Checking in daily to maintain focus #58

I’m here, I’m alive and I’m sober.
1 month and four days.

I know I haven’t been on here lately, and a lot of you have wondered about where I am, or how I’m doing.

My husband isn’t really doing better, but he isn’t getting worse either.

Still no insurance money.

And my boss has simply said that I’m either going back to being a special teacher/ personal assistant to the little girl I worked with before the summer. Or I’m out of work after Christmas.

I kindly asked her to go to hell. Not really professional I know,but at this point she’s so much of a jerk that I simply don’t care. At the moment I also have two collegues that’s about to work themselves to a burnout, and I’m doing extra hours next week to give them some rest. And my boss just don’t care, it’s more like she’s actually trying to get them to quit.

Also I made a late application to another university to become a sports class/ gym teacher. Because I can’t get into the regular teacher program. I don’t have the Math required. I did start a math class earlier this month, but I have up because Frankly I can barley use the high school basics. And our teacher expects us to sit for three hours and just count in a book without any help from her. Not something I want to waste my time on.

Still haven’t decided if I want to study to become a teacher. I’m not even sure that I want to go back to school again.

My Ma keeps doing her drink calls, she called and talked for three hours this Friday.

I’m just frustrated with life at the moment. So hanging out here is not really anything I have the mental space or strength to do right now. Not my usual positive self, not having the constant hope for the future that I used to have. And I really don’t have the energy to fight anything anymore. I’m just…I guess I can say that my soul is tired.

Tired of being in constant survival mode. Tired of not knowing who I am, what I like, who I want to be. But constantly being who I need to be at the moment, to please someone else.

Can’t even check in here saying that I’m happy to be here, or happy to be sober. Because I’m not. I still won’t drink or do anything else. It’s not worth it. But I’m not happy about it.

Probably not the post y’all expected or wanted to have. But unfortunately that’s the truth.

I hope y’all are doing better than me at the moment.
You guys now I adore you.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

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Hello all, checking in on Day 3. I was hoping to have more before admitting my recent relapse but think that probably isn’t helpful as I really need support and accountability.

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Hey Jen, hope your ok lovely, sending some love and hugs your way :heart: :people_hugging:

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Hi @JennyH

Awesome job on being brave and starting again, well done lady :partying_face:

I haven’t posted on this thread before, but tomorrow will be 6 weeks since my last drink. I have found this forum more helpful than the 2 AA meetings I attended. I’m not sure AA suits my introvert nature, but I am going to try a women’s meeting on Tuesday and then I will decide if I will go to meetings or not. Sorry if you have posted this already (so many posts on these threads!), but have you been to AA or any other type of meeting and if so, how did you find it?

Stay active on here, it helps to both receive and offer encouragement and help I have found.

Stay strong, sending loads of encouragement and blessings your way from Australia :kangaroo:
Take care and keep up the fabulous work xo

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IT WAS AMAZING!! OMG what a night!! I had sooo much fun and made friends there!! And this dude took a puff of weed and i thought he was gonna be sick…i stepped in vomit…all this to say: i was really happy being there sober!!! I remember everything, felt 0 anxiety and i am well rested on my way to work :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs: im really happy.
Have a great day! Sending you lots of love 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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Checking in 21 days, I missed a couple of check in’s because I had a really bad sickness bug thurs night and right through Friday and Sat, I could only lift my head off the pillow to be sick, glad I’m over the worst of it, so many bugs and viruses going around just now.

@Qhob13 thank you my sober buddy for checking on me, it was nice to see when I managed to come on here this morning, the support is always there, we’ve made it to 3 weeks :muscle::muscle:

I’ve not managed to read all the posts from Thurs night but I hope everyone is still staying strong and sending a big high five out to everyone :blue_heart: :heart:

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Boooo!! Sorry you’ve been sick love! :people_hugging: Glad you checked in. I have a hard time keeping up on this thread during the work week, so wasn’t sure if I missed one of your post. I’m just happy you checked in and it’s not the “bottle flu.” Feel better soon friend! Plenty of rest and fluids, we will be here when you got some energy back!

