90 days is Awesome !!! Congratulations 
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I restarted my journal last month! It helps me focus but I also found I was able to let go a lot of pain by naming it and journaling to consider what is a useful response abd what is best let go of. Sending hugs.
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The most helpful part of journaling for me is that it keeps me on track of achieving my goals. I literally forgot that Iām trying to achieve certain things if Iām not reminding myself daily 
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Congratulations Eric!! So glad you are 2 yrs sober, and here on TS. Respect 
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Hi all checking in Day 151
Been a quiet day with my 3 younger sons, I miss the gym but it is closed Sunday.
Will hit a meeting tonight maybe the in-person one.
Thinking of you all have a great cean and sober day.
Kat
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Day 69.
Entertained porn fantasies this morning. Got out of bed not happy that I did not practice good custody of my mind. For me, thatās where it starts. Itās been 2 months since Iāve done that. Pretty unheard of for me. Thatās why I know this year is going to be different for me. My desires have shifted. No longer is porn something that offers me something. I know better.
Anyways, my mind has been in a better place for the rest of the day. Itās not ideal that I glamorize porn in any form. But if I catch myself in such stinkinā thinkinā, I can give myself the opportunity to bring myself down to reality. I look forward to living the rest of my day enjoying sobriety with gratitude.
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This makes me so happy Eric, congratulations 
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Checking in day 42. In a bad funk today. I have been woken up almost every morning with work issues that have to be taken care off. As well as trying to fill 2 positions by Tuesday morning. The pressue of completing this on my days off is making me really cranÄ·y. To top it off i went down to feed our fish and one of the clown fish had disappeared. Fearing the star fish ate him as we cant find him anywhere.
its finally nice here and i really had big plans to get out and do something for me today and now have spent the entire morning working and super frustrated. I dont want to go out now as my addict voice is telling me to grab a bottle of wine. Im not drinking today and have decided its best to stay in and push through these feelings. I hate when im stuck in this mood.
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Congrats Eric.
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CONGRATULATIONS @Dazercat
Hereās to a gentleman genuinely making a difference to himself and so many others around him, both near and far, physical and virtual.
Youāre a top bloke.
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@Dazercat
You made us wait Eric. But youāre forgiven. Huge congrats friend. And hugs. And love. And everything.
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Day 80, not a bad week/ weekend with my girls. I was a little upset with my ex bc I literally helped all week with the girls so she could work and I thought maybe since she was off this weekend she would want to take them to spend time with them and let me recharge a bit but she didnāt, itās fine good times with the girls. My mom got me a gift certificate for Christmas so we went over to lake placid today and I did some shopping. Got some new cologne, some pants, shirt. Socks for the girls and some cleaning supplies for the house lol. It was nice. Iām cleaning the house trying to organize all the new presents as I havenāt had much of a chance yet, been drawing and chillen with the girls. Gratitude Mike gratitude, lifeās good. Might be a bad day sometimes but life is good. Much love congrats to all the milestones out there. @Its_me_Stella I totally was in a funk when your milestone came and never congratulated you, sorry about that much love and congrats. Maybe I did idk but if not congrats again lol
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Day 93 here, first 90 days I have been completely alcohol free since 2005. I had planned to quit vaping by yesterday, but it didnāt happen. Iām on my last pod with the lowest nicotine, but itās going to be very hard to quit. Could use some words of encouragement from those who have quit vaping.
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Iām sorry youāre battling all those addictions at once. I guess I count myself lucky that I only have one (coke).
Feel free to throw me a pm. I have something ghats really helped me that Iād be happy to share with you.
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Heās not feeling too good, but this is only day 3 of symptoms. Itās worse before getting better. I hope your husband feels better soon. Praying for both of these guys 
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Thinking of u right now and sending u all the positive energy I can. Sounds so exhausting having to battle all of these at once and Iām glad u came on here to talk about it. Hugs!
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767 days without videogames
2 days without abusing technology
Today sucked. Technology withdrawal sucks. Iām low on energy, Iām grumpy, Iām negotiating with myself what does and doesnāt count as technology abuse, thereās a feeling of pressure on my chest pulling me towards technology. Canāt wait to buy a new crappy cheap phone to put external restrictions on the phone that I do use. Caught myself thinking āI want to dieā today. Was worried for a second I was doing truly bad, but then I remembered thatās just the whiny brat in me throwing a hissy fit.
Itās been a while since Iāve truly thought about suicide, thatās good. 2021 has been good. Iāve improved on many aspects of my life.
I have more acquaintances, reluctant to call them friends though, Iām scared Iāll be rejected if I do try to start friendships.
I donāt think that girls are judgmental, unpredictable beings anymore. (Itās best to get your experience with people from real life and not from Reddit) I actually act casual around them which is huge.
Iāve been very successful at school.
At work, I went from regular stocker to someone who knows how to work the register, to the person who makes sure everyone in my department can do their work, to the manager on Saturdays, which Iām very grateful for.
I discovered I suffer from PTSD.
I have started therapy to treat my depression symptoms.
I started therapy for my addiction.
Iām a lot more accepting of my flaws. Donāt feel like an absolute hopeless failure anymore. Iām forgiving towards myself.
Started driving lessons.
I have a lot less aggressive outbursts. Iāve discovered that my aggressive outbursts arenāt because Iām some psychopath, but because my head is overloaded with emotions which my autism canāt handle. And Iāve discovered they are very common with autism.
Iāve improved my relationship with my dad a lot.
Iām overall more content.
Perhaps life doesnāt suck after all.
In the end, Iām quite happy with how today went. I slept in, but not unacceptably long. My mom had a friend over with whom I played card games. And listened to music pretty much the entire day. I spent nearly 4 hours on my phone today, which I think is too much, but a lot of that time was spent looking at lyrics from songs to sing along with them, I donāt think that counts as a bad thing. Not sure yet. 
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