Checking in daily to maintain focus #52

Congrats on 6 months! Im following your journey in sobriety and the work you are putting in is inspirational

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Yes! Napping is very important to me.

I am a very tall person, and tall persons have to lay down during the day. Thatā€™s what my granny already told me. :heart_eyes:

Furthermore laying down is much better then sitting anyway. I hate sitting on a chair. I would always choose sitting on a pillow on the ground. Or better laying down.

Any questions? :rofl::yum:

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Yesterday i was struggling with not wanting to be social. I did end up going and seeing my friend and having lunch with her. It was good. The weather was nice so the long drive wasnā€™t bad. I took a 1.5 mile walk before i went out there. That helped a lot. I was home in time last night for a meeting and fell asleep by 11.

Today Iā€™m feeling good, just a little tired. I have chores that need to be done, so thats the plan today. Then my son comes home in the eveningšŸ˜ƒ

Everyone have a good 24, stay strong and focused.

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@MooseTracks congratulations on 6 months!!! So proud of you! :star_struck:
@Amy30 thank you so much for your kind words. Theres really no other way to live for me anymore . I hated being on that merry-go-round of addiction. Nothing ever changes even tho my mind used to tell me that things would. I think ur doing incredibly well also! Keep at it friend!
@CueBall8n9 thats crazy about ur electricity!! What caused the power outage? That would sure test someones sanity :frowning: hope ur ok.
@soberwalker thank you so much! I couldnt have truly done it without u all :purple_heart:
@Alisa thank you for ur beautiful comment! I do feel better today. Rest always helps!

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Day 21 AF
Happy Sunday Sober Fam!

Pleasure / pain
Gain / loss
Praise / blame
Fame / disrepute

It is what it is, , Love Absolute will get us through
Iā€™m happy today, still tired but glad to take a happy day.
Family dinner yesterday and grateful for quality time together!!
Together we can! Enjoying sobriety :sunny::heart::hugs::person_in_lotus_position::pray: - Ty for our Fellowship!!

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Thx for sharing Matt,. Hoping the vest for you!
Soldier on friend and remember doing your best means looking after yourself at the same time.
Great job on your sobriety :hugs:
Tough times donā€™t last but tough people do!! :person_raising_hand:

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Day 121 no alcohol
Day 15 no weed

Thank you friend

I have today off and itā€™s a good time to think about how to complete my tasks for tomorrow

I guess training didnā€™t last too long but I can get how to do this job. I can do it I know it.

They are tough on me but Iā€™m not giving up

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Good morning! I am so grateful this morning that I woke up exactly where I amā€¦there were so many mornings in active addiction I woke up and HATED where I wasā€¦not seeing a way outā€¦ tomorrow will be 9 months Iā€™ve been living in the solutionā€¦my life is painful, beautiful, heavy, and lightā€¦all the feelings show up and I feel them but donā€™t become themā€¦feelings arenā€™t facts todayā€¦to every person struggling PLEASE hold on! It gets beautiful! Life still happens but you can find peace ā€¦itā€™s available to youā€¦ I love you and Iā€™m sending good vibesā€¦we do recover!

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Beautiful post! Thank u for sharing!

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Day 155
The whole day Iā€™m relaxing, watching documentaries and just have some good me-time.
Iā€™m not in the mood for cooking so I ordered a nice burger menu :yum:
Onlinedating gives me no good feeling so Iā€™ll delete it. Until next year when I start this cycle all over again :joy:
My friends will roll their eyes at me because in their world a woman needs a man to be whole. I donā€™t need one, I want to include one into my life. Big difference.
I hope youā€™re having a beautiful sober day friends, stay strong :kissing_heart::muscle:

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Iā€™m on day 13 and I relate to this 100%. Emotions have been a bit volatile but I feel more alive and emotionally present than I have in ages.

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Also I got a pedicure yesterday and was more authentically relaxed than o ever was drinking because I wasnā€™t fighting a little voice in my head telling me that I shouldnā€™t be doing this, I shouldnā€™t have that next drink, etc. I have been paying more attention to how my body feels too.

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:high_brightness: Morning Check In :high_brightness:
Day 385
Morning TS fam! Currently at work. Quiet day today so far. Feeling good this morning and loving the extra snow we got last night. Everything outdoors looks like a winter wonderland :snowflake:
Today consists of work until 4pm, a couple loads of laundry, making supper, and tidying up. Not much else. I feel focused on my recovery and full on gratitude for where my life is today!
Have a great addiction free day everyone!
:butterfly:

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Thats awesome, isnt it incredible that we dont realize what we are missing out on in the moment and after its like a veil has lifted. This is just the beginning! Maybe at 1 year we get actual super powers, who knows :joy: Congrats on Day 13!

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Day 14 sober for meā€¦struggling with cravings creeping in every now and then managing to resist the urge, playing the tape is helping cos i feel so so poorly the day after i drink that helps me stay focused. This happens when i get to 2 weeks and usually i give in if i get past it then they decrease. Moment to moment i guess for me right now gonna go to a meeting see if i can find one cos online aint till tuesday :upside_down_face: peace out friends

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so for context I am a daycare teacher, sometime last week I was reprimanded for supposedly saying that somebodyā€™s child was bad and that I was going to call DHS when I never said anything even remotely similar to that.

I made a tiktok because I wanted to vent about it I used no names or any identifying information or anything like that that would hint at where I worked at. however two of my bosses have viewed my profile and Iā€™m very worried that they are going to use that against me. I have deleted it since but Iā€™m sure they already saw it

someone commented on the video and said that I was being harassed and I should find a new job. I replied saying seriously debated quitting when I was confronted.

honestly I have no idea how Iā€™ll live if I get fired thereā€™s no other daycares near me and this is the only job Iā€™ve managed to keep

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Have u been to work since u noticed that they had viewed ur tiktok? If no one has said anything to u yet, then maybe it wasnt taken as a big issue. Im praying that u get to keep ur job even tho it sounds completing frustrating working there at times :frowning: but having thay income is nice. I hope nothing bad comes from this.

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Congratulations on 2 weeks sober!!! :clap:

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no one has said anything but they saw it Saturday night and we donā€™t work weekends. I have a feeling Iā€™ll be talked to about it Monday

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Im praying all things go smoothly :pray:

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