HAPPY 33rd Birthday AMY and WAY TO GO on 200 Days! So much to celebrate and i love that you are feeling so god about it all.
Have an absolutely amazing day / week celebrating YOU!
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-bobux. Huge congrats dear Amy!
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@kipper benefits of sobriety is getting to rejuvenate your cells. Hopefully you can start seeing the glow in your skin and possibly start looking more like yourself. Keep at it ā you can see the harm alcohol can casue.
Way to go Brian ā this is a lovely victory!
I do hope that you were able to accomplish a better state of mind and have a fantastic day today. I am working on the same and so far just managed to wake up and starting to feel a little motivation ā hereās to us!
@arsinoe Doing great with day 3. Are you seeking any other type of support irl (meetings or talking with someone). This community has been absolutely fantastic but I still rely on my family for support especially working with me through the withdrawals and mood swings. I am so happy to hear that you are working on your sobriety ā are you able to pre plan an non alcoholic drink to purchase (a certain juice or seltzer water) so that is what you can ask for when doing weekend run? Weekends are hard for sure ā itās best to try and lay out a plan ahead of time so we are prepared. Sending you strength my friend ā grateful you are here with us.
This is very cool indeed ā glad that you are so close to support and are able to spread your wings a little bit as well. So happy for you Mike!
@iwebt A huge congrats on your 2 + years. That addict voice is a bitch for sure. Glad that you did take the time to share your achievement here with us. Think back to day 1 and all the reasons you started this beautiful journey ā you have come so far and nothing is going to make you fall!
@BrOKenWolf I am so sorry that you are dealing with all those emotions - no wonder you are exhausted. I know we canāt go back and change the past but i do believe that our deceased loved ones are able to sense / see us and all our accomplishments. I am sure that your mom is so proud watching how youāve transformed and living such a healthy life. Much strength and love my friend - i do hope your day gets better. 
Checking in on Wednesday morningā¦
It has been difficult waking up today. Not sure why as i was knocked out by 11 pm. I am going to shower and hopefully move around a bit and see if that helps. I do know that i am not relying on my DOCās to relieve me from this - i am strong for today. Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day - sending much love. 
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Big congrats and felicidades to you!!! Well done!
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Hi there,thank you for writing back.
No I donāt have support of family and I donāt join group either.
I am expat in Netherlands and i have a daughter which will be 2 end of month.
My husband is wonderful but we talked several times on this topic and when i raised concerns he said dont be silly,you do not have issue with alcoholā¦
But why do i need to finish that bottle-i mean i must finish it and i cant help itš¤¦.
I work 4 days only,friday im with my girlā¦
Monday and wednesday i work from the office.it gives plenty of week evenings when i can get that wine.after a bottle you can still work well following dayā¦
I was always wondering-is bottle a lot or not-depends on person. But my inner voice says it is too much.
But i cant have just one glass-so i see i have problem
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Your inner voice does not lie. Everyone is different and what may be tolerable for one is excessive for another. At the end of the day we need to realize that any amount is harmful - we are putting flavored poison into our bodies and no good can come from that.
Glad that you are working on this for you and we will be here for all the support you need. If you can not make it to an in person meeting - would you consider a on line zoom meeting. I believe they are happing 24 hours a day and you do not need to turn on your camera or audio - sometimes just listening is helpful.
Keep checking in Kristina - we are here for you!
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Checking in.
A thought was plopping up this morning again. It comes up every now and then probably related to how I feel in the forum.
What changed everything for me, what me successful in becoming sober was: being active somewhere. Talking about my twisted thoughts, about my feelings. They made somehow sense one day but not the next morning. I was lacking perspective. I was lacking feedback. I could read all the literature in the world and all the best yoga practice couldnāt help me in the end. I was circling around myself, my misery, my problems, my inability to get this sober thing going.
Just today, a colleague said to me, Franzi, donāt question all your work just because you didnāt satisfy her expectations in this point. He is right. I need people outside to correct me.
