Day 13. Check.
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This is a great idea! Laughing is healthy 
Sending big hugs your way too, youāve helped me today just by assuring that Iām not just making it up. Iām not alone 
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Checking in on day 141 AF
Happy to wake up sober and hangover/withdrawal free another day!
Nothing out of the ordinary to report. Iāve been running into some folks from meetings I attended regularly (and now when needed) in the beginning of this journey. Itās so nice to see people and they know Iām sober! One girl even commented that she almost didnāt recognize me. Which is super niceā¦but also reminded me just how awful I looked for a while. That sober complexion is where itās at! 
Iām not going to drink today. And I hope you donāt either. 
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I really like the phrase I heard in therapy. Wrote it some times here:
Shit is stinking but itās also warm.
We tend to keep on things we know are bad and destroying us yet, giving us an escape an imaginary place of relief, we take the shortcut.
I hope you handled the day sober. 
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Things that make you go Hmmm!!! 
Some words from the BB Alcoholics Anonymous
āSuddenly the thought crossed my mind that if I
were to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldnāt
hurt me on a full stomach. I ordered a whiskey and
poured it into the milk. I vaguely sensed I was not
being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking
the whiskey on a full stomach. 
peculiar mental twist!
pitiful and incompre-hensible demoralization!
<<<( 
)>>> 
PEACE
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Awwww im glad you dont feel alone.
Also your not alone with the headaches my migraine has just started i can feel the nausea and the head ache starting. More reason to just take it easy.
Going to eat lots of vegetables for dinner and deink plenty of water i actually just realised I havenāt drank much today so could be the cause.
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Day 259
Another sober day. I watched a failed satire of a t v show. I have perfectly good books to read but im watching tv or in bed! I need to:
Clean my room for 45 min or even just 15 
Draft some letters
Go get gas
Pick up my new computer
Pick up auto parts: brakes, rotors, headlamp restorer, new wipers eventually, wire cord for washer fluid.
Post office
Laundry
Shower drain
Shower
Paperwork- a ton of paperwork
Pharmacy
Stretch
i got up at 9 and the day is gone. Hate 2 day weekends.
On time for work for 3 weeks straight. Literally unheard of. But even with that accomplishment im exhausted and feel like im drowning. The only way out is through.
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Hi Mark,
can you link the article?
Itās a picture and I would really like to read it.
Hope you are okay, sober and better then this morning.
I have a Bitter Lemon zero half mixed with sparkling water on ice after workout. Cheers!
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Thank you both so much @Butterflymoonwoman and @Planipennia!
Anyway 120 days is near 4 month on 22.11.
alreadyā¦ my sober date is 22.07.2022.
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Have to do a report to TS swim team
@CATMANCAM and @Twizzlers so far. Newcomers welcome.
I had such a badass workoutā¦
Pushed my heartrate with the fins and paddles.
Had some laughing with a very fast guy.
Nice warm shower after training. Used some special oil for the muscles. Very relaxed now.
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Way to go on those 9 months! Keep up the good work!
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Checking in on day 42. Man do I need a check in. A moment to pause my thoughts.
I went out to dinner tonight with my family. The familyās favorite pizza place. Overall the dinner was great. Great food and great company.
Butā¦ my brother brought up his wifeās birthday party from a few weeks ago were he drank way way way to much, threw up a couple of times, almost broke my freshly healed ankle again and ofcourse he doesnāt remember a lot about the party. I was at that party and made it out sober!
But him reliving that night plus some other drunk nights he and his wife had made me crave alcohol so badly at dinner tonightā¦ everybody at the table new I quit drinking. They know it isnāt possible at all for me to ādrink moderatelyā but yet theyāre telling drinking storiesā¦ but heyā¦ I gueds thatās society? I just tried to stay calm and enjoy my food.
But boy did I want to drink!
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Iām sorryā¦all I read there was āthe new season of peaky blindersā and had to jump start my heart!!! Omg! No sleep for me tonight! Unreal!
Okā¦Iāll go back and read your post properly now! 
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If I would be able to, I would like to give some more hearts for this post my friend.
I feel so understood.
And your words are warming my heart!
Had to say this again.
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Way to go on making it through that! You are strong and clearly committed to your sobriety. Keep up the good work.
I think I may have responded to all that by saying āthese are the reasons I just wonāt drink anymore, ugh!ā Of course that could probably bring some drama. So good job on not doing that either!
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You didnāt drink! Thatās awesome. Take it from me who was in your same situation last week and well I drank. Felt horrible for days. Not worth it. Unfortunately thatās what most people talk about when they want to share their āfun memoriesā maybe ask nicely if they could not talk about it around you and explain why. 
Iām sure others here have great advice! Good job checking in tho!! Be proud
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Thatās a good one! Should have thought of that.
It also suprised me that at the end of each of their drinking stories theyād say:
āitās okay to drink that much once in a whileāā¦
Kind of odd to say that in front of on alcoholic no?
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Well today is my cousins birthday party which usually ends up being a drunk fest. I plan to leave early before all the āfunā starts. I told my cousin I donāt drink no more so donāt offer or expect me to drink. I packed my cooler with some energy drinks and non alcoholic beer-drink (Hop Water) just in case!
Not nervous at all. I got this!! Iāll be sure to check in this time if it even crossed my mind.
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Thank you!
Iām sorry that situation made you drink again 
Itās such a hard fight some daysā¦
Yeah I should have said something rightā¦ but Iām gratefull I was able to control my cravings. Kind ofā¦ But I made it through sober!
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Checking in
Day 279
Im feeling much better than I was earlier. Im grateful for the time i had at work to do recovery related stuff. My client went home at 10am so i had 6 hours to myself to relax. I attended an online NA mtg (just listened in), i did a deep breathing mediation, made up a new morning routine to make sure Im incorporating everything I need to in a day for my recovery, did a gratitude list, journaled, and connected to my HP. I definitly dont feel like using right now. Tmrw i wont have as much time during work to do this since my client is coming home, but still i can do a couple things on the way to work. Hubby also got the xmas tree up so we will decorate today after a nice home cooked meal. Feeling good overall. Hope everyone is doing well today and staying addiction free!
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