Congratulations on your 50 days Joe.
Great job.
Congratulations on your 5 months Clean Kat.
Hey guys
Just checking in day 11
Gonna watch a good movie
Hope you are doing well
Goodnight
Day 571 clean and sober today. Have a great day everyone, I love you guys!!!
Checking in day 3 back to work today lots off with covid!
Hope everyones had and has a great day!
Not so bad today. At five days which isn’t great but I made it through the weekend which is my biggest hurdle. Just grateful for community like this to help out!
5 months !!! Congratulations!
Checking out of day 1157.
I am sober and do today is a good day. If I remember back the days when at this time 8pm here I was already finishing my daily dose and hanging on the couch preparing to fall in my bed sleeping like crap.
Won’t happen tonight. Although it might happen that the cats will awake me. I can handle this.
But first I need to understand my new smartphone.
Day 8!
Finished 1 week alcohol free for first time since I got addicted 2 years and 3 months ago (I admitted it much later, that is when the stuff happened that sent me down the rabbit hole). I realize that I have better ways to handle the PTSD - ways that heal, work, build love trust and community - than this addiction. No excuses, no rationalizations. One sickness does not justify another.
Grateful to those who believe my truth about harassment, abuse, and PTSD. people don’t believe this can happen to a middle aged fat brown lady known all her life for being strong and fierce without the US beauty image BS or childhood abuses - but seriously, there is no age limit on this. If it could happen to me in my late 50s, we must trust each other that all of our stories are true abd matter.
Sending love to everyone. I have marched for rights since 1980s, we shall overcome!
PS. Lots of this is from my journaling, needed to write it here to keep me on track.
Checking in on Wednesday afternoon (usually check in early morning but was busy as hell this morning) sober. Already did my run (5K), a late breakfast and all is good.
I cannot recommend it highly enough. Its great! Also his new book , the everyday hero manifesto is a brilliant read!
Thank you April for the recommendatios. I’ll start with the 5am club. Then move to the new one. I will let you know what I think. Excited…,
Checking in at the end of day 366.
Grateful for all of the kind words around my milestone. Makes me realise that I should be more active in congratulating others because it felt nice. I am always fearful of missing something and inadvertently offending someone - but that’s just deficit model thinking. Plus, I didn’t notice if anyone missed out on mine.
We live and learn.
Have a great sober day, wherever you are.
Goodnight.
Excellent work, Joe. 50 days felt big for me.
Now it seems like I’m being insincere, doesn’t it?! Never mind. I’m going to push through. I’ve got to start somewhere.
Thanks lady and… Happy 5 Whole Months!!!
38 Days Sober
Well if someone had told me how much my life would have changed in the past 38 days I wouldn’t have believed them but here I am, happier, healthier and stronger in both mind and body than I have been for years.
I love my new outlook on me and my future. The path is being walked and the destination is the best version of me possible!
Afternoon check in
Day 6
I started my day out great and full of energy. Went to the gym and then did a few things. Since about 11am my energy has severely dropped. Idk why. I’m not tired but my body is struggling. Like I’m so exhausted and fatigued that I start typing on my phone and I delete my sentence cuz I’m too tired to type. Too tired to even talk I got up and went for a walk outside thinking the cold weather would wake me up. And I even gulped back coffee. Can’t sleep so I’m doing dishes. Almost putting coffee creamer in the sink instead of dish soap lmao oh boy lol Took a break half way thru. I’m okay I just need to rest I think 7 days coming up tonight!
I love this post, @anon52066378. I have the same level of disbelief. It’s like magic. I hope it never leaves me/us.