Thankyou so much 
I will take those examples and put them into practice nice to see you too
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Latenight checkin
First night in new apartmentā¦
Done.
Body and mind are tired.
My display crashed a bit,
so social media detox!
I am sober 
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Yeah!!! So awesome to be in new place. New beginnings for you Julesā¦so very happy for you my friend. Sweet dreams in your new home
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Many thanks!
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Holy shit, Josh! Welcome back! Itās good to see you here. I remember you giving me the time of day years ago when even I thought I was beyond help. Now Iām over 9 months sober. If I can do it, you most definitely can.
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Hi there Amy I appreciate you giving me the time of day right now and thankyou for the welcome. Iām so happy to hear of your sobriety well done you! Iāll be sticking around a lot this time
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Welcome back to Talking Sober and this thread in particular Josh. Letās do this.
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Thanks so much!
My old saying āYou got thisā¦ Just breatheā
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Havenāt taken it myself, but working as a nurse in a detox I can say for us it used to be the preferred medication to give folks detoxing from alcohol here too. But itās no longer available here so we make do with diazepam which is slightly less long working. Or lorazepam when your liver is functioning poorly.
Just as long as you follow the doctorās instructions, which should be to taper of it pretty soon, you should be fine. All success!
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Day 692
Very difficult day today, Final arrangements made for my nephews funeral, coroner releasing his body now the police forensic examinations have concluded.
We hope you get justice J, Rest in peace kiddo, weāve got a right send off planned for you! 
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I am so sorry, what a hard day for you all. Thinking of you all. Big hugs 
xx
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I am so sorry for the grief you are experiencing. Much love and comfort for you and your family Richard.
I do hope that justice is found for J.
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Welcome back Josh. Thatās a great first step. 
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Day 40ā¦spending my Friday night in a meeting
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Sober day 15.
Just back from therapy. Therapy is helpful and I really my new therapist, but ended up crying on my way home. Everything feels raw. So now Iām battling cravings. I want an escape from my own mind. I wish I was back at the cabin in the middle of the woods.
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Storm Babet did some damage and heavy flooding in my area. All my plans for today got cancelled: gym closed, the venue I had tickets for tonight closed, daughters college closed. So I stayed home, baked a cake, watched tv and the relentless rain outside. Feeling blessed I live on a hill, but equally feeling sorry for the people living at the bottom of the hill, having to deal with flooding once again 
@JazzyS and @CATMANCAM thanks for your kind replies, I do feel recharged after a day of self care and some solitude 
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The idea that I can never have another drink again is freaking me out.
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Try not to think about long term.
Right now - just concentrate on the moment in hand. I found the more i try to think about Never being able to do something then i too freak out. I just wonāt drink for today and will work on not drinking tomorrow and so on.
Are you able to do something to occupy your time right now? do something to keep you busy and keep those urges / thoughts at bay.
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Thankyou - I never thought Iād get to this point so itās just yuck.
Itās just because itās day 1 I think and I have been in my head all day doing a lot of reflection. I just got off the phone with a friend whoās also in recovery and sheās saying āIts true. You canāt ever have it again; I donāt want to lose you. You have to remember Josh, we donāt lose them; they lose usā and that hit meā¦
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Never and forever are concepts that are impossible to grasp and comprehend for us humans. āOne day at a timeā and ājust for todayā are there for a reason. Just donāt drink today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.
And BTW, for me by now itās actually a joy that I donāt have to take another drink ever again. Iām done and never again. While I keep doing it one day at a time. I actually had a crave for a drink two weeks ago, but it was like an echo, and I didnāt crave the drink, I wanted to forget and check out of reality. Once I realized that the urge went.
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