Good morning TS friends!!
@Curtis-81 nice job throwing out the pipes. Life is heavy enough, no sense in carrying around extra weight that serves us no purpose! 
so awesome work taking that step!
@Juli1 keep it up!!! So close to those double digits, keep it up!!! 
@Just_Laura nice you got the night off. Baby smell!!! Ahhhh isnāt it intoxicating?! Good intoxicating! I have to refrain from asking strangers if I can sniff their babyās head, because I donāt want to go to jail! Lol
@CATMANCAM youāre welcome, Camden! I spent so much time and money in therapy, happy to share those nuggets I collected along the way!! Good idea on the movie. My kids made me soft, but I used to have a hard time crying. Every once in a while, Iād throw in a movie so I could have a good cleansing cry!! My go to cry session movies were Armageddon and P.S. I Love You. They get me Every. Fucking. Time. Lol throw in a movie and cry it out!! So cleansing!!!
@Mno beautiful picture. Looks nice and peaceful! So sorry about your friend!! Fuck cancer! 
sending hugs!!
@HolySquid LMAO!! Thank you for taking the time to write this and share it here. I got such a great laughā¦ I swear Iām not laughing at your expense! 
any comic book illustrators here who could turn this into an awesome comic strip?!
@Deelzebub ughā¦ pre-teens! 
they end up so damn independent so quickly. My daughter is the same age as yours and I swear sheās going to be the reason I go grey in the next few years!! hang in there!!
@Mira_D sorry you got such an early morning! Hopefully today goes smoothly and you all enjoy your day!!!
@Saturn81 Happy Birthday, Michelle!!! 
glad your husband is helping plan something nice for you where you guys can stay in and enjoy the evening! Hang in there, weāre here! 
enjoy a beautiful sober Saturday birthday friend!! You deserve it!!!
Checking in 2 weeks AF!! Love my hangover-free mornings! Beautiful Sober Saturday! Everyone keep kicking ass and enjoy your weekend!!!
Checking in @ day #
Only by the grace of God. What a beautiful, yet different journey this has been. Getting yet another opportunity at this life has been humbling, unsettling, hopeful, fearful, stressful, positive, unsure, joyous and many more feelings and emotions that Iāve experienced.
Sobriety has carved a path of unknowns and expansive goals and dreams for me. An excitement that only being in the āpresentā can offer.
It saddens me almost daily that it took this long for me to realize the potential and beauty this life has to offer. For the waste and selfish attitude I exuded over the last 30+ yearsā¦alcohol has given me absolutely nothing. A bareness heart and an empty investment into a past life of misery, shame, guilt and embarrassment.
But 1 day to God is like a 1000 years! He does not operate in timeā¦He created it! And so I could only fathom the endless possibilities of what He has already begun to do in my life. And each and every day of clarity is proof of that. My latter days Will be the best days of my lifeā¦by the desire, strength, discipline, wisdom and peace of God.
Keep going strong 
. Itās so worth it! And life is so short. Like my past therapist told me: āwhy would you want to go through life numb?ā
Yes, why would Iā¦ā¦ā¦
Well done on 2 weeks, your smashing it, be so proud of this, Iāll hopefully be on here tomorrow morning with the same milestone and hangover free, thanks for the constant support my good friend
I really felt those words, huge congrats on your 4 months 
in on day 59. My condolences, Thank you love! this was the milestone that had me holding my breath. On day one, I felt like if I could hit 2 weeks, sobriety was possible for me and the possibilities would become endless. So today I breathe a sigh of relief, will enjoy some peaceful moments, and prepare for the battle ahead because I realize this is the easy part. I will be fighting this addiction over and over and over. I won the first battle, but addiction will be laying in wait to show back up when I have become complacent to win the war. But today, I got this! Today you got this!! You WILL be on here tomorrow morning with the same milestone. Iām putting that shit out into the universe and speaking it into existence!!! You have been my sober buddy from the start, stay with me!! I wonāt drink with you today and will celebrate the fuck out of your birthday sober!!!
