Could you dress him all in red? Put red socks on his hands and say he’s a crab?
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Day 1 again here for me.
Need some help/advice: I tell myself I want to quit alcohol, but then I think of all the different areas it pertains to my life and then think how it would be too difficult to rid of completely.
What I mean is this - different settings and situations make me feel as though alcohol is necessary (i.e. dinner parties, lake, pool, golfing, etc). It also seems that way for the people I tend to be around because they enjoy drinking but can manage it, unlike myself.
What advice can anyone give to help me determine ultimately what I want to do?
I am sick of resetting my timer, but also sick of how alcohol makes me feel.
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4 months today! Feels so good. So blessed that I found my program and God. 
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day
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I love this 
thank u! Ur right tho… I feel so far removed from drinking and using yet at the same time it’s right there so I meed to work a bit better at managing my day. Thank u for that reality check and the reminder. I can never forget how serious addiction was for me. I also love that we are on this journey together 
we both are doing so well. Have a wonderful day!
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Morning Check in
Day 155
Feeling better than yesterday but definitly tired. Guess this is what they call an “emotional hangover” lol. Just tired and drained from yesterday. At least I feel better. I slept in and missed my workout (no big deal for today), and then ate a healthy breakfast and then went back to bed. Really need to so something today tho. I can’t stay in bed all day lol that’s not healthy for me.
Hope everyone has an addiction free day!
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Thanks man. Im just saying it felt like everything went wrong cooking. All the food still got ate and no complaints, it was a goal of mine to not ask for help and do it myself, so I still felt much accomplished. I needed it honestly, but I did ask for help with tomorrow bc it’s French toast. Doing it myself helps me get through it tho and makes me stronger.
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Hi Kat here checking in on Day 45!
No work today, just doing some running around. Feeling calm cool and collected especially around my roommate who was severely bent out of shape over his bank and the telephone and freezing his account and on and on.
I think I pissed him off and maybe should have validated his feelings more but I did drive him to the bank to talk to the manager. I apologized, I told him in NA alla that shit doesn’t matter because we can’t control it. Lol.
Hmm visit with my trauma therapist this evening. A little shy and ashamed because last time I saw her I was using had popped about 8 benadryl prior to the appointment and could barely stand or walk as a result. Ah well, I will apologize and more importantly never do it again.
Love, Kat
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Hi All, want to let you know I’m still here and on Day 38! I can’t bail on you @Daishippai and let you hit 45 on your own.
@Dazercat thank you, you always know what to say, I saw your post last night and it made me smile. You really show you care. @Butterflymoonwoman I read yours as well, you’re an inspiration to so many and I felt like an ass being negative when so many were having a shitty day. I hope your day is better. 
@Lovelyoutlook I saw you as well having a terrible day, thank you for reaching out and I hope today is better, sending love and hugs to you & your Grandma
@Mindymoo I’m glad you got a fan, I’ve been following the weather in the UK and Europe, wow. I hope you get a break soon. And as always thank you for the lovely note. I love your spirit, and humor. If we met, we would definitely be friends, but I cherish what we have long distance. That brown, stinky you know what still haunts me. 
@Piglet86 thank you for reaching out, I’m doing better today. I vented on a zoom meeting to my boss for 45 min. So I was able to get some pent up anger out. All about work, but hey, a vent is a vent. 
Wait, I wasn’t done! I accidentally sent… Shit.
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Part 2.
@Alicat22 congratulations on what now is probably 17. You have a tough couple days ahead, at least for me, but we’re all here, stay strong 
@DryIn785 Mark, I think I read you also had a crap day and was thinking of drinking. My advice is STOP IT, DON’T. We need you and your humor. 
I’m so far behind reading and I apologize for missing anyone. @Twizzlers I’m glad I finally learned that was a tea pot, I too thought it was a scary pumpkin. I hope you’re well and able to beat the heat. You’re such a shining light. 
It’s 1pm here, I should be at work, but wanted to pop in and say hello. Thanks to everyone here in this community, I’d still be drowning my life in alcohol without you.
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@Mindymoo I saw you were tossed in the derailment void thread. That happened to me once too when I responded to someone about their positive covid test.
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@maxwell Thank you, I’m hanging on best I can!
@Butterflymoonwoman @Mindymoo I’ve been waiting to use the tuna joke for years; I feel free now…
I have a lot of reading to catch up on before I do a real check in (this thread moves so fast!), but I thought I’d share something I managed to catch:
I hope that uploaded. I’m on my phone and the app doesn’t work sometimes.
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i’m the same way, very critical inner voice, always calling myself and idiot, feeling everyone around me is so much smarter, more dilligent. I fight that negativity hard every single day of my life. i’m my own worst enemy
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That would be awesome!
I hear you’re going through a bit of a heat wave on your side of the pond. I converted local temps to Celsius. We’re averaging 40-43° here in Kansas! 
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Isn’t that what you need right there? Especially the second part. It’s true, quitting drinking is a big change in our lives. And it will take a lifelong effort to make it really work and stick. Recovery is work and quite a lot of it. True.
You say it yourself. You don’t enjoy it and you can’t manage it. For me drinking was self destruction.
Alcohol is never necessary. Everything you mention and everything you can think of can be done without drinking. Personally I function a whole lot better without alcohol in everything you mention. Most of the time and most of the people I tell I don’t drink (no more). But it’s also OK to say you don’t drink, just for the occasion. Whatever feels goods to you. Not their problem. Your problem.
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Good for you. It’s a nice feeling isn’t it? Happy for you 
Checking in day 84. Going to play in the river and then golfing with the family. Grateful for another sober work weekend. Im beginning to realize that i dont have to make a ton of plans on my days off to be happy. Keeping it simple is working well, think I will continue this. Keep truckin yall!
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Hi Jason, nice one! Let’s keep moving 
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There’s my sober sister!! Congrats to you as well. And yes… Let’s keep moving!!!
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That looks so pretty… did you take that photo? I fed a squirrel near there by hand once 
I’m definitely going to take the kids there … they would love it.
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I’m 100 days Sober people!!!
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