Thanks, Jazzy. 
You inspired me to make a smoothie, so today I had a banana, almond butter, blueberry one. It was delicious 
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Thank you!!! Youāre so sweet 
Hopefully itās my last day 7.
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Congratulations on 3 months David!
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Ooh that sounds delicious love!
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125 days AF
Went to cinema today to see the new Indiana Jones. Donāt know where all those bad reviews come from in the mediaā¦ I liked itš
Just for you @Mno ā¦ I am 11y 7m 13d smoke free. Freshly calculated. And god I am a horrible non-smoker now, smoking people around me really get on my nerves 
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Checking in
Day 511
Day has been pretty good so far. It was a very quiet day at work today so i was able to listen in on an online sermon. I also connected to my HP this morning. So i feel like im getting back on the right track with that. This week my main focus is staying connected to that Power. I realize that if i put my HP first and foremost in my life, everything else will fall into placeā¦ while taking action on my part of course. So thats what I want to focus on. Bcuz i spent more time on God today, i noticed that I didnt have any cravings to use like i have had lately, so thats good! Just have to get home now from work and enjoy the rest of the day with the family. Hope everyone is doing well!
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Day 13 . Yesterday I wasted my time very bad in Twitter and today had been a hard day full of shame and sadness for being hooked in social media. I lost my sleep time because of this
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Hope you get better soon 
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Welcome back! 
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Not all of my days are perfect either. But you realize the need to improve. And I see growth in that understanding. And deciding to make the following days more productive than those weāre not proud of is an important aspect of recovery. Realizing that small compromises lead to great disasters, we make a decision to be better than just avoiding our DOCās.
Just because yesterday wasnāt perfect doesnāt mean that you canāt make the following days count. As long as you win more battles than you lose, you will eventually win this war. Youāre almost at 2 weeks, and see growth in you. You may not notice it, but I sure do. Keep pressing on.
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Hey Mark! Not sure if i missed a more recent check in of urs, but wanted to see how you are feeling and how you are doing? Hope the hospital was able to help
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@amy30 how are you doing? I know you were leaving the Island that in itself could have been stressful. Just checking in on you.
@DryIn785 how are you doing? Hope they were able to take care of you at the ER last night.
@DMCG1987 congrats on your 90 days!!!
@tyland so sorry that you are continuing to find yourself in these situations and around people you are unable to trust or connect with. I cant relate but can imagine how difficult and stressful it must be. When we begin our sobriety journey, we do need to shed many layers of our past lives. I do wish you luck in finding new surroundings filled with supportive and helpful individuals.
Sorry about your relapse but glad you are working on your sobriety and attending the meetings. Sending you strength on your journey ā you are stronger than your addiction!
@leveller welcome back! I do hope to see you around ā this is a great thread to help find your focus. Hope to see you around
@BOMDHIL I can relate to being sucked in to social media (I only have a business account but I get wrapped up on the memes and and the jokes, funny videos and before I know hours have gone by) ā Please do not feel shameful about this. You should be super proud for making it another day without your DOC. This is your coping mechanism as you find your footing in early sobriety. Hopefully today was a better day for you my friend and look at you go ā day 13 already!
Checking in on Sunday evening
200 days of no weed and alcohol
615 days of no cigarettes
Checking in sober and free of all urges. Its been a good Sunday - got to spend a lot of quality time with my mom this morning / afternoon. Got the house cleaned before my brother comes back from Chicago and i did take a nap (yup - i fought it for as long as i could but did need 1 hour of shut eye). Feeling tired now as itās hitting 10 pm (funny how my body is adjusting so quickly to my earlier bedtime) - Sweet dreams my sober friends - sending much love 
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Checking in on day 758. Feeling slow and sloppy today. I have quite a headache which I believe is related to caffeine withdrawal since I did not have as much coffee today as I typically do. Today was ok, but I have been a bit flat lately coming off my meds. The good news is that my blood pressure seems to be improving, which was the variable in this little experiment. Hopefully it is possible to get this sorted out. Sometimes itās frustrating to feel this way. I hope everyone has a good start to the week.
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Hospital keeping me over night again. Donāt have a phone charger so I might disappear for a bit, but donāt worry; Iām getting help. Just praying noone get into my place. I have to leave it unlocked.
