212 days
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Hey all, checking in on day 776. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Day 414 continuous sobriety. I tried yesterday to fix the bathroom sink in our 92 year old house and ended up breaking an old pipe and now I have to find a real plumber who knows what theyāre doing. And I sliced my hand a bit. I am not a handy man. 90% of what I try to fix ends up more broken than before 
Today is my daughterās birthday so weāll go party hard (seven year old style) at the local arcade with her little friends. Itās awesome how excited kids are about their birthdays. I dread mine in my forties.
Anyway, sober on, friends. Hope today brings you serenity.
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Morning people. Checking back in on day 5. Gonna try and hit the gym early and than do some cooking and just enjoy the Saturday since no work today. Maybe Iāll bath the dogs since itās nice out. They stink. Lol
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Day 778 clean and sober. Have a great day everyone, love you guys! 
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Day 21! I commit to my promise to myself and my family that I will not drink today. Iām greatful for everything I have!
It amazes me how the mind will manipulate you to get immediate gratification from uncomfortable feelings/boredom.
I can feel so overwhelmingly sick from drinking and desperate to change and save my damaged relationships and then after a few days of feeling physically better, I get thoughts of: how I can probably moderate or maybe only on the weekends and definitely not at social gatherings.
I canāt believe even after reminding myself everyday why I need to change and all the horrible things alcohol has caused in my life, that those strong determined feelings and written plan can go right out the window with a blink of an eye, with a fleeting thought that causes an urge! That one moment in time can change everything! I feel weak and low life and that is not what I want for me or my son.
Addiction is sick and mind twisted! I hate it!
This is what Iām battling. ODAAT!
Hope everyone is doing the work. I havenāt posted much, but I will. I know that reading your posts and engaging everyone takes the focus off ourselves for awhile and is apart of healing.
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Good morning friends, day 623. No bathroom project work anymore, so time to catch up on everything else.
Have an awesome day! I am going to do mine sober!
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Woooooohoooo! Look at you!
This is inspiring to me. Thank you for sharing.
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Happy Saturday morning from Wisconsin!
I have the day to myself, so after my house chores I am driving to one of my favorite places to take a long bike ride.
Then I will head home and make a favorite meal for myself. I will read my book, write a little, then watch some tv until the hubby gets home from his day away.
Iām so pleased that there will be no drinking today.
When I had a day like this last summer, I not only wasted that day in drinking but also lost the whole next day to the hangover.
Freedom from alcohol is amazing!
Have a good one everyone!
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On day 50. I had a little power nap yesterday afternoon before heading out to the theatre. Then, I slept from around 1.30 am to 8.45 this morning! Iām so relieved to get some proper rest 
Keep on keeping on x
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976 days without gaming
The day before yesterday I didnāt brush my teeth. For me that usually is a big deal, once I break a streak it usually takes weeks or even months before I brush my teeth again. And you can probably understand how that makes me feel like a loser.
But I took the time to brush my teeth again yesterday without a problem. Obviously itās very early to say this, but I think a switch has been flipped. I bought floss. I bought toothpaste. And I bought mouthwash. All of those I took time to select which I wanted. Even though Iāve brushed my teeth only 7 times in the last 8 days, I already see a massive difference 
So far today has been exhausting. Iāve been busting my ass at work. Due to a massive shortage in staff this evening Iāve been doing everything in my power to get a lot of their work done so that they can finish their work tonight. Iām not upset or stressed about it though. Iāve been doing everything in my power. I canāt do any better than that, so I shouldnāt ask it of myself.
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