We made it 3 weeks!! :tada::dancer:t4: Keep kicking ass beautiful sober buddy!! :heart::muscle:t3: if you need help kicking ass while you rest up from this bug, reach out!
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Good morning. Wanted to check in before I start work. Filled with hope and anxiety.

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@Qhob13 thank you my friend, it means a lot, well at least the bug I had took my mind of drinking this weekend every cloud has a silver lining I suppose :joy:
@Juli1 your not far behind me and Quin, keep smashing it, your doing amazing :heart:
@SadMemeQueen it’s nice to hear you went out and had a good time Megan, I love bingo, keep taking it ODAAT :heart:
@JazzyS oh I love cards against humanity, it’s great to play hope your game night was good

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3 years + sober
I always live by “things happen for a reason” but I can’t wrap my head around what happened yesterday. So my daughter went to the dentist and her mouth was numb, she begged me to take her back to school, so I did. Well she came home with her lip chewed up like a hamburger! I felt so bad for her. Well then my youngest went from crawling to running (she’s 1) and she bonked her head two times in one day at her daycare, I had her grandma come pick her up that day.

WELL yesterday I went to the gym and dropped them off at the daycare and shortly after getting home from gym CPS showed up trying to take my kids away. The gyms report said I was “out of it and aloof and repeating myself” …I was just my normal sober self. :face_holding_back_tears:

Anyway I’m angry and I couldn’t sleep last night. I know my kids won’t be taken away because I have everything documented with the school and dentist. But the way they portrayed me. I hadn’t thought of doing drugs or drinking in so long but I thought of it oddly yesterday. They made me feel so small and so crazy. I can never show my face at the gym again. Is this a lesson on forgiveness? I should forgive them for trying to ruin my *ucking life?

Idk my life was going SO good before this. Oh and my fiancé got fired from his job the same day. Haha. Im not gonna drink. I’m not gonna drink. I’m not gonna drink.

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Yea honey :heart::sunglasses:

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This sounds so hard. Make sure you just pour energy into your recovery above all else. Focus the energy you have where you need it most. Good luck :crossed_fingers:

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Hey Jenny, we got ya. I’m in this with you. Let’s do it :slightly_smiling_face:

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OMG! Wtf Sarah! That’s just insane. Kids get plenty of bumps and bruises just being kids. So sorry you’re having to go through this. Thankfully, you’re clean and sober and got nothing to hide. If these “normal” things happened while you were still using, CPS would make your life miserable even though these injuries were no fault of your own. But you passed their interrogation with flying colors all due to your sobriety.

Wow! And your fiance losing his job is another stinger. That’s a lot to deal with. Glad you’re not having any thoughts about picking up. Sending you strength and big hugs! :people_hugging: :two_hearts:

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Oh no, what the hell?! Why would the GYM of all places file a report?!? That just boggles my mind. You’ll get past this. They’ve certainly shown their true colors and you don’t need to be supporting that business at this point. Your poor babies, I’m sorry they’re hurting. They will be okay, you will be okay. I’m glad you’re somewhere where you have support from family. Hang in there, sending strength.

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I never thought of it this way! You just flipped the switch of my thinking. If I had been on drugs or drunk this could have been a completely different situation. Especially since they just showed up at the house and took pictures of my house. Phew, thank the LORD they are here with me. Thank you, I feel more empowered by my sobriety now! Love you!

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Yeah we paid the year in full up to January and I am going to go talk to the manager Monday and see if I can get the rest of the year refunded.

I’m mad that they didn’t even talk to me. I have the video of her lip after the dentist and the progression of her injury. Her dad is a nurse so I knew it wasn’t infected, l just healing! Taking someone’s kids away is a serious thing! And my friend put the fear of God in me saying “CPS wants to take cute kids because they adopt easier” … she was not a great person at the time to call for advice. I was so shook.

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Checking in on this beautiful Sunday morning. Day
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Oh, day 67 for me.

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Checking in on day 3.

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