I looked closely at the building and it looks like a women’s body , doesn’t it! ? 
It’s so cool looking!
It’s so cool looking!
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It does!!! It’s quite beautiful 
where is this?
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Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia. My home.
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Day 22…listening to music and sipping on bubly sparkling water 
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It is day 6 go finishing up and i know it can be so hard. The thing that is making my mood better is that i am laughing so hard at the SNL weekend update. That is my favorite part of the show and i love right here near New York City i know the stories. Bit it made me laugh so hard o actually spit seltzer water out my nose. I know it may sound stupid but i am so glad when i have these laugh out loud moments. They make me forget so much if the bullshit that it feels good to be sober. I don’t know how many of you feel this way, but when I come across something that makes me feel this good i want to stop it up. Thanks to everyone out there
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Day 126 
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394 Days
Maintaining my streak at the gym which is really helping with mood stability and in turn my anxiety has kept at bay, so I am happy with that. Love I cam support my son who is under alot of pressure in his final year at Uni, remembering key exam dates 
sending message of good luck, ringing post exam etc fully present and being nervous for him
@apes2020 on a plane! 
warm sunshine on a beach glorious enjoy.
Have a strong 24 hrs all 
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Apparently not, else you wouldn’t be afraid of it 
Bingo. Without a leap of faith, no one would change their lives around.
Sometimes all it takes, is a simple comparison. If those who took that leap of faith appear to be happier than those in active addiction, it’s probably worth it.
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Morning 
. Getting a bit nervous, first day back for second semester at uni. (I’m a mature student so I already have paranoid hang ups of not being good enough next to A level kids)…
I’m looking forward to new material, but I’m getting a belly ache and gonna have some brekkie. 
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Still a toilet and bathroom to clean in our old house and some assembling to do in my ex’ new house.
This evening the online memorial service from the Dutch Sangha’s, first one in my own language.
Finally I’m calming down again but the release of stress and tension of years goes too slow. Each time I get to let go a bit of it, I have to get back on board again. It feels somewhat hopeless, like I’ll never be at ease again. But hopefully after next term on board, when all is back to normal, I’ll finally have all the time to myself again.
But well, at least I accepted and admitted that I’m burnt out again and after almost 4 years of stress followed by a breakup and moving, I understand it had to happen (again).
On the bright side : from here on, there finally a new life ahead of me. The real me. Acceptance took some time but sometimes it just feels like letting go a big weight we’ve carried around forever.
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
That quote from Thich Nhat Hanh was posted by someone in my online Sangha at the same time I shared there and in my NA homegroups that I finally was ready to accept myself.
It’s a beautiful thought in a way, that he passed away shortly after I got to that point. Like he waited for that to happen.
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Hi I am day 1! This site looks fab. There is so much info I’m not sure where to start or what to do! Is there an app I can use to help me? 
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- Coffee. It’s that time of the year where I really start longing for spring. Also has to do with the fact it has been grey outside for days. Well, it can’t be helped. I’ll have to practice patience. Also I have to work on getting the grey wintry feeling out of my own head, because I’m feeling that a bit as well. And I can do something about that.
Feeling I could be on my way towards depression. Very early stages yet, and plenty of time and room to prevent it. Going to start that right now. Physical exercising I already am. Need to do some mental health stuff. Therapy will stop in a couple of months and I need to be prepared for that. Got to move on with my life. My social life. Retracted in my shell a bit. Work wise, social life wise, every wise. Been taking steps back and it’s time to move forward again.
Thank god I’m sober and clean. That means I actually can work on myself. That means I see there is a problem in the first place. That means I can move forward. Never again going back to drinking and drugging.
Have as good a day as you all can friends. Make it clean and sober. It’s the only way towards a better life for all of us. One day at a time. Love from Amsterdam.
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Welcome to your sobriety and welcome to this place Julie! For me Talking Sober has been the difference between failures in the past and success this time. There’s tons of support to be found here, support to get and support to give, as well as a huge body of knowledge about addiction and how to beat it. The more the stronger we are so very happy to have you aboard! This thread is one of the busiest ones on the forum, so you’ve come to a good place to begin your journey on this forum and in your sober life.
There is an app associated with this forum called Sober Time, both on Android and iOS. To learn about how the forum works, let me give you some links:
Wishing you happy reading & happy participating and hope to see more of you Julie!
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Day 532
Husband had booster yesterday, was ok this morning so we went for breakfast and walking, but he felt it this afternoon, and was too bad to even open medicine packets unaided 
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Have been feeling pretty on the ball lately, then today got a call that I forgot to take my son to his programming class. It is once a month, and easy to forget. Even sober monkeys fall from trees.
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Good Morning Mno
Great job on your awareness and preparation. Gave me some well needed insight this morning.
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Happy Tuesday Talking Sober family.
Had a difficult evening… teenagers and 10 yer old requiring a lot of support to stay in task complete homework etc …the regular. I think I was just oververly sensitive because I was tired from work and had a headache.
Went to a meeting and my mood reversed back to gratitude and strength. I’m thankful for being sober and not reaching to.my old ways to deal…I am thankful for being a present and active mother and sober for the evening routine instead of halfway in .
Breath…
Some to dos today…goal is to complete my Yoga assignment then will reward myself tomorrow with a well needed Mani/pedi and gold cross I am gifting myself for my progress but more importantly for my faith strengthing. So grateful for both. My HP…heals
Have a great sober and serene 24.,
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…“even sober monkeys fall from trees”…love this. Thank-you it seems I fall quite often. Glad I can laugh at myself. Bookmarked this one.
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So much for evolution theory 
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Checking in on day 228 where the temperature is -13F/-25C with a -31F/-35C windchill 
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