This is so great to hear, Mel! Sleep is so damn essential to well-being. I look forward to sleeping well again. 
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Day 9. I am feeling less-than-stellar. I typed out a whole whine-fest and backspaced it. Working on giving grace, gratitude, and a positive attitude. I have become someone I donāt recognize. I had gotten to the point in my life where I sent a ton of metta, peace, prosperity to those that irritated me or rubbed me the wrong way. I am going to make a conscious effort to do so, whether it comes automatically or not. Actually, someone canāt irritate me or rub me the wrong way. I choose for that to happen. I allow it. More days - more clarity.
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Checking in day 400 
Was depressed a lot in the last 3 days. Better today. 400 feels good.
I wish everyone a good day!
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Woooohooooo!!!
Big congrats,so happy you are posting!!!
The first month was a tough one for meā¦
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Nice!!!
Welcome to the 400 club!!!
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Congrats on 400 days!!
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Congrats that is huge.
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400 days whoot whoot!!!
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On your 30 days. Thatās HUGE!!
And a big welcome to our club.
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Checking inā¦
660 days substance free
17 days super sugar free
I have upped my meditation game. For the last couple years I have been doing Stella style mediation. I have ADD which is not medicated therefor trying to calm my mind feels near impossible most days. Wellā¦ I am trying harder now. I have made more of an effort to embrace a true spiritual path which includes studying some deities, staying openminded to ideas, making time in my day to connect with my spirituality. Lately I have felt as if something was missing in my life. It is an automatic response for me to search outside of my body to try to fill that void. I know better now though and I will do it differently this time. I have always said I was a ānon-religiousā person who was very spiritual, yet lately I have realized that earth religions speak to me, so I am going to run with that idea. If we do not bend we will break, I am done being broken.
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Checking in.
656 No boooze.
68 No sugar.
Things are going well. Iām grateful my back didnāt hurt this morning and that usually makes for a great day. But Iāll be cautiously optimistic. Iām happy to be home from my trip to Dallas. And I feel like this is finally home for me. Home is where you pick up pets up from the kennel after a trip. Going back to my second home, Austin, in a couple of weeks for our next trip. Excited that I already have some sober trips under my belt. Iāll need it.
When I first started over 650 days ago I kept wondering about that first flight and how I would handle it. And thatās when I coined the phrase.
āIām not drinking today. And Iām probably not drinking tomorrow.ā Iām glad I didnāt travel early on and I didnāt go to social gatherings and family stuff. Thanks Rona. 
I canāt believe the confidence I finally got in my sobriety. Thatās why I spend a lot of time on TS. Iām not going to get cocky about it. And thereās no way I want to start over.
ODAAT
Thatās all we got to do. And we can do it together.
Hey 
STNT
@Its_me_Stella
One of my faves.
The blindness of human reason is so limitless and incomprehensible. That reason cannot come to a correct understanding of faith, much less make correct judgments about life and works.
Martin Luther
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Nature and earth religions speak to me as well. No religion of man has ever touched me more than bathing in Nature. Iāve no doubt thereās a higher power, and I do call it God, but itās inside me and all around me, never more present than when Iām surrounded by Nature.
P.S. Yes, I hug trees, and I speak to animals and rivers and mountains. And they speak right back. 
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Youāre not alone. Weāre working on this together. 
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Congratulations on your 30 days!
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Checking in.
ODAAT 
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@cool catch 
congrats 
@MagicILY I hope therapy went well
@Laraellelarissa that is so beautiful 
congrats on 8 months
@Bigbear welcome back congrats on making it past the first 24hrs
@MsMotorista welcome congrats on your month
@liv_m congrats on sleep! 
@WCan congrats on 400 days
@Its_me_Stella wishing you well on your spiritual journey
435 days no alcohol.
403 days no cocaine.
3 days no binge-eating.
Iāve spent today stressing about Xmas. I get like this every year, never knowing what to get people. I used to be so good at getting really meaningful gifts for everyone but Iām all out of ideas these days and donāt have the same budget as before. I want to get it out of the way early this year so the stress doesnāt cluster up inside me.
Support group tomorrow, not really anxious about it but I wish it was only one hour and not two.
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Sounds like a day! Big, MASSIVE, congrats on 7 days! A week, friend! Youāre doing it! 
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Thanks Stella! Looks great hanging up in its new home 
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Checking in on day 164. Anxiously awaiting my official retirement approval orders from the US Army (received initial approval 3 weeks ago). Had a great chat with my next employer today about opportunities when I hit the ground running in February (I accepted an offer some time ago and the firm is keeping my seat warm). Had an excellent workout todayā:muscle:
and enjoying being present with the kiddos as they do homework and get ready for their school day tomorrow.
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