What a good way to celebrate your 1 year milestone with: a sunrise hike in the Grand Canyon 
You make me jealous!
But well deserved, so enjoy and congratulations! 
Itās so beautiful there. I was there 25 years ago, hope to visit it again some day.
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Time is passing. Dragging, or rushing by at times. But passing nonetheless.
Day 203 here.
Never felt a stronger urge/need to be sober before.
One day at a time is all anyone can do. So thatās what Iāll work towards
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#Day 1685 
Holiday started!
Well it doesnāt start with the best part of itā¦a bustrip of 20 houres! 
Tomorrow around 6 oāclock in the early morning I will be in Spain.
Ready to go!
Hope to post pictures of the sun soon. Here in the Netherlands we have a cold spring this year. I definitely need some sun and warmth.
See you later!
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Checking in Day 295 AF
Starting my 4 week hiking adventure today.I am relay excited but also feeling a little anxious. Traveling and drinking has always been an big deal. My sober date is a week after my drinking bing last year when I was on holiday in Austria. I have noticed that I am thinking about having a drink more then usual the last couple of weeks and that I can have just one after a long day of hiking. But the truth is I can not have just one, The Truth is that I will have more than one and that I will drink the rest of the coming weeks. so this is not gonna happen, I will persist in my sober journey and keep adding those days!
Have a great sober day my friends 
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@SoberWalker and @ShadowFax bin voyage and enjoy your trips. 
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Enjoy your holiday and I hope you have an pleasant bus trip!
And please send some sunshine and warmth to the Netherlands from Spain 
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Thank you Roland, I will try!
Ps good travel for you as well and would you please spam us with pictures? I would love to see them!! 
And thank you @anon74766472 as well! Just bought some nice snacks to eat in the bus. Normaly there is catering but because they have a lack of staff there isnāt any. It seems like everybody is short in personal these days 
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Make sure to have an alternative in mind for when that āoneā after hiking seems appealing. Enjoy the trip. It sounds brilliant!
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Good morning, and thanks for sharing that Eric 
After posting that, I thought about my reasoning for not mentioning the forum to my husband yet. As it turns out, I came up with a few answers, I just couldnāt encapsulate why at the time. Sorry for the long - winded reply 
Firstly, my husband has always drank with me. Iāve never really had a full discussion with him about our drinking, drinking to our level is not uncommon and possibly tame by some peopleās standards here. Iām still not even sure what you would call what we have been. Is it functioning alcoholics? Or is it alcohol abuse? Most nights would be a bottle to a bottle and a half of wine each. When your drinking is just night drinking after the kids go to bed, and not needing a drink in the morning or afternoonā¦ you can easily fool yourself into thinking you donāt have a problem, that you just drink a little more than is good for you. I think saying that Iām on this site means Iām making a declaration that alcohol has had control over me, and by extent, that must mean him too. That talk just hasnāt occurred. I also donāt want to force his hand. When I was off drink for a year and a month, he was sober too with me. I think heād like to do this with me again, but we have a problem. We have been out with his uncle three times in two weeks now, and the only place the uncle wants to socialise is in a bar. His uncle is a farmer, and loves some company. My husband is drinking with him so his uncle doesnāt feel awkward, and God love him, my husband was a bit drunk last night. I think we are going to have a chat about this, I feel sorry for him this morning. Iāve left him some water, but heās still sleeping hard.
The second reason why I didnāt mention the forum is, I didnāt know if anyone would talk to me here. I wasnāt sure if I would stay I have been pleasantly surprised by the support and real sense of community here. I have felt excited about going sober! 
And the third and final reason, I realised that I didnāt believe in myself at the start. I felt like those evening pangs for a drink would fight me and I would lose. After a year of not drinking I had the naivety to think I could control my drinking, and could moderate. I was a fool, it had snaked around me slowly again and constricted. I have had several stop-starts, not making it past day 5/6.
Well Iām 9 days, and 9 hours sober right now, thanks to the support from everyone on this site, and I feel free again. No way am I making the same mistake again! Thank you for your kindness Eric, it means a lot 
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Checking in on another day sober was at a meeting last nite going to get up and put my running shoes on got a marathon in 4 weeks my training for it has been up and down due to my relapse and last week I had a chest infection hopefully I can get through it hope everyone has a good day
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And a old time told me last nite at the meeting WE can do it David but I canāt always stay connected 
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@GOKU2019 Congrats on your sobriety and happy birthday to your child! Grateful you are a sober parent!!
