Hey guys, hey jasmine.
I’m good. More than fine. I actually reset my timer yesterday. Not because I was sure I had relapsed but because I wasn’t sure. I don’t want to mess myself up. So now I’m working on my dissociative phases and what happens in them so I can actually celebrate my sobrietry. I want to be safe and present.
This gives me a lot to think about. I am thinking about if there is still a reason for me that would justify picking up a glass of wine. As long as there was a reason my mind would have found the circumstances to get back to drinking.
Mmmm damn. Nice. I have to watch my glucose levels so sweet things and too many carbs are an occasional treat now. But, ooh when I do cake, fresh and with lashings of choclatey butter cream are my idea of heaven! 
I wouldn’t say it makes you weak. It makes you human. We all have setbacks, we all have gone backwards. And that is okay, as long as we recognize it and try again 
we’re not perfect and no one here is asking you to be, just keep trying, it’s a day by day and sometimes hour by hour journey.
This! 
this has been the last year and a half of my life and those last two sentences hit like no other. THANK YOU.
Sounds fab. Gorgeous pic!
Hopefully the family enjoyed (and tired them out too!) x
Day 66. Back at work today. This week and next week are really busy work wise but then two weeka off.
Day by day. That’s enough. Not drinking today
Congratulations @Starlight14 !
You have been through so much and look at you now!
You help so many as you make your own way through your sober days and nights!
Celebrate!
Glad you are back on day 0 to go forward. You did a good job of maintaining the time that you did. Big hugs.
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Weather’s nice for sure. I’ll be outside in a bit. Have as good a days as you all can friends. Pic’s the Guadalupe river which I hope to see for real again in a bit over two weeks time. Love.
@Starlight14 Huge congrats on a year of freedom Kelly! Thanks for being here. We’re in it together 
@KarenKW Happy holidays Karen! Send a postcard from Cape 
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@Curtis-81 Glad to see you on the check in thread friend. Together we’re strong.
@Mindofsobermike You’re an inspiration Mike! Wishing you all success with your studies 
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@Juli1 Honestly, there’s never a reason. It’s only ever an excuse our addict self comes up with to drink. The only true reason is we’re addicts. x
Thank u so much 
Sounds like amazing memories. There were so many tourists today and they will all be taking home their own lasting memories of London. I love knowing that we are adding to the centuries of memories there.
And no! Not a turtle in sight 
Lots (and lots) of seagulls and pigeons. Will be swimming myself in just over an hour (pool not the Thames)
We had such a lovely day, and my daughter is till asleep so yes very tired! 
xx
@JazzyS the second week I struggled, stopped coming on here and mood went right down, I was still trying to journal, but thoughts of days went into weeks, then months, then years and I panicked, thinking no way I can do this, what will my life be like now, got severely overwhelmed, just about had a panic attack and them boom back to square one, I need to learn to take it ODAAT! I need to be on here everyday, but I suppose I need to realise this is the first time I’ve properly tried to get sober and it’s not going to be easy.
But here I am back and 2 days sober 
hope everyone has a great day
Hey all, checking in on day 1171. I hope everybody has a good one!
Checking in on day 809. Got back from holidays on Friday and now I am at the airport traveling again this time for work. I am tired of traveling. I just want to cuddle up with a book in a comfy bed and go to sleep. For a week. Blah. Instead, I will go catch a train now. Much love
Day 227.
So I’m not going to school. My old high-school diploma is in the UK. I left it there because… well, it didn’t cross my mind that I’d need it.
The thing is, I do actually have a lot on my plate at the moment and if school is something I really wanna do, I can always enroll next year.
And the more I think about it, I’m still pretty early in my sobriety and jumping head first into a huge commitment before I even hit the one year mark is probably not the brightest idea. I still have a lot of self-healing to do first.
So that’s that for now.
Days PMO free: Day 26
Days with PS5 in the closet to close the day: 34
Days went to bed the same time with my wife: 34
Just checking in.
I’m learning to not over-share every crazy thought/idea or even mental goal that comes from my brain to my mate. It’s more of, what purpose does this serve to share this? There are just some things i can say in my heart or journal here. I talk to my wife about most things, we have a great relationship, but there are things that fall more into the ‘self absorbed’ space that i would rather just keep it moving and focus on them. Plus if i tell her, i tell my mother in law, so there’s that, lol.
Checking in for day 36.
xxxx