Man that sucks that you will have to be without the meds for that time period - possibly talk with your doctor about it to see if something can be done that won’t cause the groggyness?
Wishing you the best in this and do know you are in my thoughts – you are a tough ass momma and can do this - just want to make sure you find time for self care as well 
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@JazzyS thank you 
🩵 our addict minds are sneaky, so glad you stopped the search for cigs, congrats to that 
@Coleman21979 congrats on 2 months
@Fury sorry about the worst date ever, but congrats on 3 years 
@SoberMedic sorry about the work stress, but congrats on 30 days
@Timetochange welcome back congrats on 2 days
@Mno stunning sunset photo 
sorry about the bites, hope you found something to soothe them.
@TheWolf congrats on 50 days
@HolySquid I hope you’re feeling better today 🩵
@Complicatedmama I’m so glad you’ve got your family for support, I’m sorry for what you’ve had to give up though 🩵 but congrats on 2000 days
@Pagan welcome congrats on 2 days
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@AlexWayhill congrats on 6 months
@AEGFletcher welcome back sorry to read you’ve been struggling
@1in8billion sorry you’re struggling sending strength 🩵
@Catmama23 congrats on 3 weeks
@vaariesga congrats on 3 years
@nastya_is_fighting I’m pleased it turned out okay 
1051 days no alcohol.
516 days no cocaine.
31 days no vape.
5 days no binge-eating.
2 weeks no nicotine patches too. Somehow.
Finished completing my form and posted it yesterday. Glad that’s over with.
Course finished an hour early yesterday, so the bus home was much better.
I slept on and off for 21 hours! Still feel so tired. I’ve got 2 back-to-back, in-person courses tomorrow, starting at 10am-15:45, so I need to be awake early, to do my morning routine, shower, and be at the bus stop before 9am. I hope I don’t oversleep! 
I’ve just managed to do my lake walk, for the first time in a few days, so that felt good.
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Day 24
How is everybody doing 
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Do you all still do the zooms periodically? Would be nice to catch with a few of you and maybe meet some newer members!
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Checking in 455 days.
I went to the counselling session, it was fine. I didn’t need to stress. I’m really looking forward to keeping these up in the long term. I can already see the benefit for having someone to bounce my ideas and thoughts off of. She is a keeper, I’m so happy I’ve found her!
Other than that, getting ready to head into the city for work today. Should be a good day. No urges at all to drink lately which is such a relief.
I hope you all have a wonderful day/night x
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Thats a great idea
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Congratulations 
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Checking in sober.
Have a doctors appt this morning and got cleared as being 10 years cancer free! Whoop whoop! That’s such a relief. And allergies aren’t quite as bad today so feel almost human. Still haven’t heard back about the job. Trying to be patient. I really am enjoying the quiet of having my place back to myself. Except for the cats thinking it was time for WWE when I wanted to sleep last night.
Take care of yourselves.
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Tomorrow morning marks 119 days since I fell out of love with alcohol. That’s 17 weeks. I can’t say that I’ve managed 119 days completely sober, but I can say that Ive consumed less alcohol in 17 weeks in total than I would have in any normal week before then. I can also say that the amplitude of my drinking wave has come down massively.
The first time I fell off the wagon after 24 days of fighting the cravings and because I felt I had nothing to lose having spoiled my streak I decided to get wasted. I’ve managed streaks of 3-4 weeks’ sober since then but each time I’ve fallen of, I’ve gotten straight back up. Most recently, 3 weeks ago, I just had one then stopped and that was that.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the subject and can really feel the mental change in me. I feel now that alcohol is a poison and I prefer my life mostly without it. Perhaps even entirely. It’s not something I’m having to fight as aggressively, it’s becoming easier.
Perhaps this story isn’t as inspiring as all those on here who have wondeful long sober counts, but for me the change in the way I think and feel about alcohol is the best thing I could ever have hoped to achieve when I joined here. Still taking ODAAT.
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TS zooms! Welcome!
Weekly Saturday zoom meetings occur - the above thread will post a link to the meeting 1/2 hour prior to the meeting. The times are listed at the beginning of the thread (depending on your time zone) For me in Michigan USA its at 2 pm.
hope that helps - or i believe @Ravikamor would be able to help out with any other zoom meeting related quesions 
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@nastya_is_fighting I am glad that the party ended up going well for you. Congrats on you completing school and here is to new chapter in your life!
@jesile WOW – yeah to day 3 and looks like your body is already adapting to healthy living habits. Don’t worry about the food bit you are keeping active and its best not to attack everything all at once. At the beginning your focus should be on your sobriety. Protect this at all costs. I use blackout curtains which really help when I need to sleep during the day and it’s light out (a life savor for days with migraines).
@catmancam congrats on getting your form and posted it yesterday! Best luck with getting to both your courses tomorrow.
@alycia Glad to hear that your counselling session was so great.
@james83 congrats on your 119 days of reduced alcohol use … you know that you want to be done with this and hopefully you can figure out what causes you to slip every 3-4 weeks and address this situation / feeling. Have you or are you working with a sponsor / therapist? Referring to alcohol as a poison is an excellent step mentally to becoming addiction free – realize you don’t want to harm yourself with slowly poisoning yourself. Keep working on yourself and wishing you the best of luck in kicking this bad habit for good.
Checking in Tuesday evening
188 weed and alcohol free
603 days cigarette free
Been a super productive day - had fun moving around and i did have to push through the exhaustion which i shouldn’t have done (hindsight and all) — soooo tired now. I do hope that i get some sleep tonight. Today makes 3 weeks gluten free - i can’t believe how time is flying by. Have a wonderful night / day my friends – sending you much love
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Have as good a day as you all can friends. Sober and clean. Love.
Cool and rainy outside, I caught up on some sleep. Happy about that. Ready for another day at the office. Going to meet some colleagues who are also in recovery later today. Maybe find some inspiration how to bring some more of that into my work. Looking forward to it. X
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Day four. One day at a time for me from now on. No false promises, no over confidence. One day each day
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Checking in on day 263. Still working on changing my mindset towards alcohol. Step by step.
Sobriety has gotten even more important for me because my girlfriend and I are expecting our first daughter in november!
I’m super exited and a little nervous 
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I know sobriety will help me out on this new journey. I’m no help to no one drunk or hungover…
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Checking in day 0
Both my body and my soul can’t stand this anymore… 
Take care 
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I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, but I need to tell you how proud I am of you! You’re doing absolutely fucking amazing. 9 months of sobriety from alchohol, fighting your mental health issues and winning and getting ready to attend the school you fought so hard to get in!
You, my friend, are killing it. If you can do all of this at this age , just think of all the wonderful things you’ll do in your future.
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Hey, congratulations, that’s exciting news 
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Day five hundred and seventy odd. whatever it is I honestly don’t care
Having Asperger’s syndrome makes socialising or communicating (even on line) uncomfortable. Solitude is where I am happiest so for that reason I’m out!
Not gonna bother saying what’s wrong because nobody really cares. I posted when I needed support and got nothing so I removed the post. Now I’m removing myself.
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