Hey all, checking in on day 952. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Congratulations to 2 sober weeks!
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Happy birthday to my wife Sheila today 67 and its mine tomorrow 71 for this old fart and ill be 13,279 days sober .going to treat myself to new car next month why not heh! and heavenly birthday wishes to my twin brother Frank
rank tomorrow
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Oh no! Hoping he will be found safe and sound soon 
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Happy birthday to the both of you. 
Happy birthday for tomorrow Ray 
Sunday morning, day 15. So fucking frustrated with the constant headaches. I feel awful. This has often been what triggers me to drink again. I plan to talk to my doc tomorrow about it. Just need to survive today. Iām drinking lots of water so thatās not the problem. Iāve also been having lots of nightmares. Iām tired of it all.
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Hello all,
Checking in on Day 1,639 Sober.
Thanks!
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Day 176. I have been triggered a lot this past week. I was actually surprised that at almost 6 months it happened. In a way I have been fortunate that I can keep myself in a bubble for the most part. I really only deal with whom I choose. I have put up a lot of walls. I have a lot of boundaries with people, possibly too many. It made me realize how that has helped me, especially in the beginning, but itās not a realistic way to continue. Obviously, I still have work to do. This Mercury Retrograde had people reaching out to me about the craziest stuff, which never happens. I have been on the phone more this past week in very long conversations revisiting my past, than I have in 3 years. I made it through though. Iām still sober and will not compromise my sobriety. I guess it is always there. The voice just gets quieter over time.
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Morning Check In
Day 343 substance free
Day 10 binge free
Morning TS fam! The weather here is sooo beautiful this morning. Its lightly snowing and its just so serene. I finally had a pretty good sleep last night. I feel rested. Just grabbed a coffee and then am heading to work. Will be training another staff at the hospital today. Hope all goes well. Hope everyone has a good addiction free day!
Hugs
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Happy BIRTHDAY!!! To your wife today and for you tomorrow! New car sounds like a great idea! Any type of car in mind?
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Day 323
I cleaned my Entire bathroom yesterday. Kept cleaning and hopefully today starts phase 2 of this weekend making my room better.
Even did the 15 extra minutes at the end.
I have a planner that works for me. Every night im so miserable. But i dont need to make other peoples lives worse. And the least i can do for myself is the dignity of a clean room.
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Aston martin lol dont know yet my oldest son is changing his corsa for a Audi Sheilas keeping her Daihatsu just for local shopping .i might go for a Ford Ranger good for fishing trips with my sons and got a metal detector so going out to find lots of treasure lol my Aunt left me a lot of money so going to treat myself , Spain in March and Tokyo in Nov and a road trip down to our friends in Devon in the summer havnt decided yet ,
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Checking in day 140! Yesterday was my first day not talking to my (now ex) partner. It felt good. It felt like reprieve. Iām grateful. Late last night a coworker locked herself out of the office, and I live closest so she asked if I could come let her in. In the old days I would have been wasted on a Saturday night, so I was actually so excited and happy to be able to help. Already got to the gym today- plan to do some shopping and notes for my part time job. Hope you all have a perfect sober Sunday!
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@SoberWalker oh Buts, my heart 
I hope heās home with you now 
@Ray_M_C_Laren happy bday wishes to you both 
895 days no alcohol.
360 days no cocaine.
10 days no binge-eating.
So the drill arrived, but it didnāt solve the issue. Going to return the set of drawers, and probably the drill as well, since I donāt have enough use for it. Nevermind.
I was craving for crisps last night during my favourite TV show, but I got through it.
Went for an early walk around the lakes, which are completely frozen over, this morning, and Iāve been again before coming here. Motivation is coming from my PokĆ©mon GO game, where I have a mission to complete 25km in a week, 8 times. Iāve got 0.6km left to do before 9am tomorrow morning, so will walk to the shop to get lunch ahead of time, in the morning.
I have an appointment for my Diabetic Eye Screening in the morning, so I will shower, and itās in the city centre, so I may or may not take a walk around there, will see how my feet are feeling after todayās adventures.
I hope youāve all had wonderful sober weekends.
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Checking in. Day 107
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Hope the hun found its way back. 
Love 
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Day 1662.
Today has been a brilliant day.
Woke up before everybody else so made some tea and had a good half hour meditating and stretching.
Took my partner to the local sporting goods outlet to pick up her last bits for her hiking trip to the US, left her to it whilst myself and the daughter entertained ourselves with the basketball hoops they had setup.
Home to make us all including my sister mad her partner a massive Sunday lunch with all the trimmings.
Watched the football. Manchester City won, Manchester United lost. Good day 
90 minute cardio session this evening followed by washing and ironing my daughters school uniform then making her up an amazing packed lunch for school tomorrow.
Spent the last bits of the evening with her watching some Gumball and playing some games.
All this possible because I stay away from drink and drugs one day at a time and work a solid program of recovery.
My Sundays when I was drinking and using involved sleeping right through till 8pm, waking up then drinking myself asleep again
Today was fucking brilliant
Keep fighting the good fight folks. Some amazing sobriety going on right here on these forums at the minute. Letās kick itās fucking ass one day at a time!
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Checking in
Day 343 Substance free
Day 10 Binge free
Finished a weekend of work at the hospital on the mental health unit. Honestly i am SO proud of myself of the work i did getting through these shifts. And the tools i used to get thru my anxiety and worry regarding my son and husbands health.
Today was tough at work. I had to train a new staff with our client (which was fine) but i did ALL the work, all the talking, the deescalation, the redirection, the validating, everything. Then to top it off my client was soo rude and aggressive with me, highly paranoid, and was experiencing extreme highs n lows in her mood. They say i am really good at what i do, but idk if i can keep doing this line of work. Ive been in the mental health field for 13 years and the clients we have now are honestly quite aggressive. A former coworker actually died at the hands of a client years ago. I just dont know if this is for me anymore. I shouldnt have to be on my toes every minute of every shift. I shouldnt have to do meditations and deep breathing and grounding exercises before or during my shift to get thru it. I shouldnt have to be desensitized to abuse bcuz for the most part thats exactly whats happening. Im fine admitting that im weaker than i thought I wasā¦ that i truly cant handle the verbal and physical aggression that comes with my job. But i feel stuck. Bcuz i dont have the money or the time for another career path. I could apply for a different job but that would most likely come with a pay cut. So i will need to do some thinking and praying on this. I will keep on with my career until I can figure out what i want to do. Sorry for the rant. But im beginning to really wake up at how serious and dangerous this job is. Here at the hospital they have police and security and seclusion rooms and restraints that can be used. At the group homes i work at, we dont have that kind of support. Just bite jackets and hats and steel doors to hide behind. Thats it. That doesnt help for the clients whose main form of attack is choking etc. I think im done. I wish i could be done 
i just want to cry honestly and then i stuff it bcuz i compartmentalize my job. I have 5 days now to relax. Things will be okay
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