Congratulations on 365 days. A whole year. Magnificently wonderful! It is possible. Thank you for sharing your journey.
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Day 124
Good day all. Sun is shining. Feeling hopeful.
Strong and serene 24 all
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Good morning everyone/evening,
Day 124
Just checking in. Have a great day everyone!
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Omg yesssss NF is amazing! That entire album is one of my all time favorites. Early days of sobriety I had that playing on repeat a lot.
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@Misokatsu @Dazercat @Chiron @Laraellelarissa
Thank you thank you 
Everybody on here has been such a big part of my recovery and I have so much love for everyone here. So many wonderful different perspectives!
Sending yāall love going into day 601
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Powerful Mikeās Tattoos!
I saw them last two. You did a great job.
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Youāre not fooling me!
114 days? I donāt think so!
Congratulations on your 4 months! 
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Hi Kat here checking in on day 230.
Things are good. Day off from the gym to take care of household chores and laundry. Getting into a good routine with work, NA, and the gym.
I have never felt so good in my sobriety and wish I had done this years ago. For those struggling to make it through, know that one day you will feel this good.
Love 
Kat
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What I like about your path is that youāre not hiding behind your sobriety from alcohol. Iāve witnessed many share how sober they are from one addiction, but conveniently forget to mention that theyāre still acting out in another.
Using the sobriety as an attachment to gain validation from others points to toxic shame. Youāre choosing honesty, which actually reinforces the fact that you are a person of value, with flaws and everything. Good job.
If anyone believes that youāre not making progress. Theyāre mistaken. I see growth. Thanks for sharing, and being your real true self.
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Glad you are here. I have found this place really helpful. Itās been a lot of work in other areas too, but itās sooo worth it. I hope you keep reading and sharing your journey. Thereās a lot of support here and information on other resources too.
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Day 648 clean and sober today. I hope everyone has a fantastic day today, love you guys! 
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Congratulations on your year heck yeah!!!
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Congratulations on 600 days!!!
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Stay strong you got this.
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Ha ha right. I knowā¦thanks for the laugh Kevin and the Congratulations. Iām still in shockā¦lolš
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Checking in
Day36
Feeling good thia morning. Its another beautiful day! +15Ā°C here which is nice spring weather. Then I went on Facebook and realized what day it was. And of course Iām sad but it just motivates me even more more stay clean. An old friend of mineā¦ her name was Heather. She was 39 when she left this world 1 year ago. She left behind her little boy (who thankfully wasnāt with her at the time of her passing). We went thru alot, even treatment where weād do mindfulness walks together 
but she started becoming extremely delusional and borderline psychotic. Meth was always her DOC and I donāt know how she died. She was known to do some very ācrazyā things to self harm and did some various other drugs too etc Anyway, I will be doing a mindfulness walk today. Going to go outside and just take some time to āwalk with herā. It scares meā¦ and thats why Iām sooo scared of relapse. Bcuz it could literally be my last. That saying, āWe always have another relapse, but we may not always have another recoveryā. This is hitting hard. Iām 36 days clean. It feels so good but so surreal. I cant even believe Iām here! But when that point arrives in my recovery where I start wondering if Iām ācuredā or I forget how bad things were when I used, I ALWAYS want to remember that it only takes once to pick up and leave everything behind. I hate addiction. It has brought me and all of us on TS and others to some very dark places. I used to think drugs were like a best friend, a constant in my life for 22 yearsā¦ and I have sooooo much disgust for it and hate for it now. Now that Iāve had some time away from every mind altering substance, I see it for what it isā¦ no distortions in my mind, no lies, no excuses. Drugs serve no purpose. They do nothing positive. What they cost you is MUCH greater than what they offer you. Gonna take time to reflect and pray and then go for my mindfulness walk later.
Hoping everyone enjoys their addiction free day
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Checking in. Day 16ā¦ the longest I have been sober in about 10 years. Itās crazy what you can accomplish with focus, drive and the right support.
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Iām backā¦. After 1 year and 3+ months of my first attempt Iām back here in day 2 of my new journey.
The past year Iāve hit it harder than ever before. At first it was just a bottle of wine, then I fell in love with the hard seltzers, coins drink an entire 12-pack, what harm could they be? Theyāre so light?ā¦ā¦
Back here in the forum and realizing some things about myself. I quit the forum cause 1) I didnāt want the shame of restarting 2) last time i told myself it was only for dry January, so literally set myself up to fail 3) I let .0001% of the forum give me anxiety and feelings of high school cliques surround me again. There were a few people, no matter how I tried who chose to ignore me on here. But you know what? Itās not their fault. Theyāre going through their own journey to recovery. I know I donāt need to be loved my everyone, but I had that highschool left out FOMO feeling again, which is part of the root of my alcoholism. Want to feel fun? Included? No anxiety? Social??? I thought alcohol gave me all of that. I finally have that one small bit of clarity. Now to find out on the road ahead who I really am without alcohol. And to those who donāt like me? I like you just fine and the journey youāre on - Cause weāre all human 
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Totally loved reading this. So true 
need to stay strong and not self sabotaging. Time to finally finish something positive and meaningful!
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Welcome back Ally!! So happy to have u here again! Those realizations will take u far. Realizing that I can not have any reservations whatsoever in recovery were crucial for my recovery and I think u have that by what I read Literallt all I focus on is staying clean for the 24 hours ahead. Iāll be honest (and thank u for the reminder also), there are times when I want to just not come on here bcuz of my own distorted thinking (maybe people donāt understand, maybe I said too much, or Iām not getting enough āattentionā so maybe I said something wrong or maybe Iām not liked or not wanted here on TS). Ur absolutely right in saying thay everyone has their own stuff going on. We are all trying our best to do well in recovery. And when it comes down to itā¦ this is about our recovery and this place on TS has been crucial for recovery (for me it has anyway)ā¦ why give that up due to our stinkin thinking lol. Anywayā¦ thankful ur here and congratulations on 2 days!!! Onward and up from here
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