@Dazercat Thanks Eric!!! Like the meme 
@DryIn785 thank you Mark! Hope ur well
@Rockstar24777 Thank you Rob! Appreciate it!
@Faugxh thank you for the post! I absolutely agree with what ur saying. I think ur right in that everyone has some way to sort of unwind and āescapeā. I think itās when what we do goes to extremes and like you said the reason behind doing that activity determines if itās healthy or not. I have had healthy activities become addictions and actuallt cause harm, bcuz like u said, my reason fir doing the activity was to absolutely escape life. This had to do with exercise and I literally lived there 6 or 7 days a week and pushed myself to extremes and would get irritable when I couldnāt go. It effected my daily routines and relationships. So ya I think ur right, as long as itās healthy and I donāt go to extremes with the activity, I think having a way to relax and āescapeā is ok for short periods thank u for ur insight! I appreciate it!
@misokatsu thank u!!!
@soberwalker thank u so much! Also, love ur picture! I hope ur 1st walk goes well
@humbriety wow!!! Congratulations on triple digits!!
@mno awe I really hope u get well. Take it easy and recover quickly
@seb thank u!!! Hope ur doing okay and feeling better about thingsš
And since i can only mention 10 people in 1 post i had to make another lol
@nordique Wow!!! A huge congratulations on 2 years!!! Proud of you!!
@icebear thank you my friend!!
Morning Check in
Day 120
Started my day with a leg and core workout. Then went for a coffee for me and hubby. LOTS of rain here. We have had over 1 foot of rain since yesterday and itās still going. But im heading out to get groceries anyway lol I have a Dr appt over the phone today also to chat about my health and asking for blood work to be done. Then I have to start on my fondant cupcake toppers today also. I feel good overall. I had a huge cry last night after I posted about my 4 months. I cried bcuz I was scared. 4 months feels SO long to be clean and it actually scares me to be honest. Just scare to relapse. But I canāt self sabotage myself and get myself worked up. I prayed and refocused on today. Today will be a good day! Hope everyone has an addiction free day
Wonderful to see you using your tools to work through stuff. Just remember that time, fear nor anything else can make you relapse. Only you can do that. And only you can choose to instead use the tools freely given to us to change your mindset in the moment. Tears can be a gift. They release a lot of emotions. Iām proud of you, hun 
Thank you!!
Hi all, it has been a while since my last log in, just stoped counting daysā¦since november or december (cant remember) 2019 i stoped drinking, with no relapse.
Hope that all can go for it and even higher.
cheers!
Good morning, afternoon, evening * one and all.
*please delete as appropriate
Hope this finds everyone healthy and sober.
Iām at day 199 today, I feel like itās day 1 all over again. Itās like there is an invisible pressure to hit that magic 200 and then move on. I have to admit the pull to drink has been hitting hard today. All I do know is my urge not to drink is stronger.
Occupying my afternoon by taking my baby girl to the park and then going for a dessert dinner at a local Waffle House (just donāt tell her mumā¦.or siblings otherwise Iāll not make it to day 200 alive)!
āNo man ever steps in the same river twice, for itās not the same water that flows and heās not the same man as before.ā ā Heraclitus
Wishing you all positivity!
See you on the flip sideā¦ā¦or in the afterlife if the wife finds out about waffles and ice cream! 
Whoop! 
Whoop!
And a big applause for you!! 
Congratulations to 30 days of soberness!
Checking in on day 402. Got a solid back workout this morning. We have cheer camp for my daughter tonight at the same time as football camp for our middle son. Weāll be staying inside throughout the day until then as the temperature will reach 98Ā°f today with a feel of 103Ā°f.
My son randomly shared something he heard my wife say last night while she cooked and I was at softball practice with our daughter. What he said left me thinking that my wife was checking up on me with the kids and I felt as though she was using them to see if I was being dishonest. It initially bothered me. In previous times before getting sober I reacted poorly to these types of scenarios. Iād lash out, make assumptions, and cause chaos. This time I explained ro my wife what our son told me, asked her for clarity about the situation, and listened. Turns our our preteen left out alot of info that revolved around his behavior and interactions with his brother that were the focal point of the conversation and my piece of it was meaningless and more of a point being shown to him about how to act when unsupervised. Just like that the conversation was over. No blowout. No fight. No anger. The skills we learn in sobriety let us see that our perspectives are not only usually wrong, but also severely uninformed and the cause of other peopleās pain when we react poorly.
Today I am very grateful for a rift avoided. Have a great day everyone. Itās a great day to be above ground and sober.
Haha ur post made me laugh lol but at the same time Iām sure ur daughter will really enjoy it! I know u can get to that 200 mark! Proud of you Ares! Odaat we got this!
Congratulations on your 4 months 
Happy 1st year sober! 
Congratulations and I wish you a happy pregnancy!
Congratulations Nordique!!! 
Iām so happy to read this. And Iām so happy for you.
Hereās to, IMO, the best Avatar on TS.
ā¦ā¦ā¦No feeling is final
I was searching for a good JoJo Rabbit gif and I couldnāt decide. But one of them said āDancing Is For People That Are Free.ā And you got 2 years of freedom. Keep on dancing my friend. Iām glad youāre here.
Beautiful my friend. Youāre right it could very well be why all those emotions have been at the surface or they have all just been there because itās what you have been feeling lately. Regardless you have been doing an amazing job living your life without dope!!! Wtf Danaā¦ hahah itās crazy right? Whenever I say that to someone who I know has been battling this disease like I was it just sounds so crazy. Youāre doing it, you are living clean. 
Thank you!!
Hahah thank you so much Eric!! Youāve been here for the whole ride with me and I couldnāt have done it without you!
@SoberWalker Thank you so much!
We as geeks are strong together! 
All possible fingers are crossed! 