Day 82 . Daily life is becoming noticeably easier . Good things happen where none did before.
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Day 103. Thankful that itās Friday, looking forward to having a weekend off to enjoy.
Have a great day everyone 
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Evening checkin.
I am hypersensitive today.
Everything tingels on my skin, itās too loud, too brighten, people smell too much (lol).
I am depressed.
Itās hard to tidy things up.
My thoughts are weird and wild.
My skin and stomach are irritated
I let it be there, it passed but itās back.
I am not my feelings.
I noticed that itās difficult for me to smell humans last weeks. Lol. Just natural humans, that have a good vibe thats OK.
The worst is chewing gum and any kind of sence they put over. Itās so ugly and hard for me.
Had a meeting, that was acousticly difficult.
And with my constitution today, more difficult.
Will have a swim in about 2 hour.
Result will be reported in the right thread.
Not thinking about drinking until now.
Thanks for listening to my weird thoughts.
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Checking in on day 124.
Thankfully my anxiety is much less today. Iāve been to a very busy yoga class this morning and had a short walk in the sun on the way back. Iāve spoken with my parents and now the kids and I are working our way through our takeaway dinner. The head cold I had earlier in the week has virtually gone today. I have an appointment for Covid and flu vaccination tomorrow so I hope the side effects are minimal.
I have had thoughts of drinking but Iāve no intention of acting on them. Iām making sure to drink plenty of water instead.
One day at a time everyone!
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Day 135. Hey everyone, good afternoon. Remembered my medicine the last day or so and do feel a little relief. I went for a nice little bike ride and I decided to treat myself, so I went and got myself two new colognes. They both smell amazing and just really helped with the whole confidence and better Mood. Now im trying to work on my annotated bibliography, Iāve been stuck on this for weeks, luckily my instructor gave us all extensions and Iām so glad because I donāt think I would of handed it In on time. But regardless Iām still stuck, I have my peer reviewed articles and Iām still struggling to summarize them. I hope I can get it done Iām going home this weekend and want all my attention on my girls. So yeah I probably should get to work. Much love and hope you all have good days
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Evening check in, just finishing up at the gym. The cravings are bad! I think the radio in the gym is triggering it, all music designed for a night out, shout outs to people already drinking 
I wonāt drink but really, really irritated.
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Thank you. I guess it was my pride but Iām learning itās ok to ask for help. How are you doing? Hope youāre having a great Friday 
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Checking in to say happy Thanksgiving weekend to my fellow Canadians!
Iāll toast you with a soda!
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Checking In
Day 600
Really proud of myself for getting to 600 days clean. I know its not an actual milestone but for some reason hitting 600 feels incredible to me!
I dont think i checked in yesterday which isnt good. I came onto this thread and realized how much i had missed. I really hope everyone is doing well overall and doing well in their recoveries.
Today was such a lazy day. I slept all morning basically. Just waiting for my son to get home from school and then I will do some cleaning. I did finish an embroidery piece today tho, ironed it and framed it. Its going into an online auction to help raise money to support families that have just had a child diagnosed with cancer. This organization has helped my family SO much when my son was diagnosed years ago, so I wanted to help in whatever way i can. Grateful for this day and all thats in it. Grateful to be clean and sober. Much lovw to u all 
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Hooray, massive congratulations 
It is definitely a big milestone, and one to be so proud of. You have been so inspiring to me 
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Oh wow, the milestones keep on coming. Well done, super star
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Its actually been a tough day today! Im REALLY grumpy that i cant go to the pub and drink with the people that i used to drink with. Im not actually craving that badly its more the case that i dont have the choice anymore!
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Congrats on a full month sober Galen! Excellent work. You know, we actually do have a choice. And we choose to do the right thing. Weāre at the wheel. Each and every day. One day at a time.
And on another note: I did go to the pub a couple of times after I quit. And experienced what an empty hollow sad thing it is, being there with my drinking buddies. With or without drinking myself. Yes I needed a new social circle. Thatās hard. Still working on it.
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Congratulations on the 1 month 
I get the frustration. I did go to the pub for a coke and some food yesterday, but it was a very quick stop. Once we had eaten there was nothing keeping me there, strange to think how things used to be. @Mno is right about it being empty.
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Congratulations, so good!
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We booked in at a beautiful little tapas style place on the harbour arm for dinner and we were seated promptly at the bar seated area (Spanish style). Lovely vibe as below but INCREDIBLY drink orientedā¦
Me and my other half noticed straight away that it was almost an incidental place to eat whilst your were drinkingā¦ This was a bit disappointing to be honest. But then we ordered a NA beer and water (I donāt find NA beer triggering in the least, I like them now and then) and ordered food. Well it was delicious. The highlight being a slip sole with mussels w/lime leaf and black pudding, padron peppers and eggā¦
The longer I relaxed into the atmosphere I realised that a lot of perception is just in my head. It was a nice place to eatā¦ With a LOT of emphasis on booze, but still a really delicious place to eat.
Cappuccino rounded off the night along with a nice chat with the server about the Spanish black pudding which was the nicest Iāve ever tastedā¦ Boudin Noir by Christian Parra if interested.
Perception is a wonderful thing, as long as we are willing to change a perception. My reality of tonight is better than my initial perception.
Oh. And cake. Always cake.
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That all looks amazing! I get why you would be unsettled initially but great work on seeing past that to the rest of the experience. Hope your trip continues to be so lovely x
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