But this is only possible because I share something of me. This whole forum wouldnāt work in such a beautiful way if we all would only be lurking and waiting for someone to contribute with their weaknesses, their victories and feelings and thoughts.
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Overseeing an operation / engineering team in Mexico. Most of the time from the US. But with occasional travel to Mexico for a week at a time. I love traveling to and throughout Mexico so it is a great fit.
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Sending love and strength back lovely lady. Hope you have a day as lovely and kind as you are.
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Thank you Richard! Appreciate you. 
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Day 4,57
5th sober evening
Back home without buying shit.
Had a very disappointing situation at the pool.
Fixed a date yesterday and he didnāt show up! 
Who the hell is he thinking he is?!
I made it anyway.
I made it home without a bottle or two n my sportsbag! Halleluja!
No craving.
No wish to drink this feeling away.
Awareness of possible lasting health issues maybe caused by the next sipp still works!
Stay strong 
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Checking in at 2 years, 10 months + 1 day.
I let my thoughts wander a bit too far today. Needed to remind myself that my DOC has no value and itās just a counterfeit. It pulls me away from intimacy with my husband.
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Day 
Feeling really tired. Batteries on empty side. Those prolonged hours / being at work for like 11 hours a day / also did quite a lot workouts lately ( I like those/ Iāll keep them!!! ) 
Decided to use one of 3 Sugar/Sweets allowed slips. A lot of Ice-Cream and some Gummies. Canāt say I enjoy the sweets as I did before {{{anymore}}} 
. On the other side, Italian Ice-Cream was quite good.
Hereās some of my brilliant toughts for today. They are still in sandbox mode tho. I hope I will be able to share them in the future.
Day 3
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Thank you so much @Binx , @Alisa , @Lisa07 , @SassyRocks , @Juli1 , @JazzyS , @Mno , @RosaCanDo for all the well wishes. And everyone on hereā¦ thank you for being here. Regardless of where you are on your journey to recovery, you make this forum the awesome, supportive and welcoming place it is. You guys rock.
Iāve had the most amazingly fantastic day. Had a great hotel breakfast, went sightseeing, drank fancy coffees, danced in the park, drank fancy lemonades and got a tattoo. (Iāve been wanting to cover my sh scars with a tattoo for years. Today I actually done it on a whim.)
Now Iām gonna get ready for sleep. Iām exhausted because Iāve been up since 5.
There was also a triggering moment earlier when we got back in the afternoon to find a bottle of prosecco with two glasses in the room. A birthday gesture from the hotel. My husband took it down and they gave us vouchers for the bar I can exchange for soft drinks if I want to. Butā¦ fuck, it was hard. Old me would have downed the bottle without thinking twice. I cried. But now Iām likeā¦ If I can say no to free bubbly in a posh hotel on my birthday, I can stay sober forever.
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Another looooong day at work and feeling tired again, picked up a takeaway on my way home, headed for a shower and another early night. My sleep has been great the last week or so, sleeping almost right through the night and feeling so much better for it.
Hope everyoneās doing well
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Faced a fear todayā¦i doned a bathing custume and took my daughter swimming, i love swimming and used to compete when i was a young girl but since i got psoriasis at age 18 and put weight on ive not stepped back in a swimming poolā¦the psoriasis is gone thanks to a new medication but the weight is more soā¦anyways at the age of 43 today i did it and im proud of myself 
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Wow! Way to go! Not an easy thing to do. Im also quite self conscious with regards to my weight. I dont think i couldve done what u didā¦ so i applaud u for doing it and making great memories with ur daughter
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Oh thank u Dana 
you should do it girl honestly it felt great once i was in the waterā¦so liberatingā¦i think aswell as taking Sofia im going to start going myself too to do some proper swimming
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Amazing, so pleased for you
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Checking in. Done work for the day and next two days off. I gotta run the kids around tomorrow for some stuff before they leave for school. And one of my daughters is playing bass in a musical tomorrow night so weāll be busy. But today Iām just hanging out and relax, weāll have dinner and probably watch the Phillies beat up on the Marlins. And spend some time on here reading the threads later on. Have a great night guys 
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