I realized comprehension is. You can communicate all you want with someone but if they dont understand you, itās silent chaos.ā
When I read this the other day it was a huge aha moment. We can talk and talk and talk to a person but if they are not open to the information, or able to understand, communication will get us nowhere. I think that in my life this happens often with my father, our relationship has always been like this. We seem to come to understandings and then patterns seem to just repeat themselves anyways.
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This. Absolutely. Itās really frustrating to feel like the same discussions or arguments are consistently rehashed when it seemed that there was previously comprehension. And then add in that comprehension doesnāt necessarily lead to changed behavior. But back to the main point you made, it reminds me of working in mental health services and part of our note taking included a section on ācheck for understanding/comprehension,ā and we had to describe why we thought the client had or had not understood the outcome of the meeting (or undetermined). It was the hardest part of the note for me because how they hell do you actually confirm comprehension? Of course I would over think it. Comprehend on whoās terms?
Anyway, thanks for this.
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To be honest putting up with your bs has been the hardest part 
Well, all you said goes vice versa except the driving part cause Iāve never even had a driverās license (thatās why I donāt know when to be afraid)
Thank you friend 
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That means a lot thank you
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Checking in on the end of day 176 of being a sober Penguin. Not my most productive day, but much less noise in my head.
Iāve been away from the forum due to being a depressive mess (again), but Iām doing better and Iām still not drinking. Itās really great how one can handle lifeās curveballs when sober, it almost makes me feel hopeful 
Hope all of you TS friends have been doing well, Iāll be busy with catching up on about 2 months worth of threads 
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Checking in on day 65 from meth relapse canāt make a meeting tonight but thought Iād post here to acknowledge that I am an addict and God is in charge!
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I canāt remember if Iāve been here yet today or not, checking in for day 50 LOL
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Well youāre here now 
Way to go Kimberly!!
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Nothing to say really depression is really getting me down today I feel I canāt be happy in any way I go from days of being so happy then fall down days later with being unhappy. Iām still clean
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Good to see you! 
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Checking in sober and happy for the weekend to arrive. I just finished the Netflix series āMaidā and it is incredible. Not only did it demonstrate the impact of addiction, but mental health and domestic violence as well as many other issues were explored. It was quite powerful and hit home on several fronts. Very well done indeed.
I hope everyoneās weekendās are off to a great start.
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I just finished Maid too! So good Iām telling all my friends about it 
Hope you have a great weekend 
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Awesome isnāt it!!! I hope yours is good as well!
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Hey everybody this is going to be a fun night doing a sleep study. So grateful to be taking steps for better health. I actually think I will sleep tonight.
51 days no alcohol
14 no cigarettes
Haha have a great sober weekend.
Thank you all for being who you are it is plenty for me 
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Sweet dreams! 
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Wow Tyler 30 friggen days!!!
So happy for you.
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