EEEEP Congrats! Four months is awesome, well done! Hoping your keeping well, steering clear of too many crisps hehe. Has it cooled down over there?
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Do you take a Hurtig route in Norway?
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@michaeljlogan74 awh man Iām sorry to hear you are having a rough go of it. Depression and alcohol, like fuel to a fire.
We cannot be on/off with sobriety.
I know that with me, alcohol made my depression so bad I didnāt want to live anymore.
Sobriety gave me my Will to live back, and I know now I cannot let anything trick me into trying to moderate alcohol again. Iāve wasted so many years trying to moderate, and ending up in the exact same cripplingly depressed place every time.
Just get through today Michael 
stay sober one day at a time, the tears will dry up a little bit more as time passes. You will feel better soon. We are here for you
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Thanks Menno for these great morning pictures!
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Congratulations to 4 full month off the juice!
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Welcome to this forum, Adam!
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Thank you 
Hey Julia, what do you want to study?
Day 743
Attended first overeaters anonymous meeting today. Hope it will help me to deal with binge eating which has spiraled lately, making me feel stupid, guilty, repulsive. We bought a new sofa, the last one was ripped and held up with books. This one was only 100 dollars second hand, but is higher than the last one, so fits my Western height much better. Hoping the cat doesnāt start scratching it.
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145 days AF or 208,800 minutes 
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Congrats on day 1ā¦the hardest day!
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Happy two month of sobriety! 
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Day 803 clean and sober. Today is my Monday so Iām up early for work. I MAYBE slept 3 hours last nightā¦ I had gone to the gym in the morning and went for a sunset hike after dinner. Can exercise make you restless??? Anyway Iāll get through work because Iām not hungover or strung out. Have an amazing day everyone, love you guys!!! 
Ps @Ssilver this is where a lot of us check in everyday. It has been monumental to my recovery. Hope youāre doing well!
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Hi Matti,
itās a bit personalā¦
Hmmm, not tooo detailed i am into economics, IT and project managementā¦ And have a good job in this area.
But i am interested a lot in psychology, naturopathy, philosophy, yoga, cooking! 
Soā¦ I donāt know now!
But filling my thirst of knowledge and still having a good job at the same time is appreciated!
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Day 6. Extremely emotional about things in my life. I have some really hard things in front of me that make me want to give up on life. But I wonāt.
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Hey all, checking in on day 801. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Day 116 today and feeling good.
Yesterday evening my daughter became upset and tearful. I made us a pot of tea and brought through some biscuits and let her tell me what was on her mind as we made a start on a new jigsaw puzzle I had bought. I was able to listen to her and soothe her and we had a big hug.
It was as we were sitting there together that I realised how absent that parental display of affection was missing from my childhood. And also the way that any time I had difficult emotions I was always told to āstop dwelling in the negative filing cabinetā. There was a feeling of sadness there for me but also a realisation that I had grown through that and had developed resilience.
This morning, on my walk back from the school bus I found a crisp Ā£20 on the pavement. I know that it wasnāt that long ago that Iād have immediately treated myself to an extra bottle of wine with that find. Iām really glad that thought is far from my mind at the moment.
Wishing everyone a great day. 
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Iām sorry things are hard 
itās very obvious that ur wife cares so much for u. She wouldnt have said that if she didnāt. U CAN pull urself out of thisā¦ in fact u already are! The change we want to see in ourselves begins with our daily routine. Incorporating mtgs, TS, ur CBT tools, and positive self talk into ur routine will surely help. Idk if this would help. But at one point I literally took post it notes and wrote positive things about myself on them. Placed them all around my mirror and would read them daily when I stood in front it. I also tried the high-five challenge which is basically giving urself a high five in the mirror and telling urself a positive affirmation. Honestly it seemed really silly at first and I couldnāt get into it. But I kept trying it and my confidence and self esteem did in fact increase. I think u can Google it for more info if ur interested in that. Might explain a bit more 
ur doing well!
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