Sorry to hear about you and ur girlfriend. Breakups bring up all kinds of emotions.
Have you tried SMART or another kind of meeting? Nothing changes if nothing changes. You have been using this app for a while and it hasn’t been enough. There really is something different about talking about and listening to the sober journey with others. You don’t need to be friends with the other people in the meeting, and they don’t need to like you. You just need to have the sober quest in common.
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Congratulations! How wonderful!
Milestones definitely can be anticlimactic. But congratulations! I am excited, even if you aren’t.
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Checking in day 3 again. Not giving up on recovery !
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Huge congrats 
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How exciting, congratulations
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Oh wow that is a nice morning coffee view!
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Hey all, checking in on day 728. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Wow, I’m jealous!!
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THIS RIGHT THERE!!
I remember going out with the girls and we would have such a blast drinking and talking and laughing like loons.
I clearly remember my committee telling me, girl, you are a drug addict not an alcoholic, you can go have fun safely.
I remember sipping my coke sitting at the table with my drinking friends and never feeling as lonely as I did in that moment. I loved those ladies dearly but I was an outsider. I couldn’t follow the conversations. I couldn’t understand why they were laughing so hysterically at things.
I still remember the looks of relief they tried to hide when I made my excuses to leave.
I’m so grateful I remember the relief I felt to my soul when I walked out that door sober.
That showed me that the people weren’t having fun, the alcohol was. Today I can have real fun rather than some chemically induced mockery of it.
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Checking in, not a good day here, but I hope you all have a good one 
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Day 264 checking in 
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Unfortunately, I lost “the girls” when I stopped drinking. All of my fun sober girls are either married or just as boring as I am (on any other weekend). Lol
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Sorry your day isn’t going well. I hope it improves over time. Just focus on 24 hours and know this too will pass. Bad days are a part of life and we don’t have to use over them today. We are here for you 
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I relate to this so much. That fuck it button is a real dangerous game to play. I’m glad you played the tape through and grounded those thoughts. I’m glad that our will to maintain what we’ve grown into is stronger than our desire to fit in or fulfill FOMO. I’m so happy I woke up hangover free this morning.
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Day 730 clean and sober today. Today’s my Sunday and am looking forward to my weekend to begin lol. Thank you so much for the love and support yesterday it really helped bring me through some really uncomfortable feelings. I hope everyone has an amazing day today, love you guys!!! 
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Awe Richard thank you!! What a lovely positive message to read 1st thing in the morning 
I love the part about the light ans this here gave me such a sense if empowerment!
So thank you 
And also… I too didn’t think that I’d get this far. I also saw my clean time slowly creep up and then I’d relapse. But for the grace of God it just kept increasing. Today I am so grateful to be clean. I always am the morning after I have some intense urges. But again u are also right in the fact that we have spent alot of our life drinking/using, so it will be natural at 1st to have those urges. Wr just can’t give in! How are you? What’s new in your world?
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Congratulations on your 30 days!! Keep going strong 
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Congratulations @icebear !! So proud of you for hitting that 1 year mark, that’s such an accomplishment. Make sure to take some time to celebrate yourself because you’ve absolutely earned it 
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@Controller great work on 30 days - big congratulations to you
@icebear 1 yr is amazing- excellent!
You all are helping me more than I can explain. When I wonder if I’ll stay clean another day, then read these posts and recognize the strength and determination is out there. I pull that strength in from the success I see here and use it for myself. Morning of day 7 for me and this is when I stumbled last run. I won’t forget that day. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up 
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