Hi Matt, I use to get seasonal sadness in the winter. I know how much it sucks. I know it sounds funny but I always hang white twinkle lights in my room and it always makes me feel warm and happy- even during a cloudy, cold winter
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Checking in, will be 75 days today. Hope everyone is having a good day. Here in Norway its starting to get cold, the mornings are hard: dark and cold, makes me feel really tired and low in energy.
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Checking in day 19!
Woke up at 5:45 feeling fresh as a daisy and well rested.
Lots of great things happening. My relationship with my wife is much better. We are laughing and enjoying the together. My slip 19 days ago made me realise how uptight I was walking around daily.
God bless all
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Checking in. Still sober.
Although for the first time in a long time I was thinking whatās the fucking point? My day started off the usual pretty good after gratitude then after lunch little every day things with the wife and planning shit and her drinking and me always trying hard to serenity now. And all the depressing shit going on every fucking where. I donāt know. I just was thinking fuck it!! Whatās the point in this sober bullshit anyway. Everyone else gets to be a fucking asshole or piece of shit. Or can just drink the afternoon away. And I got to practice the serenity prayers. I have to work on myself. I have to let go and let God. I have to get my ass on the meme thread for a laugh. Or text with a dear friend who gets me. Thanks. It seems like I got to do all the work. And no one else. Well except you guys of course, have to do the work to be better. Fuck this shit.
Thanks for being here. I should probably weigh in more often. I didnāt drink today. And Iām probably not going to drink tomorrow.
Ahh. That felt good.
Good night my dear friends or good morning.
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Thinking about you and sending healing wishesā¦ hope it will be cleared up quickly, keep us updated pleaseā¦ xoxo
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Remember the part about how every day you feel so blessed and grateful that you are not drinking and how you are so glad you got yourself out of that lifestyle. Whatās the saying? When your past calls, donāt answer, there is nothing thereā¦ you just had remembrances for whatever reasonā¦ let them disappearā¦
I can not and would not want to see you laid out on the couch all day drunk , that is not a pretty site! Sorry you were feeling those feelsā¦ It will be better tomorrowā¦
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Well I for one am very happy you spend your time on the meme thread as it stops me drinking too 
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Day 4. Still canāt sleep. I seem to remember last time I suddenly could sleep though after about 5 days and was suddenly sleeping 10 hours a night! Hoping this kicks in soon so I can stop being so moody 
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Day 30 checking in first big milestone of many have a good day everyone keep on keepin on
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- Coffee. Stormy autumn weather. I felt good last night after work and went to bed relatively early, but had a bad night, waking every hour. Strange how that sometimes works. Not feeling rested.
Luckily I donāt have to do much today. Do some grocery shopping, a small home improvement job, cook, have a spinning class in the early night. Iāll have a nap in between somewhere. And stay sober and clean. ODAAT. have a good day all, or at least as you all can. Make it clean and sober. It helps. Love.
@Dmcg1987 Huge congrats on your milestone David! First of many yes!
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Day 33 . I love this number!!!
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5 weeks sober, 6.5kg down, skin is glowing, nails and hair more healthy, mind is a lot sharper, overall mood is happy and I am actually proud of myself. Why on earth did I ever drink in the first place?
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Hi everyone I love the group ! It confort me that Iām not the only one having issues with alcohol
Iām day 9 sober today I drink every month or 2 until now ā¦ thatās the best I was able to active but with out support group ā¦ just by will power and antabuse that iām self taking ā¦
Iām ready since fews days about how will power is inefficient against alcohol in the long run and the fact is in fews years I tried that way the best I have been able to reach was 3 months
Iām doing a course who talk about unconscious mind
Who actually decide what need to be done and act on my present beliefs
So if i still drink alcohol after all the damage it has done to my life itās because I still found a benefit to it
So since last week Iām focusing on my thinking pattern and emotions attached to my trigger ā¦
The goal of that process is to understand my thinking about alcohol and rationalise it to what it actually is and not being emotional about itā¦
For example if i feel like drinking because lām tired well when I just focus on fact from science alcohol is the one who stress me in the first placeā¦ Iām not saying that I Ā“m not stress sometimes without alcohol but it create a rat race when you use it
It will make you feel more stress and when you drink the stress go away but the next morning and 2 weeks after are depression and anxietyā¦
So is it better to feel stress for one night or 2 weeks ?
Second reason i drink because I want to meet peopleā¦
every time I drink Iām not anymore a social drinkerā¦so I barely meet people that way and when i do Iām most of the time a total carpet and say stupid things
Third I drink to because I Ā“m sad well alcohol make me feel 10 times more sad and By what I read alcohol is an depressant so the more i drink the more I will feel sad
I drink to slow down my mind sometimes because I think to much but alcohol is really damaging my brain and I canāt think for at list a week or 2 after every relapse so I love to use my intelligence
ā¦ founding a better alternative like meditation would probably be way better
Okay one more I drink because itās fun ā¦
Even in movies smart and charismatic character talk about drinking one bottle after a hard day or drinking in every social situation a half scotch glass full of spirit womens and mens and I think if a woman or man would drink 2 half glasses of wisky mostly full in 10 min they both would be drunk
Nevertheless drinking is associated to virility for a man or strong character for a woman
But thatās pure stupidity and nonsens and the alcohol companies pay millions every years in advertisements to manipulate us
Even people who incite you to drink when you donāt want in a party will try again and again to make you drink because if you donāt they will have to think about their own issues with alcohol ā¦
Alcohol is one of the most addictive substances on the planet itās socially approved but itās a drug no more no less
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Soberā¦.Thursday morningā¦ā¦20 days.
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Checking in day 24,5.
I went for 15k hike this morning. Although I had a good nightās of sleep I wasnāt feeling well and got really bored. Thatās not a good combination with me trying to get sober. Hike helpt me to clear my mind but the anxiety is still there.
I think the rest of the day I will stay at home and try to get some sleep. Its probably the best this day ends soon.
Wish you all the best 
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Hey good morning everyone, checking in on a beautiful day 7. Excited for the day, going to draw and listen to some music while the girls are in school. I was wondering if the admids can tell me how to take my thread down? I think Iām just gonna kind of cool it down on sharing my stuff here and just talk about recovery. Hope you all have a good day much love
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So I found myself absolutely dreading having to come here and admit that I had a relapse and needed to reset my day counter back to day zero again. Imagine how elated I was when I woke up to day 132, realizing it was only a (vivid) dream! 
I think something is going on in my brain, though. Not quite sure, but maybe my subconscious is trying to to warn me not to get complacentā¦ Does that make any sense? In any case, I am pretty relieved to be waking up on track this morning.
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Hey all, checking in on day 494. I hope everyone has a good one today!
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Have you tried to have a routine?
Exercicing during the day
Sleeping at the same time
Lavender on the pillow
Gratitude journaling before to sleep
And sleeping in a fresh room
And putting on a relaxing sound track like nature river beach sounds
These processes helped me with my sleeping issues
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