Day 660
Realized that I have been on TS for a year now. In my head I thought I joined the forum when I was around 6 months sober but I guess it was actually closer to 10 months. Found myself reflecting and I didn’t really remember a lot of my thoughts or feelings from early sobriety other than an overwhelming sense of anxiety. Wished I had joined the forum earlier and could have posts to look back on, but I did end up finding some texts with a close friend from that time period (summer 2020). It reads a lot like a journal going back through it and is such a good reminder of how far I have come and how rocky it was in the beginning. I remember being so caught up training and preparing for a bike race and that I had cut out alcohol for training, I didn’t remember actually having discussions about sobriety with my friend and I am so grateful he steered me in the right direction. And I gotta shoutout a thank you to @SoberGuyUSA for being one of the first people I interacted with on here last summer when I had been coming up on a year sober and felt real close to a relapse. So much general love and appreciation for this community and everyone here! 
Well, I, for one, am grateful you’re here! These reflections on our journeys are really valuable. I’ve been looking back lately, too.
I am grateful for you as well Rosa! 
Day 80 of no self harm
Not feeling great today. Wanting to self harm quite a bit but I’m not going to. The only reason I can think of for feeling bad is the fact that tomorrow is Friday
Checking in at almost the start ot day 3 of no booze or drugs.
What a wonderful day to live soberly. Slept in, did some unemployment work for my last week of benefits. Cleaned up the house. Cooked an early dinner while the hubby mowed the lawn. Then off to my first semipro baseball game sober. I was a little worried. Then overwhelmed by the alcohol advertising EVERYWHERE. People two fisting big beers left and right. I avoided the bar and found our awesome seats right by the dugout. Saved so much money not buying alcohol but treated myself to some nachos and a rootbeer. I truly enjoyed watching the whole game and not worrying about continuously running to the bar to spend my money on poison. We won! Then there was an awesome fireworks show to end the night. I felt like it was a little celebration of my sober win. We’re going back in three weeks 
Sounds like a wonderful day you’ve had! I’ve noticed it too since I’ve been trying to stay sober, the constant alcohol ads everywhere, commercials, even most shows have a large presence of alcohol. It can make it hard to keep it out of your mind.
This is such a great milestone for you!
Oh, i forgot, had a good AA meeting today too! It was a small group and when it came time to ask for a host for tomorrows meeting they tried to make me do it. I was like no,no,no, im too new. i said id host on my 30th day but may do it sunday on my 3 weeks i love growing in my sobriety
Day 12. I will have a coffee and then take my dog out for a walk along the old mines by the sea
Cornwall has some real housing issues and rural poverty…it also has an amazing coast line
I liked what I read You are working hard for your recovery. Hope you will get one of those jobs.
And thanks for sharing that record from Nancy! I like that song about “these boots are made for walking” Thanks to you I remembered it and now it’s on my Spotify list as well.
Have a great day! 
You got this!! Day 80 rules, you’ve come so far and I’m sure your loved ones are super proud of you. One day ar a time, we’re all with you.
Welcome back Joost!
I think you know me as Buts and I had a different profile pic as well. Nevermind I’m still Claudia.
See you around! How’s Nala by the way?
How special that is to see someone from here in real life. You made a vision in your head about how someone will look and then you see and compairs the 2 
And you can really talk about recovery. I think that’s what I miss in my real life sometimes: talking face to face about addiction and recovery with people who gets it.
#Day 1340 
And 1 week no sugar.
Still in pain because of the surgery I had. I can hardly walk. So my days are filled with my phone, Netflix and some reading. Miss my walks 
And never thought I would say this but miss my work as well. I even miss doing groceries 
So today? Being a couch potato again I guess, a sober one that’s for sure.
The shoes I bought didn’t arrive yesterday, they are now scheduled for today. So my plan is to put them on when they arrive and try to walk some meters outside the house. Just to feel human again.
It will be better!
Picture from the flowers I’ve got from a person I love. Look at the size of that beautiful flower! Isn’t that gorgeous!
Have a nice saturday all of you TS people and remember: every craving will pass! It’s temporary so you can beat it!
One of the moderators offered to reset my old profile (since apparently, having two is a no-no), but I figured that I might just as well keep on with this one.
Thank for (surprisingly) remembering me.
Thanks. Not many people would recognise it.
I’m pretty happy to be back. I was over at my nephew’s place for dinner last night, and he politely offered me a Guinness… I said no thanks.
I have to admit that I’ve been “relying” on something of a lie, claiming that I’m having some stomach issues… but it does seem to work ! When I say that I won’t have any alcohol because of some stomach issues, no one bats an eye… it does make things simpler.
That looks like a peony! My favorite flower, passed down from my grandma and my mom to me. Lovely scent and you have a double peony there. Beautiful.
Yes it’s a Peony indeed Rosa In Dutch we call it a Pioenroos. I had one in my garden for years but I didn’t get flowers from it and later I moved out. Maybe I have to try again in this yard.