Oh wow – thank you for the background to your video. Reading this just made me feel full of life and hope. You have come so far and are now thriving and moving forward. Opening more doors and enjoying life in the process. So thrilled for you my friend. Always love seeing your images / videos. @looking4support Oh damn the aftermath of the vaccinations is draining. Do rest and drink lots of water to flush out the blah. Grateful you have a meeting on Tuesday. Until then – we are here for you James @trustybird Hell’s yeah 620 days! Next three days will be a breeze. Line up things to do and keep yourself active – won’t even know where the time went. How’s the dollhouse coming along? @noshame you are back on track today and that is what counts. Love your other counters my friend. You can kick this too @hoofhearted Love your wife for just taking herself to Disneyland. How awesome is that. Hope you and the kids have a wonderful time as well. We will be here for you if you need us. @rob11 oh dear friend I am so sorry for the rollercoaster of a day. It is hard to read and take in all the emotional stories if we are ourselves going through it. You are right to take time to take care of yourself. Great job on reaching out to a fellow – HALT is so important and I do hope it helps. We are here with you so keep working on yourself and I do hope the day turn around for you soon. @Starlight14 love the Halloween festivities and she looks adorable. Share your carved pumpkin pics when you finish
Checking in on Sunday afternoon
I laid in bed a lot for past few days. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to do so but i am sick of it so forcing myself to move today. Took a shower - going to take my mom to run a few errands and then who knows. It is a lovely brisk fall day.
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day - sending so much love
Checking in sober. I had a pretty big bday last week and my son didn’t stop by. He travels a lot, is married, but lives relatively close. After his wife had their boys 3 years ago, she’s done a lot to cut me out, even though her mom lives with them, has for many years, and my son supports all of them by himself. Mother’s day is another holiday that I now get skipped.
I’m pretty strong, and don’t like drama and don’t play games, so I let it all slide. But that said, doesn’t mean it doesn’t still hurt.
I do my best to stay positive, but yes, I did drink on my birthday. Drank Friday day before, and Sat., my actual bday. I’m not here to beat myself up, or feel sorry for myself. I can’t change the past, only do my best to go forward.
I live a pretty quiet life with my dog and cat, have everything I need. I bought a (almost) new car last Friday, so that was like a big Happy Birthday to me! I love it. I have a good job and work remotely. But yes, I do miss my son. Not a reason to drink, nothing is really. But a real feeling I try to ignore.
I have a lot of gratitude, that’s why I’m usually on that thread and not here. But today, I wanted to share.
I’ve been sober for almost 6 years and for the first time ever I tried NA beer. Went to a Halloween party and the host (knowing I was sober) picked up some for me. Not wanting to be rude I decided to try it. It wasn’t totally disgusting, it wasn’t triggering, but it also is completely pointless. There’s about a million other options that taste better. Part of getting sober was giving up the lifestyle of “drinking”. It’s unlikely I would ever try one again.
I believe these would be a terrible option to fight cravings because it’s pretty much the same thing and will probably lead back to real beer. And if you’re doing it to fit in at a party then you’re probably not secure enough in your sobriety to be at the party in the first place. Not a single goddamn person cares what you’re drinking. If you’re drinking it for the taste stop fooling yourself, they don’t taste good.
I had non-alcoholic beer in my first attempt at sobriety and they taste just like beer but with something missing - I know it’s alcohol but there’s a flavour that’s missing which means they taste like shit. I think that case was in the fridge for about 6 months before they eventually got drank and not by me.
I just have to share this with you cause it’s to cute My boys were playing superheroes today and Anthony was saying he’s Batman (he has the cape if you didn’t notice xD
Have spent the day in bed as whatever my gallstone is doing is leading to me being uncomfortable and fatigue. Hoping it resolves tomorrow. Now would be really bad timing for the surgery, would prefer it in a more controlled and calm way. A little fed up of the endless health issues, but I do need to take responsibility for this as it is my diet and wine intake that has no doubt contributed to this. At least I have had a warning of what I was doing to myself.
Hope everyone is well. This place really helps keep me company when feeling low. Thank you all for sharing.
I love it. I have a good job and work remotely. But yes, I do miss my son. Not a reason to drink, nothing is really. But a real feeling I try to ignore.
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