Checking in daily to maintain focus #38

Good morning from Republic Washington.
Waking up hangover free in a hotel room on day 146.
Getting ready for some more ice fishing today. Wish me luck, lol.

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Hey everyone. Day one here. I messed up last night and gave in. Feeling terrible and hungover right now. I knew that this was going to be tough and I hoped I was strong enough to not give in and to stay the path, but not this time. Looking back at it I can see what the triggers were that made me do it. As long as I learn from this mistake I can work on staying sober.

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Day 597 clean and sober today. Got off work last night and was so burnt out mentally and emotionally that I just went to bed. Things are better this morning. Have an amazing day everyone, love you guys!!! :sunglasses::metal:t2:

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Wow how amazing it this!!!
Beautiful Claudia and it sounds like your tattoo is meant to be. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Great job Kaitlyn
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Welcome back Freckles.
Totally worth blocking the adds. One time deal. Real cheap.
Stick around.
Congrats on day 2
:pray::heart:

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Me too. We can do this together. :heart::seedling:

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Checking in

This week has been really heavy, like super heavy. Lots of big things from the past coming to the forefront that need to be dealt with. Might have been nicer to have them one at a time but I donā€™t get to decide that. I do however get to choose how I handle things. I am trying to choose grace over and over again.
I do believe that allowing myself just enough time to feel sad or angry is important but what is equally important is getting myself to move through that feeling. In the past I have had a tendency to get stuck and to ruminate in shitty feelings for much longer then they deserved.
Today I am acknowledging them and then letting them go. ā€œYeah that fricken sucks, and my life was complete shit because of that but thatā€™s not my life anymore.ā€
I can not stress enough how tired I am of suffering. If you are also tired of suffering the key to unlocking that door is ACCEPTANCE.

PAIN + NON ACCEPTANCE = SUFFERING

This is one of the most important things I have learned in the 7 years I have been in recovery. Sometimes I use it as my mantra for the dayā€¦ it is a good thing to remember.

Congrats everyone on your days. Itā€™s a tough battle.
:orange_heart::seedling:

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Day 108. Bought pre workout yesterday, going to get this stuff and start again, also when itā€™s gone Iā€™m going to try and quit chewing, Iā€™m fucking powerless over everythingā€¦ Really feeling bad for my girls today, theyā€™re mother told them they had a bday to go to today several days ago, they have been talking about it everyday and autumn has been so excited. And today I was telling them come on we gotta get ready for your party and hyping them up and then Mariah comes and gets them and tells them she doesnā€™t feel like going to the party now. Like wtf it really upset me, like I feel seriously so bad for them itā€™s not right I donā€™t feel. I was going to take them but like I shouldnā€™t always have to step up either when Iā€™m already helping a bunch and exhausted myself and I felt if I helped itā€™s just letting my boundaries down. You could see both girls were heart broken. I told them when they come back home on my weekend we will go bowling and play at the arcade. Yeah much love

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I can relate

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Me too.

:orange_heart::seedling:

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4 weeks sober from weed and 5m7d sober from alcohol. Iā€™m so proud of myself . He doubted me but that was my motivation. :muscle:t4:

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Checking in
Day 7
Been a busy morning. Feels good to hit this 1 week milestone again. I got up for work, worked for 3 hours, and am now heading home. Have to be home shortly to take care of something (hence why I left early lol). Anyway, I took this picture of the mountains on the way home. Same scene as my previous mountain pic but this one especially caught my attention. Just the blues n whites. Very pretty. Iā€™ve been getting weird memories flash into my mindā€¦ and about thr oddest things. The wind here in Calgary is so familiar. It reminded me of when I was a child (maybe 7 or so)ā€¦ standing still with my eyes closed, my arms wide out to the sides enjoying the warm wind. I was always into weather stuff (and still am)ā€¦ anything to do with clouds, rain, hail, tornados, all that kind of stuff. Enough reminiscing haha Today is good. Excited for tomorrow as itā€™s Monday. Have big plans for tomorrowā€¦ just with exercise and self care and recovery stuff :rose: Hope everyone is managing okay today!

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Day 74

Good morning, evening all! Just checking in. Have a good one!

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Yes we will :green_heart:

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Noted :yellow_heart: let go, or be dragged. Thank you for your insight always :kissing_heart:

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Hey guys. Checking in day 6.
Actually going to bed. Have a goodnight.

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Checking in Day 237 itā€™s a good day :grin:

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Whoop whoop!!! :grin:

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Day 284 of being clean from self harm.

I made it through last night. I didnā€™t sleep great and Iā€™m so exhausted I want to cry. But I finally was able to talk about what my family has done to me in the past and I went into detail without downplaying or shutting down. Definitely has me drained but it was nice to get that off my chest. One day Iā€™ll get out of this town and have my own life. For now, Iā€™ll just improve as much as I can until then

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