that is a very good idea. Have you seen My Octopus teacher? Thank you for caring, it means so much to me. Thank you for helping me 
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I have not, I will check it out 
thank you for helping me too, I appreciate you I wish you a peaceful all about me night 
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Day 552. Still sober but I am just so tired. Nothing gets done. Dont leave the house. Anxiety, fear, stress. Glued to sofa.
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Oh my gosh Caroline thank you so much for telling me about that!! I will be watching this for sure
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Thank you. Definitely one of the better moments. I was being the mature adult until I recalled the first day I left them and that gut wrenching, strange noise you make on your knees when you experience true loss, I knew then I was never going to be the father I promised myself I would be. I kinda lost the plot at this point 
so we all just had a cry. At least they could see I was genuine as saying sorry didn’t feel enough.
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Of course Ami 
I honestly didn’t realize how freaking smart octopus were. Mini emotionally intelligent sea kittens, with tentacles 
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Honestly the best gift of me doing what I’m doing is inspiring autumn to unleash her inner artist and just lifting her up to be the best she can, she has such a creative mind and I love sitting with her and painting and trying to teach her. We will have this wall full in no time.
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Love this!!! She has amazing talent also!
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Checking in day 39. Thing have been going much better then i expected this season. I have so much to be grateful for.
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Oh wow! Really?! The 1st two barely did a thing to me too lol and now this lol how long did the side effects last for for u both?
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Evening check in
Starting to feel abit better physically. Going to attempt to hit the gym in the morning. So hoping I’m feeling up to it. Today was another clean and sober day. Feeling good about that. I’m treating the thoughts of my abusive ex very much like the toxic thoughts of using. I observe that they are there and then I let them go. I don’t feed into them. I do what I can do in the moment to help with the thoughts and then I continue on with my day. I actually attended an NA online meeting today. It was about faith and action. I’m realizing that I need both in my life. The connection with my Higher Power but then also I need to take the necessary actions each day to stay clean. Faith without works is dead. I usually tend to do 1 or the other. I need to do both. And treating addiction is very much a daily thing. Addiction didn’t take days off for me. So why should recovery? I have been slacking and am just starting to get my groove back 
tmrw is another day to improve my recovery. Much love to all 🫂
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Thanks, it’s something I need to figure out real quick. The last couple days have been better.
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I think it’s going around. People are stressed out of their minds and stretched to the breaking point. Between all the covid shit and the constant barage of fear and panic pressed on everyone by the media, money issues, the lack of outlets to release the pressure, the forced isolation, it’s surprising there aren’t riots globally.
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Congratulations on you 552 days, Jenna. I am sorry you feel down and anxious these days. Do you still do your workout where you live now? Maybe give yourself some time and read back your one year thread. It is amazing what you accomplished throughout these 365 days and now well beyond! 
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- Coffee. Happy I got out and hiked yesterday. Love the ocean. Happy I’m sober and clean or I’d never get out on impulse like that. Still lots to make better in my life. Happy that I’m in a position to work on it. One day at a time.
Have as good a day as you all can friends. Clean and sober. It helps. Also on days like this. Love from the Noordzee beach.
Added this pic from Long Beach WA nearly 5 years ago and 9000 miles away. Taken by my Texan friend. Also a happy day. We’re in this together.
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Our big old world has lots of similarities… I like that… nice way for you to spend your last free day of the year, walking on the beach in Dec.!
Hope Fri is good in it’s own way, as you begin to bring in the New Year. Early best wishes for an awesome 2022!
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369 days
Home now, off to gym in an hour not been for ages, Body Balance class should be OK for my back which is still mending.
Saved two Homeless roles which really appeal so will work on applications over the next week.
New Year looming and my focus is ongoing recovery, pushing my limited boundaries I built up over the years. Learn what I am? I am such a mixed bag I sometimes don’t feel I know me or understand my emotions. Ready to give that a go 
@Dolse71 Paul that is so lovely to read your reconnection with your daughters
To each and all, have a wonderful New Year/New year day, I wish you all ongoing sobriety and new beginnings 
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Day 507
New Year’s Eve here, had lunch at a friend’s house. It was nice, took some photos and had a mental tizz about how fat I look in them. Well, that won’t make me magically thinner today, so all I can do is commit to healthy weight loss next year. At least I can say last year was 100% sober. Next year will hopefully definitely be a sober one too. Happy New Year all! 
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There’s no exact science to my goal setting. I look at aspects of my life I am not happy with or that I want to be different, decide how I want to change them and how I am going to do it, making sure it’s achievable but challenging, not something I can just do at the snap of my fingers.
I look to set myself a personal goal and also a professional one too, something to do to make me fitter, healthier or better and something to aim for at work, I.e promotion etc. I don’t like failing so if I set myself a goal I push myself to achieve it.
This year I am going to be promoted permanently (I currently cover for my bosses regularly because I am qualified to so I want to tick that off), the personal one is to drop more weight and increase my fitness to start competing in international martial arts tournaments again like I used to. European Karate Championships are in August so I am going to enter them and be competitive enough to win!
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