I just will keep it easy the next two days until surgery. This morning in the office I was sneezing all the time and feeling on the verge of… Well lucky this feeling went away and instead my skin is itching everywhere. I won’t go into psychosomatic thinking and instead am grateful that I won’t get sick. Maybe it was the usual work allergy
It is a usual stormy November day here but mild temperatures.
I am doing okay all in all and happy to almost close a third year without poisoning myself.
Hello all! Another 24 hours under my belt. There was frost on the car windows this morning. I don’t like the cold. I’m delicate lol! However this is Chicago so it comes with territory.
Checking in on Day 2
Things are good! I start my day off every morning with recovery related material. My goal and focus needs to be on recovery 1st. My mind needs to be set each day on staying clean. I’ve been doing affirmations, the high 5 challenge, 3 min meditations, learning new material for how to stay clean and manage emotions like crave surfing, emotional waves, unhook (terms for diff techniques i guess). I’m writing down my thoughts, my emotions, my triggers, my cravings. Logging everything onto an app. It’s helping. Today I learned about saying NO (something I struggle with). Practice saying no without hesitation. Learning to pause before responding. I’m not so worried about using around day 3 (when its hard for me the most) bcuz I don’t have money and I’m making a choice to not borrow money either. Going to try diff Hobbies to keep me occupied. Get out in nature. Exercise. Smudge. Connect spiritually. Listen to my body and enjoy the moments of the day. I’m feeling something diff this time around. But I am putting in ALOT more work than I used to. This is a serious disease and serious action must be taken
Welcome. You’ll get there. What do you think about the idea of setting “mini goals”? Celebrating every 10 days? After ten of those 10 days, you’ll hit 100, but you will have been able to hit goals all along the way that were achievable and allow you to feel a sense of success that keeps you on track?
@Smiller I’m so glad your husband is being supportive and helped you get through that urge. Keep going @Annaka congrats on your week feel better soon @LAB welcome congrats on 4 days @Charlie_C so exciting! And it’s great to see all that recovery time on the board, amazing @Penguin congrats on 200 days sorry about the cancelled plans and exploding chestnuts @Zak27 welcome congrats on 15 days @SoberWalker fingers crossed for surgery soon @kat261 congrats on 90 days @zzz congrats on double digits
449 days no alcohol.
417 days no cocaine.
10 days no nicotine.
1 day no binge-eating.
The bottom number should have been 2, but late last night I binged again. However, I am feeling completely different today, no urges at all, haven’t even been online looking at menus, I’m really hoping this means it’s out of my system now and I can build my time again
Support group tomorrow, anxious because of how I know it’s made me feel the last few sessions. This week’s symptom we are covering is Anger, so that should be interesting.
Day I’m-too-lazy-to-grab-my-phone-to-check
My birthday was last sunday and I celebrated it super hard last saturday. I had been partying for 2 days straight and I am still exhausted from it. And yesterday I wanted to go to bed so bad, but I had to work on a project
On the bright side, I can try and get some extra rest today. I have exams coming up next week and I should really consider preparing more
Checking in AF, its been a good day. Tomorrows going sober to!
Tomorrow is also Operation Day’s Work, my daugther asked to work at my job, so she will. Its 3 more teens from her classes working at my job, and my leader asked me to be in charge and be there for them trouhg the day. So tomorrow im not just mom, Im the boss , so she have to do what I tell
feel better soon 
congrats on 4 days 