@mno my deepest condolences to you Menno. Thats never easy to lose a friend 
@chosen2001 what a beautiful post! I really enjoyed reading it and could relate to a few things u said. A huge congratulations to u on truple digits. Amazing work!!
@qhob13 Hey congratulations on 2 weeks of freedom!!! Proud of u 
@scorpn how are you feeling? Hope ur feeling much better
@saturn81 Happy Birthday 
Sounds like u have a good plan of action for today. Keep fighting the good fight and enjoy ur day!
@catmancam way to go on all of ur timers! I hope everything goes well with the tenancy inspection next tue. Im sure it will go just fine sounds like alot of work tho. And way to go on stepping down on the lozenges also! Uv really done soooo well with this. Im excited for u have a great day friend!
Congrats on the 2 weeks Quin
Waking up without hangovers made my gratitude list almost every day. I had the worst headache hangovers in the world. Thereās so many great things about my sobriety but waking up sober and hangover free is still in my top 3.
Keep up the great work.
ODAAT
I havenāt checked in for sooooo long. Itās nice to see see some familiar faces still posting. Iām happy to say I celebrated my 1 year AF in Sept 2. I couldnāt have done it without this place.
It seemed impossible at first, so many failed attempts. I donāt know when it seemed to get a little easier, but day by day, moment by moment, I realized I wasnāt continually thinking about drinking (or not drinking). I will say however, that strangely enough when that year mark hit, I almost said to myself āwow! You deserve a drinkā WTF?! I guess that alcoholic brain is still there. Anyways, wanted to check inā¦ And might do so more now. Thanks to everyone who helped get me here
Wow 
I saw that M. I was thinking 
could it be you?
Iām so happy to see you checking in with a bit over a year!
Congratulations to you Miranda.
Keep doing what you doing.
ODAAT.
Give a pet to Lola and Charlie. Miss seeing them.
8.06 days no weed
52.74 days no smoking
121.67 no alcohol
Just checking in
Iām feeling pretty relaxed at the moment and I like that
Take care
Thank you, Eric!!! Youāre right. Always happy to wake up without a headache, upset stomach, or just overall feeling like shit. Hangovers will keep me sober! that shit is for the birds!
Day 693 AF
Good morning, gang.
Happy Saturday!
I havenāt had any extreme flare up episodes this week. Iām feeling a little better but not 100%. Iāve added probiotics to my diet and sticking with lean meats and fish. I have an allergy test next week to determine if I am allergic to certain foods, weāll see. Other than that, everything else is good. I have to work today, but Iāll be off tomorrow and Monday. Gonna drive up to visit a friend tomorrow and watch the football game.
I hope everyoneās doing well. Stay strong .
Catch yāall later.
Morning Check In
Day 573
Well im on my way to work and i really wish I wasnt. My sons cold is even worse than it was yesterday and I just wish I could be home to cuddle with him and care for him. Im praying this doesnt end up as a hospital visit tho. Sometimes colds/flus give him breathing issues so we are always keeping an eye on that (which means a trip to the hospital). But so far it hasnt come to that point thankfully. My mind feels very preoccupied tho. Ugh
Anyway, i hope everyone has a great day! 
O.M.Gā¦ miranda!!! Omg ur post totally made my day! Happy belated 1 year of sobriety! I couldnt be more happier for u 
Hope he gets to feeling better soon. Sorry you have to work today, that stinks when youād rather be cuddled up with your son. Fingers crossed you guys donāt have to do a hospital visit this go around!! 
Thank you!!!
You helped me soooooo muchš¤
How are you??
I wish you could be home with him too, but it will so nice to look forward to getting home when you are done work and giving him a giant hug! I know itās super hard try to focus on that rather than the fact that you canāt be with him now he will be okā:heart:
high five to that, lets kick this shit out the park