Day 6.5 still good no cravings. Son won his tball game last night. His team is undefeated 9-0. I love watching/coaching him. 10:30pm central is 7 days that’s just a couple hours from now and I have plenty to do today. Starting with the lawn.
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Checking in on sober day 376. About to head out as a chaperone on my daughters field trip to the zoo. Pretty cool that I’ll get to hang with her today while corraling a few of her classmates as well. I’ll get a shoulder and core workout after the zoo and then it’s 2 of the kids’ softball and baseball games tonight. Busy day all around and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Have a great day everyone. It’s a great day to be above ground and sober.
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Day 706 clean and sober today. Found out yesterday that starting June 1st my boss is putting me on day shift since the new guy has been trained YES!!! 6-3 Wednesday-Friday and 9-6 Saturday and Sunday. This will allow me to start rehearsals again and to start exploring new musical projects. I’ve been on night for almost a year and it’s going to be so good getting back to some kind of normalcy 
I hope everyone has an amazing day. Congratulations to all of the milestones I’m seeing, love you guys!!! 
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Hopefully the new family will have the same compassion and big heart you do, Fleur. I believe they will if they are willing to take in an abandoned kitten off the street. You’ve saved it’s life thus far and you can let them take over from here. By letting it go, you allow them to have the rest of that kitten’s life story, regardless of outcome, because these cases are always tenuous. You will get through it. Take a moment to breathe, amiga, and thank you for putting your love into this poor creature (who looks like it will be a beautiful kitty when it grows up). Hugs 
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Congrats with 6 months 
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My son comes home from the mental rehab treatment facility tomorrow. I feel the last 100 days have been a waste. Every family session I’ve had to correct the therapist and pretty much take over the session because she’s clueless (son of a doctorate of psychology and living with my sons diagnosis for 8 years). I wish my dad was around and sat in on a session; he would have ripped apart the whole session. My son said last week he didn’t feel like it helped and it may be worse now. I’m hoping it’s not, and the warnings and changes we made with the other kids will help. Luckily school is ending so we won’t have the outside influences and circumventing of our rules from teachers.
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Celebrating 2 months today!! Praise be to God for having my back on this journey 
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Congrats! Keep on steppin one day at a time
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Thank you. That’s the plan!!
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Happy ante-Friday aka Thursday! Finally got some sleep last night in a few chunks but better than nothing. I’ve discovered if my mind is racing, which it has been at bedtime lately, the sleep stories on the Calm app help me tremendously, even more than the guided meditations. I have woken up with an ear bud missing in the covers once or twice, however! 
My issue has always been with falling asleep, and the lulling voices telling me about a region in China or a bookstore in London with all the illustrative details really knock me out. I’m keeping that in my back pocket, for sure.
I’m back to my ongoing mission of making space in my life and in my mind for calm and present focus. Lost sight of that for a while and I am certain it contributes to my low mood. I can’t do it all at once but a bit everyday leads to incremental change. I’m grateful to be back on that track. I’m grateful to be sober and pretty solidly so for some time now with a good foundation of tools and support. Still not much into counting days, but reflecting on the past year+ makes me feel some peace. Reading back on old posts and journal entries has been super helpful, so if you are at 60, 90, 100 days or any days, I’d recommend taking a peek back at some early posts now and then to keep it fresh in your mind what led you on this path and how you got to where you are. Works wonders for me! Let’s do another day, amigos.
Edit to say not a year+ continuous sobriety. But sustained sobriety, a few short slips and stupid sips of my husband’s home brew. Just didn’t want to misrepresent myself. 
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Day 240 feeling solid in my sobriety but can never get comfortable as it’s always waiting in the shadows for any signs of weakness Hope everyone is well change your life odaat and start today 
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Good morning all Kat checking in Day 288 from work.
Took the dose of my antipsychotic I’m supposed to take last night and found myself a little irritable this morning and impatient. Getting better though, might have been too much caffeine this morning.
Had a good long phone call with my sponsor yesterday updating her about my mental health concerns and my plans for outside help. Apologized for missing meeting Tuesday because of sleep and she said that was ok, but to watch out because my disease wants to isolate me. Yes it does! So going to post more here and it tickles me that each and every one of us is fighting addiction one post at a time! Go us!
God give me the drive to do stepwork tonight. 5 questions. I can do it!
Love and support to you all!
Kat
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I’ve been waiting 28 minutes for my son’s doctor to call for a scheduled phone appointment. There is a lot riding on this phone call and I feel uncertain now that it’s going to happen. Coming here and reading your posts is helping me bide the time. I’m going to walk into that doctor’s office this afternoon and demand that I talk to his nurse if he does not call me!
Edited: the doctor called a little over half an hour late.
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Day 17. Said my gratitudes, read page 86 in my big book, and putting it to work. Called and found myself a male doctor in lake placid, looking to have a testosterone test done and get myself up to par and healthy. Excited to go work in a nursing home again miss working with elderly and making them comfortable and smile. I feel, it will be my best shot at giving my gift of sobriety, much love.
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Wow Richard you look great! So healthy and happy 
way to go on losing so much weight! You training buddy looks happy! So proud of you and your sobriety!
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Checking in. I haven’t been as active in my recovery work and I’m starting to notice a difference in how I feel.
I want to get back to the place I was a couple weeks ago.
Hope everyone is good still need to catch up on the posts
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Daily check in feeling a bit more alert today and managed to get a job application sorted out
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200 !!! 
To be honest its this website That made me start appreciating the days that I have. And to be reminded on a daily basis how important that is. This is the most days I’ve had without alcohol since 18 years old. I feel this change happening and it’s extremely hard to explain except it feels like everything is lining up but at the same time a bunch of things had to fall apart and crash before that. The homelessness I have experienced for the last couple weeks is the result of trying to handle my mental health on my own. I feel like I’m understanding my alcoholism and how to deal with that but I’m struggling with how to support myself in the real world. I’m going to take this opportunity to go back to Jacksonville and now it’s time to focus on getting help for my anxiety and simply just sitting down with somebody . I have had so much time to reflect and think about everything. In the last couple weeks I learned that I was spending way too much time inside, I also was sleeping too much. I learned that if I want to stay sober I’m going to. I have woken up to coyotes and Javelina, I have been outside 22 hours out of 24 hours for 12 days with a 1 day break … If it’s ridiculous and you can imagine it I probably experienced it. And eventually I have a pretty cool story because there is so many things from the last couple weeks. But a lot of it is gratitude And today I have found temporary shelter until my flight on Sunday. Now it’s time to make sure this doesn’t happen ever again. I’m still trying to figure out how I made it through this. But I am so incredibly grateful for this community. You guys have been here more than my own friends and family. I have seen more love and support on here than I can even deal with… I’m trying to be OK with accepting help or asking for help… And I especially want to say thanks to @ShesGotMoxie For checking on me on the missed page … during probably my most scariest couple days. And truly being there for me.
I love you all . And my phone is permanently plugged into the wall forever
God bless
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