Checking in daily to maintain focus #64

Thanks friend. So sweet of you to say. :people_hugging:

The counter is found when you back out of the community portion of the appā€¦top left arrow. You should then see it on your appsain screen.

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I guess the question here would be are you using the website to access Talking Sober or do you access it through the Sober time app? The latter is a sobriety counter that has a link to this community. If you donā€™t have the app on your phone then you can download it and should be able to login to your account through there and set your timers on the app as well.

P.S. Good to see you around!

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Donā€™t feel like working too much but Iā€™ll make do. Just like I got out of bed right now. And Iā€™m sober and clean. Tomorrow Iā€™m off and the weather looks promising. I got a job I mostly like, a roof over my head, food on my plate. Things could be so much worse. Have as good a day as you all can friends. Clean and sober. I will. Love from outside Many Farms (DĆ”Ź¼Ć”kŹ¼eh HalĆ”nĆ­) Az. Magic place we visited in 2018.

@Zse Huge congrats on reaching triple digits! Thatā€™s big!
@Caitilynn1510 Welcome to Talking Sober, welcome to this thread in particular and very welcome to sobriety Caitlyn! Hoping this place can be as beneficial to you as it has been to me. Wishing you all success :people_hugging:

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Ugh. Idk if Iā€™m sore from cleaning yesterday, the chiropractor, or this up down weather, but I feel old today.

My daughterā€™s had this cough that I thought was residual after being sick a couple weeks ago, but itā€™s gotten worse. Now her nose is super stuffed and she says her throat hurts and sheā€™s achy, but no fever. I think she needs an antibiotic, which made me realize she never has before. Iā€™m grateful for that.

My mom was a nurse so weā€™d be at the doctorā€™s after the first cough. I remember that brown bottle of delicious pink medicine always being in the fridge for either me or my brother. We were constantly sick compared to how my daughterā€™s been. When I moved out and didnā€™t have insurance, I suffered thru so many sicknesses without healthcare. It subsided after a few years and I havenā€™t needed an antibiotic ever since (besides dental and surgery).

Great story huh? :sweat_smile: :+1: Yeah, idk. Thatā€™s just where my thoughts are today. She probably wonā€™t go to school tomorrow depending on how she seems in the morning. Hope the office can get me in quickly if need really be. Take care everyone :heart:

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@Just_Laura Speedy recovery for your daughter :mending_heart:
@Caitilynn1510 Welcome to this place full of miracles. Letā€™s do this together. If itā€™s tough, share. If itā€™s good, share. :pray:t2:
@Rookie Congrats on 30days friend :partying_face::clap:t2::sunglasses:
@Lotusflower However your future may be, you are right now doing the very best thing for it you could: staying sober, working on your recovery :clap:t2::muscle:t2::sunglasses:
@Justjan You are doing great, almost 10 days :clap:t2:. The worst should be over soon. What can you do, to make your situation a little more comfortable? Something nice for yourself :mending_heart:
@Tomek If this helps: You are not doing this alone. Youā€™ve got us for all kinds of support. When things get tough: reach out for help. This way you multiply your strength :people_hugging:
@Butterflymoonwoman Nice profile pic :smiling_face: Glad youā€™re feeling better. Keep rockin that sobriety :muscle:t2::sunglasses:
@NewBeginning1 You made it to day 3. This is great :+1:t2: :blush:
@Lighter Good thinking on preparing for the shop. Preparation always makes me feel stronger.

Tell me if you come to a conclusion on this one :cheese::mouse_trap::wink: And for the showing off part: girls are no different.

112 sugar
10 UPF
5 overeating/binge

Iā€™m especially proud of the 5days overeating milestone. This makes me very happy :blush:

Goals for today: keeping food journal, mindfulness practice while eating, practicing HALT through the day. Listening to my body over my frantic mind.

Today Iā€™m going to work more on game analysis, take a walk, do yoga, have a chat with my mother, send my daughter off to ballet and whatever comes keep my practice.

Peace, love, and freedom to yā€™all :peace_symbol::people_hugging::dove:

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Somewhat belated congratulations @SoberWalker
What a number of days.
Thank you for being here an letting us be part of your journey.
Keep on keeping on my friend :bouquet::heart::wave:

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Checking in on my 500th day AF.

Itā€™s such a great milestone to reach - there were times I never thought Iā€™d get here.

Like everyone else on this here portal, every day can be a struggle for different reasons. Iā€™m glad to have you all in my support network.

