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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I’ve picked back up my second language, haven’t used it in a good while it feels like, but it’s like riding a bike once you’ve got it down it’s there for good
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Still sober. Thank you all for your responses yesterday. I went to bed early, sober. I’m still in a lot of pain this morning. PT had been helping but the massage I had Friday actually triggered this recent flare up. I have PT later this morning. They might be able to help.
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Checking in morning of day 111 af. Good nights sleep. Supposed to be a nice sunny day here. Really looking forward to hanging outside and doing some yard work and mowing.
I’m also looking forward to setting outside and playing my fiddle. 
I took some time to catch up on some threads this morning on here and am
So thankful for this community.
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#Day 1714 
Made a nice walk this morning. Followed the river “De Mark” for a while.
Many wild flowers blooming! This for instant is the “Rietorchis/Soutern Marsh orchid”
Enjoyed being out in the “wild”
Did some groceries and for now it’s chill time!
It’s a bonus to have a day off (Pentecost)
I hope you have a good day too
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Yes I’m fond of camping too, especially if there’s a sea view to be had! Good for the soul. 
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386, checking in.
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Day 196.
Seeing my old friend yesterday for the first time since I’d told him about my anxiety, depression and PTSD rocked me. Quite emotional and teary. Just one of those overwhelmed moments where everything is too intense. But it passes. We needed oats today, so I threw on my backpack and ran the four miles to the shop. Running home I felt stressed. But now I’m showered and resting I feel better. So my message for the day is if you feel stressed, move. And try to stay in the present. Look around, be aware of the sights, sounds and smells, and don’t think about drinking. I didn’t.
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Hey all, checking in on day 1,079. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Day 240
It’s a beautiful day again, a little colder than yesterday but still warm enough to wear a t-shirt.
I inspected the ants I found crawling here and there on my balcony. They are in one spot specifically and seem to eat greenflies I have on one flower. Fascinating.
I think, as long as they don’t bother me I won’t bother them and just let them do their ant-thing.
I won’t use any chemicals as I did last year that, in the end, killed everything that had contact with the flowers I sprayed.
I had some interesting deep-talk with the guy I met until 3am yesterday. We’re both clueless what that is what we feel for each other. We made the deal that we both want to check that out and see where that leads us. It definitely feels very different from the last experiences I had with men.
It’s almost 3pm, I think I’ll make myself look pretty and go for a walk. The back is better, a little worse than yesterday because I was sitting so long 
I hope you’re having a beautiful sober day friends, stay strong 
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@Mno happy birthday dear Luna 
@SadMemeQueen I’m so sorry you’ve been going through it and you 110% belong here!
@Butterflymoonwoman it’s so tough when the past sneaks into our minds. You are incredibly strong and I hope you feel better soon I have to remind myself sometimes that I am not my thoughts (which I have no control over), but my actions/what I do with those thoughts. I can’t believe how often I want to risk everything good I’ve built in my life to fall back into old ways. Sometimes I think it’s my addict voice trying to tell me I’m not good enough so that I’ll fall back into using… ok well that voice can F off!
@Hesmyportion good to see you back here 
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@JazzyS and @Cjp thanks always for the encouragement 
I feel like whenever I come to dump here you have a way of helping me back up. I’m so grateful for you and this forum!
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Those two are angels 
They’ve helped me so many times and lifted me up.
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Way to go on staying sober Karen 
im so happy to hear this. I hope ur day is better today 
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