I think I was just overtired from the late nights at kids games and I bailed a couple times on gym… guilty conscience when I bail as I only have me that keeps me accountable.
Hit a double upper body today for 1.5 hours and my arms and shoulders are gonna be screaming soon.
My wife leaves me on Sunday, so just me and the doggos here for 3 weeks pretty isolated, so I’m thinking lots and lots of gym time…
Thanks for the shout out. It’s always appreciated when I know some are watching for me.
2 years 15 days
Today has been fairly busy. Son is home from school for a medical appt so that was the first thing on our list of things to do. Soon we will have lunch and then im taking him for a haircut. I wasnt able to get to the gym today but thats okay bcuz i was feeling exhuasted from pushing myself so hard the past couple days. Will still stay focused on eating healthy though. Not much else going on today. Hope everyone is doing well!!
@Lighter welcome! This community is a life saver, so glad you’re here! @JazzyS so happy to hear the pain is getting better! @Jimz enjoy your victory when you hand that menu back, you’ve earned it! @Noshame it’s so great when you post about how much you love your little family, it warms my heart! and
Checking in. Today was good, I finished all my work related tasks, so now I’m finally free to have a rest. I also thought through my options for the future, and I might be able to stay in my current job. My income fluctuates from month to month, so it’s really difficult to predict, but it doesn’t drop under a certain level, so that’s good. Working from home would make the separation so much easier, so that’s something to aim for I think. Otherwise the day was good, I was home alone, decluttered some stuff and cleaned a bit, read a book and just enjoyed the peace.
Rough emotions today but nothing I can’t sit with. Drinking is not a coping skill that I employ anymore. In the past, yes. Today, no. I’ll hang with you guys instead. 🩷
@Shatteredsoul welcome to the checking-in thread congrats on day 1 @Planipennia congrats on 2 years @Lighter welcome congrats on 5 weeks @JazzyS thank you I’m going to see if the cream helps then try to find the energy to push for a doctors opinion and dermatology referral if it doesn’t. I hope you’re still recovering well 🩵 @Lotusflower thank you 🩵
1297 days no alcohol.
762 days no cocaine.
277 days no vape.
22 days no binge-eating.
Checking-in with today’s numbers…
Not much to add since I only caught up from yesterday early this afternoon.
I drove to my hometown to collect the cream for the disorder on my back. Just hoping it helps.
It took me a lot of psyching myself up to actually decide to do the drive there and back, I had bad anxiety over it like I do sometimes. So I did a meditation, then got ready to leave. I was anxious the whole time because the roads were unusually busy, it was 4-5pm so maybe some early rush-hour traffic, plus the backroad is closed so everyone travelling to and from my hometown are all using the main road, which I travel on.
I’ve felt really tense since getting home. Spent over an hour trying to find something to watch on Netflix, but for some reason it doesnt work properly for me, so I actually have to go into every program to see if I’ve watched it before and if there are any new episodes/seasons. Annoying but minor I know. In the end I didnt watch anything, I started reading Eric’s No More Added Sugar thread because I was craving sugar, I’m at 24 days of no sugar now.
Thanks girl. It’s been are first nice day so that figuring some stuff out lol. My supervisor told me today I can start picking up over time if I want, so honestly I’ll probably start doing that lol. I’m still unsure of what hobbies I might be interested, now that it’s getting nicer might be a good idea to check out the meetings. Would rather hang out with some sober people and go and do something lol not sit at a meeting lol. But maybe it could be a start to hanging out with some people and then go do other stuff lol. Edit. That was a shit ton of lol’s
Checking in day 58. Lots of thoughts flying today but I’ve made a plan to get done what needs to be done. Hopefully the things (and people) I can’t control will work out. Glad to have a place to check in and read posts that are inspiring, honest and comforting. Have a great sober day/evening.
Checking in on day 30 AF. I’m feeling proud of getting this far again. It sucks how the milestones can also bring cravings along too though. Driving home from work my mind started to wander back to the idea that maybe I can give myself a pass every now and then. But I know where that leads and so I put on a sober podcast to recenter myself for the rest of the drive. Grateful to be going to bed sober tonight.
Slept for a solid 5 hours and have been going since. Today was my nieces birthday and it just passed midnight so it’s officially my bonus kids birthday now! Busy week for sure!
I’m gonna try to get some sleep. Good night friends
Good day spent with my partner while the kids were at school. Went for a swim so I’m nicely tired this evening.
Took the kids to the gym, then dinner and some uno. Kids are currently getting ready for bed and the wife is on nightshift.
Looking foward to watching the new Shogun series on disney. Read the book years ago and I remember being fully engrossed in it.
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