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Day 247

I donā€™t check in here as often as I should. But just need to put this down somewhere.
I was a hospitality guest at the football last night. It was lovely, 3 course meal / questionable football :wink: But very boozy. I was comfortable in my sobriety, if anything I found the smell of alcohol incredibly unappealing. But I realised I didnā€™t feel particularly comfortable around people that were tipsy. Noone was that drunk and certainly no one was unpleasant towards me, I just didnā€™t like it. I didnā€™t like talking with people that werenā€™t fully present :woman_shrugging: I was glad to go to bed sober.
Last night I dreamt that I was drinking and even in my dream I was disappointed and confused how this had happened. Pleased to wake up fresh, if a little unsettled by it.
Hope you all have a lovely day X

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@Butterflymoonwoman I hope your son is feeling better soon šŸ©µ
@JazzyS thank you Jasmine :blush: šŸ©µ what an amazing badge to get :clap:t2:
@Smootie8220 congrats on triple digits :100: :tada:
@Mno indeed, it felt like a brain cell woke up! :grin:
@Mischa84 yay for Dutch lessons :grinning: I would not have been impressed if I had a child and received that text, I think your response was very polite. I hope you got out for your run :running_woman:
@Charlie_C welcome back :people_hugging::blush:
@dzmm welcome :blush: congrats on 4 days :tada:
@Pattycake congrats on 8 months :tada:
@Lighter congrats on surviving the store :clap:t2: :tada:
@Zse congrats on triple digits :100: :tada:

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@ladybug1974 welcome :blush: congrats on 41 days :tada:
@Justjan welcome :blush: congrats on day 9 :tada:
@Rookie congrats on 30 days :tada: enjoy the tournament :golf:
@Caitilynn1510 welcome :blush: congrats on day 1 :tada:
@Just_Laura I hope your daughter gets well soon šŸ©µ
@acromouse congrats on double digits for no UPFs :tada:
@Maestro congrats on 500 days :tada:
@@Louloubelle I can relate to this. Happy you woke up sober though :raised_hands:t2:šŸ©µ

1310 days no alcohol.
775 days no cocaine.
290 days no vape.
35 days no binge-eating.

Checking-in with yesterdayā€™s numbersā€¦

Was awake early, did some reading and then my morning routine.

Did the decluttering and hoarding disorder course, it gave me a couple of ideas to try, and seeing some before and after photos of one of the facilitatorā€™s real life experience of it was quite inspiring.

Also did the mindfulness exercises session, but couldnā€™t relax or focus so it didnā€™t have itā€™s intended effect yesterday, but thatā€™s okay.

This morning I have an Asthma review appointment at my doctors, so Iā€™ll be driving there and back.

Then I am going to try to do some decluttering if I can face even just 15mins of it.

šŸ©µ

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Congratulations on your 10 months @Noshame thatā€™s awesome. Itā€™s great watching you grow here.
Be proud of yourself. Youā€™re doing a great job.
Keep on going strong :muscle::pray:

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Iā€™m here, Iā€™m alive and Iā€™m sober.
Day 14.

Itā€™s a gray rainy sky outside. Havenā€™t start to rain yet, but itā€™ll come. It did rain a little bit last night.

I usually donā€™t like rain, Iā€™m more for the sunny days. But today feels cozy. So itā€™s welcome.

Did some more yard work yesterday, just to realize that we probably need help to dig and fix the border to our yard. So weā€™re going to start and look for a company that can help.

Asked the boys what they wanted to do during spring/Easter break. They wanted to go to Daftƶ (The Pirate theme park) The theme park isnā€™t open yet, they only had a few activities and only for kids under 12. The Price was also outrageous so we wonā€™t go.
Told them why we couldnā€™t go and asked them if there was something else they wanted to do.

The 14 y/o wants to go to a war Museum and the 12 y/o wanted to visit an indoor playground. So instead of one activitie we now have at least two. Looking forward to that and will do some planning today.

Love being back here. Iā€™ve missed you guys, a lot. :heart:

Besides that, nothing to report.

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Nice numbers Marty! Congratulations! :confetti_ball:
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Day 263. Worked 8-7 yesterday and today I think looks rammed from 8-5ā€¦ Tomoro I think itā€™s another 8-7. Trying to clear things before I go on annual leave later next week

I am tho off this friday. I canā€™t wait

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Beautiful picture Menno! :star_struck:

*Day 2002 :walking_woman:
Quick check in, all is well.
No cravings, just life being busy and working hard on multiple levels. Spring is coming so my mood is heading a better direction.


The storks are back on their nest and I loved hearing their clapping sound. Spring is life! :seedling:
And Iā€™m enjoying it sober so I can absorb it all :hugs:
Have a good day ore night all TS people :raising_hand_woman:

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So excited to be celebrating this milestone with you Marty :tada::tada::confetti_ball:
Congratulations on all your hard work this far and for the strength to keep pushing forward :muscle:t4:
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Day 1.
I am trying to go for 1 week sober.

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:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: kids are wild with what they come up with.
My girls come up with this type of nonsense all the time, its so good :joy::joy:

@Maestro congrats on 500 from one Marty to another

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102 days
Another big day of training at work. Did some good scenario based training and got some good feedback at the end from the lead instructor (I was assisting as part of my trainer progression). This is an opportunity that likely would have come along eventually but being sober I feel I was far better prepared and in a better mental space to get stuck in despite the call up to assist being short notice.
After work was home to the kids, and the wife just got home from her shift. Will sleep well tonight

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Thanks happyfeet

I absolutely love watching everyone grow here also :slight_smile:

I still have a lot of work to do :slight_smile:

But right now ill just be in the moment
I have the day off today. Meditation and being in the moment is where its at

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