Checking in daily to maintain focus #54

Thank you thank you! That is so true!!!

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Thank you thank you!!!

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Checking in with a nice round number.

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Little late to the party, but congratulations on you half year sober Erica.
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Great job
:boom::boom::boom::boom::boom::boom:

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Checking in Day 314.

Have a amazing sober weekend my friends :v:t2::sunglasses::blue_heart:

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Day 160 free from substance

Think Iā€™ve lost regular status. Iā€™ve had a crazy week. But Iā€™m here still kicking.
Hope yā€™all are doing good :blush:
Love yā€™all

Haha i had the wrong selection on. Itā€™s 160 weekdays :sweat_smile:

Hereā€™s my actual days :blush:

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Thanks for the support Jazzy. Hope youā€™re having a good weekend

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Congratulations for the :six: months @CleanJean Erica! :confetti_ball: Half a year in your pocket :facepunch:

And you are going realy nice with your days @FeelingBetter :eight::zero: days, awesome!

What a cute cate @Kareness :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Thank you for your time to comment @JazzyS :heavy_heart_exclamation:

Milestones are to be proud of but also tricky days emotionaly. Glad you push trough sober @Time2Live84 . And I can asure you life will become easier when having more sober days! So keep pushing yourself forward one day at a time.

I keep my fingers crossed for a good outcome of the meds for you @Rockstar24777 , it may be just the kickstart you need.

Day 1704:walking_woman:
Normal day yesterday. Working and a walk before that.
Today? Working as well.


I enjoy being outside in springtime when everything is growing :green_heart:
It is so green outside and when the air above has some blue in it and the sun is there too there is nothing more I need. Just put one feet after another, walk and relax.
It helps me to stay grounded and connected with myself. And less in my head.
As if the wind can blow to my brains and blow the clutter out.
So if you havenā€™t tried a good walk in nature?
Try! If you find it awkward to walk on your own put some music on ore a nice sobriaty podcast.
Try and find out.
Maybe you can add it as a sobriaty tool to your toolbox. If you donā€™t try stuff you will never found out! And that counds for all the tips and information you will get ore read here on this forum. Try them! Trow away what didnā€™t work and keep the GOOD! It helps you in your sobriaty, whatā€™s to loose?

Good saturday all! :raising_hand_woman:

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Iā€™ve been missing here for about a week, except brieflyā€¦

And today, I got some money from another store i worked at last weekendā€¦ And i had a thought of, oh i can go buy some drugs. Nobody will know, Iā€™ve been going through a lotā€¦

And i had to literally say out loud to myself NO! That is NOT who you are anymore! Breathe! What is making you think this way?

I didnā€™t buy anything, and I wonā€™t be any time in the foreseeable future, but it was definitely a scary thought process. And i think itā€™s because Iā€™ve been so busy with work and kids and everything else, Iā€™ve put this amazing place off. And I canā€™t do that.
So even through lots of crazy busy days, Iā€™ll be trying to come here now more often.
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Morning,
Checking in on day 426.
Had a really good sleep and feel good this morning. I iron for a lady on a Saturday morning and then I might do some gardening, it is desperate! Maybe a little shoppette. Weā€™re going away in our caravan on Monday so weā€™ll need a few bits.
Have a great weekend everyone :sparkling_heart:

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Ohhhh girl!
You are so strong, that you got this little moment in between thoughts of the addictive mind, to choose to not use. I think these are the most dangerous moments. You are here and you are sober and that is awesome!

Love :heart:

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Wowā€¦ I didnā€™t notice these high numbers!
You are doing a great job :blue_heart:

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Ran out of :heart:

You telling me Iā€™m strong and Iā€™ve been here reading your posts since i downloaded this app :pleading_face::heart: thank you!
I appreciate you!
I certainly didnā€™t feel very strong in the moment, but Iā€™m glad i resisted and talked myself out of it! :blush:

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Day 8. Waking up sober! Nothing beats that feeling. Friends visiting later and cooking a bbq for dinner now the summer has arrived in England. Have a great day everyone :heart:

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It was your Junkie Monster trying to lure you back in and own you. You were stronger and said NO!
Now you see how cunning and powerful the Junkie Monster can be ā€¦ and just pops out of nowhere ā€¦
Be proud of yourself how you snapped yourself out of it, thought about what happened and bolstering yourself for the next time! Congrats on all your days. Youā€™ve done awesome!!

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@Alisa I am so grateful for you! You always have a kind word for me.
:heart::people_hugging:

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Hi Nastya :people_hugging:

I hope you donā€™t mind me speaking freely for a moment, I understand you have feelings for your ex.

She doesnā€™t sound very nice. If she didnā€™t feel the same way, she should have told you so in a kind way. A little kindness can go a long way for someone that needs it, and it costs nothing.

Your ex blocked you, and said horrible things about you. Is that genuinely the kind of person you want to be with? There is nastiness in what she did.

Loneliness is a complicated thing. To avoid feelings of loneliness, sometimes we do things that arenā€™t the right thing for us ultimately. I donā€™t think going backwards into bad relationships is the best thing for anyone, and I wonder if feeling lonely is making you do this.

In your shoes Nastya, I would focus on the future. Focus on your health from all aspects, physical and mental. I realise this doesnā€™t fix the loneliness you feel, but that is something you are going to have to be proactive about. Put yourself in new circles by taking up hobbies and interests. You might meet some lovely people along the way.

In terms of relationships, my advice to you would be to stay out of them for a little while. You need to spend some time learning to love yourself first. When you love yourself first, you are less likely to fall into bad relationships. You respect yourself enough to create boundaries for what is acceptable in a relationship to you. You go into relationships as a whole person, not broken and damaged from previous hurt. If you go into a relationship damaged, youā€™re incredibly vulnerable to people that can hurt you.

I think a cruel and spiteful girl is not right for anyone, and definitely not you Nastya :heart:

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Amazing stuff! Well done! :clap::purple_heart::clap:

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Binx, you said so many good things. Putting in some effort to get out of loneliness struck me. Very trueā€¦if we try to cultivate new interests or hobbiesā€¦that just might begin begin to chip away at loneliness. We need to remember being lonely is not a death sentenceā€¦we have the power to change itā€¦that was my key takeaway.

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Great job! :tada::bouquet::tada:

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