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Checking in today to maintain focus!
How am I feeling? Iād say ok. 
My plan for today? Eating healthily, meditating, working out and signing back up for martial arts now my ankle and wrist, which were unrelated but had to be sprained and hair fractured one after the other, are healed. I think Iāll also sign up for the next uni term here and start looking for a car since Iām staying a lil longer. A motorbike to replace my last one would be nice, but maybe impractical with australia headed into winterā¦ Iām thinking camping etcā¦
The girl I like ended up responding after all!
Anyways, here are some positivity affirmations for today:
- I am strong.
- I am enduring.
- I am committed.
- I am capable.
- I am able.
- I am worthy.
- I am deserving.
- I am courageous.
- I am risk-taking.
- I am daring.
- I am confident.
- I am determined.
- I am focussed.
- I am intelligent.
- I am wise.
- I am conscious.
- I am mindful.
- I am happy.
- I am loving.
- I am caring.
- I am grateful.
- I am appreciative.
- I am patient.
- I am understanding.
- I am forgiving.
- I am resilient.
- I am flexible.
- I am open-minded.
- I am aspiring.
- I am motivated.
- I am fearless.
- I am initiative-taking.
- I am bright.
- I am trustworthy.
- I am honest.
- I am fair.
- I am hopeful.
- I am positive.
- I am optimistic.
- I am healthy.
- I am fit.
- I am free.
- I am sober.
- I am mature.
- I am rational.
- I am ethical.
- I am unique.
- I am special.
- I am complete.
- I know better.
- I am healing.
- I am growing.
- I am myself.
- I am pure.
- I am ready.
Keep your heads up sobriety fam, life is there for us to conquer before we go! 
All that matters is our inner growth, and everything else will find itās placeā¦ Try to love, embrace, accept, appreciate, trust, forgive and believe in yourself! Once you are at peace with yourself and like the path youāre on, then the external world begins to open up, almost effortlesslyā¦ There is only one special you, and one chance to explore this universe weāll never see againā¦ There is NOTHING quite like our existence and lives! Donāt run from itā¦ <3
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Glad i checked in before going to sleep - grateful to have read your inspiring message! Thank you so very much for the live positive affirmations 
Glad you are healed and will be getting back into Martial arts. Which type do you practice?
See that things are looking up for you in all directions 
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Iām sending you prayers for strength and comfort.
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Day 22ā just wanted to check in sober today. I am learning now that all my past pains in my body are manifesting very intensely and rapidly. I guess I never realized how much of my drinking masked all the pain I was in. In my earlier years I used and abused my body very much. All part of the job, is what I used to tell myself. I spent 19 1/2 years in the US Army as a Combat Medic, after I was medically retired, I went on to get my Paramedic license, then my RN license, minor business degree, and then my digital photography degree. I have done and seen a lot of crazy, bizarre, and stupid shit in my life so you can kind of understand the types of pain that I go through, yet I am definitely not going to go into detail about any of that. Yet, with that being said, anybody wants to talk about military/army stuff, please, by all means PM me lol, Iāll talk about the stuff all day.
I went over to my friends house and asked him if he ever experienced that when he quit drinking and using. He said, āAb-so-freaking-lutely!! But, dude, it gets better, you just have to have a little faith in yourself. You got this brother! So now, get out of your head and focus on something else.ā At that moment, I honestly knew and felt that I had an actual friend. You have to understand. I know a lot of people, but besides family I have one friend. One, thatās it until now. This man Iāve only known for about a year and a half and its went from just quick neighborly talking, hey, how are you doing today? Blah blah blah kind of stuff, to us REALLY talking and getting to know each other, to āhey, (insert bs name here for privacy lol) Man, weāve talked about AA and everything a while back and honestly brother I need some help and I damn sure canāt do it by myself. because it this point, I know that I am beat up, I am weak, and Iām out of control.ā
Seriously appreciate everyone who has taken the time to read this. I tend to get quite long winded at times especially when Iām a little emotional. So, I apologize for that.
Thank you all for being here because here seems to be a whole lot better than where I was.
Good night
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Thatās awesome!!! Keep it up, you got this!
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