I was JUST talking about this! It’s so wild that people can have /have had such control over our lives! And how much it can affect our thinking even after it’s in the past! I’m sending you a great big hug! And I want to tell you how proud of you I am for who you are becoming! I know our past is hard to think about/deal with and we sometimes put a ton of things on our plates to avoid having to think about/deal with it. But just remember, you are loved and cared for.
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Have as good a day as you all can friends. Sober and clean. Love.
Luna woke me up early. She’s right and entitled to do so, it’s her 18th birthday after all. She deserves the attention. This day and every day. Sorry I didn’t take the day off my dear. Thanks for sticking with me 
. Good times and less good ones.
@SadMemeQueen Thanks for letting us know. We’re in this together. We’re with you.
@Butterflymoonwoman I feel you. Glad you’re here. You’re safe now.
@Its_me_Stella Always good to see you friend. You got this. We got you.
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Happy Birthday sweet Luna! Happy 18th! Thanks for making each day special, taking care of your Daddy, and thanks for eating your food! We love you, sweet girl!
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Checking in sober marathon complete 3hours 52minutes 20seconds 
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Wow!!’ Big congrats to you, that’s fantastic! Congratulations!!
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There you go. Self harm releases dopamine which interferes with normal dopamine production, leading to addictive behaviours. Same mechanism.
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@Butterflymoonwoman @Its_me_Stella
Sending strength and wisdom to both of you. You both work so hard at recovery, and are facing the hurt and dark parts of yourself, and I respect that. 
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Good evening and good morning…17 days alcohol free, the sober life is nice and quite calm. I’m… not used to calm, it’s different. Boring… But I guess it’s better than a life full of chaos.
Up next, day 18, celebrating every day I stay off the bottle 
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Hi everyone 
Day 9 for me. Today is my birthday 
and instead of drinking I will treat myself to a pizza 
! I really want to not drink, this is a first in a long time, but I am motivated to go to bed sober tonight.
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Happy birthday @Alice13 Amazing work on the 9 days and celebrating sober! You are giving yourself a real gift 
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Day 135.
Just checking in. And I still have nothing to moan about. I could get used to this…
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Wow, that’s a fantastic time, well done. Are you going to do another do you think?
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Hi, happy happy birthday to you. Hope you have a great day 
I’m sure you will enjoy it sober and the pizza too 
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Day 548
Not much to say today. It’s a bank holiday, family are all home. Unfortunately I have to work tonight so we’re going to make some memories during the day.
Hope everyone has a healthy and happy day.
Sending strength to those who need it!
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Happy birthday Alice,
Enjoy every minute. You have given yourself the best gift ever in your sobriety.
Have a great day and enjoy the pizza 
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Yes that my second my plan is to do the Edinburgh Marathon every year untill my body says no more haha
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Checkin day 397. Have a good one!
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Hi Alice, welcome! And happy birthday! The best gift you can give yourself is the freedom of sobriety 
don’t be a stranger, keep checking in. Have you read any quitting books yet? They helped me a tonne in the early days.
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I remember this feeing. But you are totally right boring is so much better than the chaos of being a drunken mess.
Have you got anything else you are interested in? Any hobbies?
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You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful marathon setting.
Huge respect to you
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