That’s 14 months not just picking up beer or drugs but 14 months of learning that I’m not the most important person on the planet and seeing smiles on other people’s faces is all the reward I need. Its even better when they don’t know I’m involved.
26 Likes
Congratulations on 14 months, Paul! 
I smile every time I see you post, thinking back to those days you were fighting for sobriety and you never gave up.
7 Likes
I may have had some inspiration from certain people 
gotta stick with the winners.
4 Likes
I am SO HAPPY for all of you! Have a wonderful wonderful trip!
2 Likes
Thank you Alisa 
2 Likes
So happy to hear about your date missing you. 
Have a great trip. Give us a wave when you pass over Arizona 
4 Likes
Thank you Eric, i’ll give you a wave.
3 Likes
@Dolse71 Congrats on 14 months!!
@Jennajen Have fun on your trip!! I’m so happy for you that you’ve found someone who makes you so happy. Enjoy!
5 Likes
Checking in on Day 110 no alcohol. Happy Friday everyone!
16 Likes
I know it’s hard to believe for people like us who have struggled with our thoughts about ourselves, but we do deserve love and companionship. Everyone does. Have a most wonderful and memorable trip, amiga. Safe travels. 
4 Likes
- Coffee. Back to work this morning. Not the greatest of starts as my downstairs neighbours had a noisy party last night. But I’ll make it. Sober and clean. One (work) day at a time and all that. Have as good a weekend as you all can friends. Make it clean and sober for good starters. Love from Amsterdam where I got to see an old friend and her cat yesterday and have coffee outside in her garden as she’s afraid of corona. It was nice.
26 Likes
That is a great share, but not about broken furnance. You are so strong, staying for four hours surrounded by booze! This makes me smile, you’re such a bad ass!
4 Likes
Good morning everyone. It took me a long long time to finally make this post. I haven’t posted in month or maybe a year? I don’t even know it anymore but I never left TS. I just decided to be a silent follower of all your posts from which I have learnt so much. So I can not say I am back because in fact I have never left 
The last few months were partially good but hard most of the times. I went to AA, I read a lot of sobriety books, I did meditation, I did countless day 1s, listened to podcasts, read on TS but was to shy to post again, went to AA again, almost daily, sometimes several meetings in a day but nothing kept me sober for a while…I needed to understand fully what’s going on with me. Why I needed to drink and what I get out of it. The result was always the same…
I am on day 7 today. Yay 1 week of being sober and feeling better and better. My sleep is already wonderful. And my new drug is sports. I am doing sports daily. I do it as a replacement at night when I would drink normally and then I just go to bed. Sometimes with the kids even. But in bed I’m safe that’s a wonderful feeling to feel safe and to have achieved another day.
I wanted to say thank you guys for all your posts here. @Charlie_C huge congratulations for 1 year I followed your posts. Amazing! @Dolse71 wonderful Paul for making 14 months that’s crazy! @anon74766472 thank you for checking up on me sometimes! @Lisa07 you have an impressive number there my lady! And all the others! You are all doing so good! It feels good to be back on here actively posting where my sober journey started. I wish all of you a wonderful Saturday. 
28 Likes
I am glad you are back and still fighting for your recovery.
Everyday I find new pieces to the puzzle (final number of the puzzle unknown) which reveal something new or when I see, haha, some years ago I would have taken the wrong turn. But not today, I take a new road.
6 Likes
I’ve missed you and i’m so happy to see you posting again @anon35096624. Congratulations on a full week! It doesn’t matter how many day ones you have as long as you never give up trying. Sending positive vibes your way and a big hug.
7 Likes
Happy to read this! Congrats on a whole week. 7 days always felt like a magical number to me…glad you’re here.
5 Likes
Oh hi I hope you are doing well. Also followed your posts regularly
2 Likes
Day 8 of being sober, just checking in have a lovely day everyone
15 Likes
Thank you @beachmouse! Being around alcohol is the easy part now. It’s keeping my recovery journey a secret from my work life that I find difficult these days. I’m just not ready to share something so personal with all of them yet.
6 Likes
Glad u are getting the courage to post💜. Reading is great, but posting and getting replies brings it to a whole new level.
5 Likes