Thanks Jazzy, I hope you are feeling better physically as well 
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Thanks 
wise words spoken 
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Thanks friend. You take it easy on pushing too hard. Enjoy easing into your physical health. One step at a time 
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The time difference always gets me 
Current time here 20:40
Tai Chi is just as good as walking or anything else in my opinion. I do a small yoga session every evening. My 12 y/o have joined the past few days. Today he nearly climbed on the walls because everything was just ātoo slowā for him. 
Hope you feel better soon and can start to get moving in the way you wish.
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appreciate you @Tragicfarinelli i am working on getting myself back to a happy normal
LOL ā yuppers ā One step at a time. Thanks @Chevy55 i am grateful to be listening to my body and not doing more than i can as i am very scared of going backwards at this point.
LOL @MrsOdh climbing the walls cause its so slow ā this was me - always wanted to try Tai Chi but thought it was so dang slow and now its working out well for me. Weird how things change over time. Thank you Sophia - each day is dedicated to healing and getting better.
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Checking in day 101 AF
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Body flexibility is the best thing you can ever gift yourself. It oxygenises the body and bones and will see you in good stead forever. Iām a convertā¦..
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Six weeks and Iām really happy but still raw. Iām a newbie until I get to a year sober. The memories of March 1st are starting to fade. Iām feeling so much better. But the real good stuff is ahead. The problem I have is with the forgetting. After months or years pass, I canāt seem to conjure up recollections of drinking episodes with any force or with enough disgust. I feel good and think it would makes things even better. But sobriety is responsible for all that good.
I have been sober six years, three years, a couple two year stints and many of the smaller change stretches. After all that Iām lucky to be here, to get yet another chance. I can feel like a failure, or I can draw on those times for help with living sober. Iāve done everything sober. I have a lot of financial security because of those sober times. Thereās a disconnect, though, with the forgetting of all the pain. Forgetting why I am feeling better and having a good life. I feel like I need to be in a recovery group long-term, maybe always. And thatās not such a crap thing. Thereās actually some super cool people in recovery. And smart, kind and funnyāa lot more fun than the bar people.
Thanks for listening. I donāt know what set me off 
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End of day 28. Busy day at work followed by drinks with colleagues.
I had lunch with a friend and being sober was easy. We both have jobs which mean that lunchtime drinking is ill advised anyway, but I didnāt want to drink whereas previously I would have wanted to.
Drinks after work was ok. The sun was out and everyone except me was drinking. It was my first sober ādrinking eventā - I.e. the point is to be drinking, itās a bar after all of this sobriety stint. I enjoyed the conversation, jokes, laughs and all.
Weirdly the not drinking only hit me as I got to the station on the way home. There were two guys in their 20s, sitting outside in the sun drinking beer. I was suddenly jealous of them, and sad that I wasnāt doing the same. As I drove home I wondered why, was it the alcohol I was missing? I would have always in the past thought it was. But I realised that I was missing the time in my life when I was young, carefree, had no responsibilities and could hang out with my buddies all evening without a care in the world. THAT was what I was jealous of. Donāt get me wrong, Iām a lucky guy and have a great life (other than my addiction). Trauma in my past, sure, but most people do. BUT to be 25 again and not have a business to run, family to provide for, house to look afterā¦ to be able to sit in the sun and chat. I was jealous of that. The stresses of life - that was what I drank to get away from. Iāve got to find a way to relax from them. Maybe itās time I gave yoga a go!
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No gym, hike nor bike today brother. As a matter of fact, it was even a nice day and I sat on me arse for the most of itā¦
That all said, I do dig your vibe my friendā¦ keep speaking the gospel my man!!
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chilling watching fallout tv show on prime
When to chronic pancreatitis clinc other day got to have a new NJ feeding tube fitted 
same time as when they do the endoscopy thankfully asleep 
Apparently not much at all left of my pancreas so I said whip it out then 
to my consultant he said you donāt want make would create more problems
I said to him if itās gone why do much pain he said with chronic pancreatitis it fucks up all the nerves in that area apparently
Will have to stay in a bloody week to make sure donāt get refeeding syndrome the joy hate hospital
Happy sober Thursday everyone
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Always can do that my friend. I met a friend for coffee, after a bit the noise inside started getting to him (PTSD), so we went outside and sat on the lawn chatting for another half an hour in the beautiful sunshine.
And drinks at a bar isnāt necessary either. My sons in university and he meets friends at a coupe local places and he said half of them just have soda or waterā¦ servers donāt care as long as thereās a tip for running ya your drinksā¦ lol.
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Lovely share, Kenny, thanks! I love your positive vibes here!
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Day 453.
Checking in sober. Love you guys
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Tomorrow will mark a week sober! Unpopular opinion, but man, I LOVE crying. Iām sure a lot of you can relate though in sobriety all those feelings that are suppressed finally coming out. It is so cleansing. Iāve always had a hard time with not crying enough and thatās probably because Iāve always been under the influence of something. It made me so deeply numb. I just blasted the song homecoming queen By Kelsea ballerini and it always makes me feel like I am singing to my younger self and lots of tears were shed. 
much needed release. Just went on a drive, my dad paid a friend of him and his girlfriends to come and do a deep clean of my tiny home because I asked if she could so I picked everything up off the floor and stuff to make it easier so Iām excited for an actual deeper cleaning to be done. Just spending some time alone in my car now and letting myself feel the feels while the rain falls and watching the cows. Very relaxing. Going to shower after this and get comfy and rest, I am still in the heavily exhausted part of recovery. From what I remember itās intense in the first week, still there a bit in the second and then gets better by the third? Hope everyone has a peaceful sober day as well. š«¶š»
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Very fair point mate. It just takes a while to deconstruct all those experiences which involved alcohol in your head you know? Making new memories one experience at a time. Iām glad for your son, I hope mine grows up sober or at least does not go off the deep end like I did!
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Yeah, Iāve been still quashing them all down I suspect.
Yeah, not sure how the booze skipped him. Even played hockey for past 15 years and sported the C aptain and A ssitant many of those years. Never bought into the beer culture that much amongst hockey boys.
He always had his head in his shoulders right. Works two jobs, full time student, has a car and his own apartmentā¦ heās doing well
His best friend signed in the NHL a couple
Years backā¦. Guess he had a good friend group alsoā¦
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Hey Elisabeth. It does feel good, and is habit-forming 
Things donāt feel quite right until I make it official. And the community aspect of it makes a huge difference to me. Glad youāre here!
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Checking in, Iāve had to reset due to intense emotional pain and made a stupid decision.
So one day for me.
I hope you all have a good day, Iām feeling very remorseful. 
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Iām so glad you came back right away. We do this together; no need to suffer alone. 
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