@SoberWalker Exciting!! Wishing you a wonderful time! Look forward to your shares.
@ShadowFax wow! Itās time! I know youve planned for and looked forward to this for a long time. I wish you the greatest enjoyment and best success!
I agree w Deezelbub, have a good plan.
You will be in a new situation. They always say that āfirstsā are the hardest. So figure out exactly what your alternative plan will be rather than drinking and look forward to that!
Have the best trip!
Everyone else, stay strong and stay or get on your sober path, whatever your DOC
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Have as good a day as you can friends. Sober and clean. Love.
One day off. My houseĀ“s a mess. Just like my head is. I made the best of the one day of true spring yesterday by taking a scenic bike route to work and race home around midnight. Which was nice. But IĀ“m really tired now.
Well. Letās start by doing some house chores today and see where it will take my head. At the very least I know that using or drinking wouldnāt help me.
@Deelzebub Huge congrats Delia! Awesome numbers!
@Cjp Youāre there now friend! HUGE congrats on your full sober year and enjoy your hike!
@SoberWalker have a good trip & enjoy the sunshine 
@ShadowFax Have a good adventure friend. It will honestly be much better without the drink. Promise.
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Thanks you! I will try to upload some fotoās in the Hiking Club topic when possible
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Day 988 
Have a happy and peaceful day
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Hey all, checking in on day 1,051. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Iāve been wanting to stop forever and my wife and I been drinking for 38 years until I finally stopped right before my 60th bday. She still likes it. We were evening then afternoon evening drinkers. Then lunch afternoon evening. Being retired there was no stopping us now. We started drinking all day. Well Iāve thrown a wrench into things now being sober. She still supports but sheās gonna drink. I was at first kind of afraid to tell her because I thought Iād fail. But I was so grateful to wake up each morning without a hangover and clear headed and I started loosing weight. And it didnāt seem right sneaking it from her. So we had a good talk. But sheās gonna drink!! It wasnāt bad me not drinking. I mean it was hard stopping. But the support here was and is so lovingly wonderfully magical I kept feeling better and better and I got my life back. I struggle with her drinking now so I go to Al-Anon because itās a family disease and her drinking has been dominating my life. And Iām learning thatās on me.
I canāt control it.
I canāt cure it.
I didnāt cause it.
Iām happy you found us.
We got your back.
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You need some time out from Nick but not forever, I had a mate who I knew would persuade me to have one for old times sake and there were places I couldnāt go but give yourself some time and tell Nick your motives so he doesnāt think your just being an arse. He may well become more of a help than a hindrance but either way your sobriety has to come first so that everything else doesnāt have to come last. Now I can hangout with my mate again and even yesterday I took my better half out for a pint in the pub. I fancied a drink for a few seconds and then enjoyed a much more refreshing pint of blackcurrant and lemonade. It all just takes time.
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Thank you for sharing this with me It is a shame your wife wonāt join you. I know sheās entitled to her choice, but sometimes these choices effect other people. Even if drinkers donāt become rowdy or a nuisance in some way, there are other ways it effects others. Do you worry for you wifeās health?
My husband has high blood pressure and is on medication for it. Heās only turned 41, but heās been on medication since his mid thirties. He has sleep apnea and a little overweight. I know alcohol is a big aggravating factor.
Consistent alcohol abuse shaves years off peopleās lives. I donāt want anything to happen to my husband, and Iām sure you feel that way about your wife too.
Its great youāve embraced your sober life Eric, Iām really happy for you
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Day 1,053 clean and sober. So I am weighing all of the pros and cons but it looks like moving into my Jeep and stealth camping is the only way Iām going to be able to achieve my goals. Yes itās going to suck and be extremely uncomfortable for awhile but I want to have a beautiful life and itās the only I can see to be able to save enough money to move to Washington the right way. I canāt stand it here anymore and all of my money is going to rent, utilities, gas and a little bit of food. Itās absolutely fucking depressing. Anyway, I hope you all have a great day today, love you guys 
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