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Thank you! I do want this 
I really do. Iām learning new things about myself all the time and since Iāve been on TS, Iāve made the most progress I have had in quite some time. I want this year to be a clean and sober year. I want to see that 365 days! And then keep going! thank you for your support Patty! Hugs 
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Good morning/afternoon everyone.
Day 45 new year same focus.
Have a great day everyone.
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Thank you very much, you are going strong as well! 
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I felt like this for pretty much the first couple months of being sober. It still hits me out of the blue at times. I take Prozac and itās scary to think how much worse it would be if I didnāt. Dealing with the depression, the emotions, the anxiety, and just feeling detached from everything and everyone took me to a really low place. @Nordique is right, though. These feelings do pass. I didnāt power through them, it was more like dragging myself through a deep trench, but here I amā¦ still trying, still sober. You WILL get there. Keep hanging with us cool kids. Youāre gonna be alright. 
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Checking in for today. Starting on day 1 again.
One day at a timer I can do this.
I feel ashamed and I am full of guilt.
Wishing you all the best for 2022.
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Sorry to hear about that, I found being outside very healing. I always feel better when I come home after a walk. Are you batteling this depressed feelings alone ore do you have therapie ore a docter to fall back on?
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Gelukkig nieuwjaar Roland
Laat 2022 dan maar jouw jaar worden! 
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Iām glad u came back right away. Proud of you for that! Try not to let those feelings of shame and guilt keep bringing u down. Today is a new day! Be gentle with urself and get back on track u got this!
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Happy New Year everyone!!! Day 568 clean and sober today. Really is mind blowing to think that I didnāt even have one drink or drug the entire year of 2021 wow! I hope everyone starts off this New Year with passion and commitment, love you guys!!! 
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Wow thats incredible! When u put it into perspective like that , itās amazing to think!!! A whole year without drugs or alcohol! Hope I can get to that point also
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Checking in today for the first time. I learned something yesterday that made a big difference for me, and thatās the brain doesnāt like a big sudden change because your brain likes things predictable and safe. So a big change like āIām going to go to the gym 2 hours a day starting todayā is super scary, but āIām going to walk down my street and back 3 times a weekā is much more safe to the brain. And then once your brain feels safe doing that and you establish a habit, you add onto that little by little.
I know this is pretty common advice but to hear it said that way made all the difference to me. Happy new year!
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Ur absolutely right I call it doing baby steps lol some changes I have to dive right inā¦ like staying clean and sober. Abstinence from everything is key for me. But for other things, it does help to build urself up to it. Sometimes if I start off with a goal that is too extreme, I end up failing and then get discouraged. Getting myself into shape and getting healthy is one if these examples for me. Thank u for the reminder of this! I am working on some new goals for myself and this reminded me to not go too extreme lol
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Day 68.
I was praying for a friend of mine from church. Mid December, he and his wife both contracted COVID-19 which led to pneumonia. They were both put on antibiotics. The wife healed fine and my friend, Steve, thought he was doing better too. But last Monday, he was having difficulty breathing, so he was transported to the hospital where they heavily sedated him and put him on a ventilator.
Thursday, they took him off sedation, but he didnāt wake up. Yesterday, the doctors confirmed that Steve suffered several seizures which killed off his brain stem. They took him the ventilator that day. Heās passed on.
Steve was a great model of Jesus Christ. Iāve known him for over 10 years. He was always happy to greet me at church. And we talked on the phone a few times. He was a good phone buddy. A very cheerful man even during not so cheerful circumstances. He was an extremely devoted husband and father. He was in his mid forties. Along with his wife, he leaves behind 5 kids, the youngest is 5.
I am saddened by this. I know he was a firm believer and that heās with the Lord Jesus now. But I pray for his family. Losing their father so suddenly on New Years Eve is going to leave a mark. Please pray for his family.
Lord, Iām sad. I have no answers to all this that occurred. I will miss my friend, but Iām sure that his family will miss him more. Please watch over them all. Protect and provide for their needs. Keep them from temptation and evil. I pray this in Jesusāname. Thank you and Amen.
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I am so sorry for your loss! Thoughts and prayers for you, his family and friends.
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Omgā¦ my deepest condolences to you and his family. This is awful 
I will pray for peace for you and his family 
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What a tragedy and so young. Iām sorry for your loss. Iāll keep his family and yours in my prayers. I lost my dad on NYE and itās never been the same. I feel the pain of his children.
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Well done Dana staying clean over New Years and 3 days is Awesome. I didnāt used to count days myself but this time in recovery it has become important to me I think as a way of saying āone day at a time.ā
We all believe in you, keep stringing those days together one at a time!
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Thank you so much! Ya I used to really struggle at the 3 day mark. Now itās easy peasy to get thru it now. I havenāt reached 7 days yetā¦ but I will this time around. Iām focused and vigilant! hope ur doing well. And hope ur 2022 is amazing lady!!!
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Good afternoon all! Just wanted to check in, first, happy new year!!! Hereās to hoping and making 2022 a hell of a lot better than 2021! Well one of the kids finally tested negative yesterday, about 7 hours before my husband tested positive 
. And unfortunately he too currently has bad flu like symptoms. I thought I was almost to the finish line and Iām back at the beginning of the race. Not trying to be poor me, I know there are a lot of other folks going through so much more than me, but I donāt think that discounts the fact that this girl is tired 
. I have two underlying conditions that this whole situation is not good for me but I canāt think about that right now, better if I donāt. Anyway, I hope you all have the most amazing first day of 2022 
PS, I have a lot of reading to catch up on this thread and others so I am sorry for no comments in this current post
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