Congratulations on the huge milestone! You are an inspiration to the rest of us!
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Happy Monday! I got a feeling its going to be a great week. Enjoy it everyone!
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I hope you are right! I think I will jump on that bandwagon.
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1year 7Months 20 days. That 2 year mark is coming. Iāve been away for a bit doing some soul searching and playing the tape through over and over again and I rediscovered that I am and always will be a recovering addict and nothing productive came about in my addiction. So God grant me the serenityā¦
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Checking in 28 days sober. Going to look at acoustic guitars today after work. Iām going to get one with all the money Iāve saved from not drinking. 
Thatās all my life is pretty mellow aka boring these days!
Have a good Monday everyone 
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Today have 54 days sober and Iām feeling great! Iām living in a sober living place and attending meetings everyday This is the first time Im here and without the nudge from the judge and it feels great thatās all I got for todayā¦
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Checking in, this is day 8 for me, still fighting a lot of cravings but working hard to stay the course! Proud of making it through my first weekend!
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Glad your back!
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Day 11. I couldnāt sleep last night. I watch these little videos on fb about this guy who goes around asking ppl what they do for a living based off the cars they drive, well last night I happened to stumble across his video and literally the first guy he asked, he says Iām a tattoo artist. Like stuff like that to me is all signs. Sounds silly and maybe even stupid, but yeah yah know what thatās what I am, maybe not the greatest yet. But I am a damn tattoo artist and thatās what Iām gonna be, I came down stairs after that and practiced on some of my fake skins looked back at some of my very first pieces, and idc what anyone says, yeah sometimes it gets me down but Iāll be damned if I ever give up on this. Thank you God for your little signs and love and strength you show me, I love you all. And @Hopeful777 thank you for kind words. And @Rockstar24777 congratulations on 500 days man
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What happened? 
You where doing great with the 35 daysā¦ good that you are still here 
Did you learned something from your relapse?
Hang in there mate 
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Thatās awesome Mike and thank you bro! 
Congratulations on day 8!!! Ur right we can do this 
Iām determined to get this. Hope yo keep seeing more of ur posts!
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This means alot to me Eric thank you. I do need to step up my recovery game. I do well with doing positive things like exercise and affirmations and self careā¦ the issue Iām finding lies in what Iām NOT doing before I do drugs. So I donāt reach out on TS and my will power to say no (if someone else brings up using) is almost non existence. Itās like my brain says āsay no, say noā and then my mouth says, āya okā. Like thereās a huge disconnect. I need to connect them. So what I need to do is go on TS and reach out BEFORE. Reach out when I get that 1st thought. Talk it out. I know thatās what Iām doing wrong. Iām not asking for help. I was thinking the other day that I started using when I was 16. And Iām 37 now. Besides my 3 yrs clean at one point and various other times, itās been like almost 2 decades or so of on n off using. Like I want to know what itās like to not fucking use something. Even when I was clean I obsessed and got addicted to things like exercise and shopping and other things. I want to find balance in life. I want to live my life clean. I gotta fucking do something before my life ends or something else bad happens. Iām grateful for you Eric and Iām grateful for TS. Next time I get a craving Iām coming on here. Gonna try it and see where it takes me. Hugs hugs š«
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I didnt check in yesterday and really have no excuse. I just spent the majority of the day vegging on the couch watching The Underground Railroad. I guess I needed a day of rest. Today is a new day and Im off to work on this blustery day.
Keep on keeping on!
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Thatās right, 1234. Fun!
Anxious. Boss is out all week which means pressure.
Anxious. My back injury from last week was getting better. Chanced a run yesterday, and did finish, but was def too soon. So now another week out, minimum. I know itās not true but I have this perception that I can and am falling out of shape overnight when I have to take a break. I feel flat and weak.
Anxious. Because I feel kind of directionless again.
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Some days thatās really all we can do, either way you were sober so it was still a win congrats on your days
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When the kids were still home, there were 13 guitars in the house! Three out of four can play. My oldest son fascinates me with his gift of playing by ear. He will first just sit and listen to a song. Then heāll play along with the song. After that, heās got it down and can just play it on his own. He did NOT get that from me! I can listen to him play guitar for hours. He plays the drums and harmonica, too. Iāve always wanted to learn and just show up at his house one day, take a guitar off the wall, and have a jam session. He would freak! 
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Super grateful to reach this milestone, thanks to HP, the AA programme and working with a bunch of really great recovering members. This online group also helps me so much especially when Iām alone and stuck in my thoughts.
A luta continua!
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