Oh! Happy Birthday 
I was wondering where your sunset picture was taken 
Enjoy your trip!
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Busy night at work, but still got a bit of downtime in the middle of the shift. Went to the gym with the family. Bit of an early mothers day family day as the wife is working tomorrow on actual mothers day.
Went out for bubble tea and got some stuff for dinner. Went and did a bit of netball practice with the kids then home to have them help me cook lasagna for dinner.
Usually weāre too busy to have them help with dinner.
@JazzyS and @K_S didnāt take much convincing for me to skip o/t at work 
Youāre right time passes quickly with kids and its time you canāt get back. Im lucky with my shift pattern that i get a lot of time with the kids, but i do miss some things being on kights and weekends sometimes.
Today was a great day
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Iām here, Iām alive, Iām sober and Iām happy.
Day 73
Weather looks nice today, which means yard work.
I have counted out our former gardener who promised to come and help us weeks ago.
He has neither contacted us or come by to help.
So Iāll do it myself.
Itās sad that everyone turn to us and contacts us for help, but even when we ask for it no one cares to help us back.
Iām som tired of it, our local mechanic guy who weāve helped a lot this season was supposed to fix our car weeks ago as well. Nothing he Only calls when he needs help.
Iāve fixed the major issues like the central loco myself (well I disconnected it because it kept locking and locking up constantly)
So when he called yesterday and wanted to borrow out bbq smoker I told him that he can rent it if he wants to. And that heās welcome to buy the wood chips and lightning cubes that comes with it. I also told him that if he use lighter fluid he will wreck it and heāll be required to but a new one.
He got a little mad but agreed, and will come and get it later today.
My husband thinks that Iām too cranky about it. But I donāt care. Iāve had enough of being a sweet people pleaser.
I also got full blown Karen on the Old western theme park yesterday. Theyāve changed their price range since last year. Especially on the good Menys. A lot of things are gone, like the pancake buffet the gluten free fried fish, and the cheap chilli and nachos plate.
They now charging 100 sek for two thin Swedish pancakes. Nothing included. And have changed their prices so every item is between 20-50 sek more expensive. Drinks are raised by 15 sek.
The Menys from last year is still on download on their home page, with a ādonāt use thisā tag. So I downloaded it all and call them out on it on social media.
And asked of theyāre planning to loose all their visitors since all they do is making it worse and more expensive for every year. I also encouraged people to bring their own food.
Hopefully they wonāt ban me from the park 
I got so many responses from people who where really disappointed on last year already. People who used to spend every summer the last 20 years in that park. And wonāt ever come back.
Seems to be a trend that when the founder dies and the kids takes over, they turn everything to a cash grab.
Well thatās enough Karen for today Folkās.
Have a nice Saturday 
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@MrFantastik Nice to hear you are having a good time with your kids. They will cherish all the times you spend with them when they grow up.
@Just_Laura Have fun at the tea party 
@Tragicfarinelli Happy Birthday! I hope you are enjoying your time at the seaside 
@SoberWalker I am so very sorry to hear about your friend 
I hope you have a good mix of distractions and comfort today. Thanks for the picture!
@GOKU2019 I hope the situation with your wife clears up soon. We tend to overthink these kinds of things.
@HoofHearted So many anniversaries at the same time. Thank you for sharing your feelings and those comforting words with us. 
@Lighter Wow, what an experience. Thanks for sharing. It can be very eye opening to spend time with people under the influence and see their distorted and unpleasant behaviours. I hope you get to spend a nice time with sober people again soon.
@K_S You do have your hands full with the kids, animals, and whatnot. Sounds like they are keeping you busy in a good way 
Hope you have also time for self care here and there. Still sending prayers for your mom in law.
@Soberbilly May I ask what that challenge is you are currently doing? It sounds very interesting. And good luck with your job application.
@Chevy55 Thatās some serious work hours. Where do you get all the energy from? 
171 sugar
35 UPF
42 gluten
21 dairy
8 overeating/binge
Last day of my festival here in Berlin. I hope I can go to the festival grounds for a short time today. I will definitely follow the talks on twitch. Iām still not well, headache, tummy ache, nausea, not up to doing anything besides being in bed.
I need to prepare for tomorrowās trip back home, check my food supplies, pack everything.
I am very glad I came here to Berlin if only to enjoy a bit of the festival atmosphere and this experience to be in between worlds. Added to that I am experiencing my own resilience in a situation of adversity. This is always good. I also am sad I could not attend most of the festival myself. But thatās life with all its ups and downs. Itās all good.
I want to do some game design studies and work on the design of my current game today as well.
I wish you all a day of peace, kindness and freedom 
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Iām feeling rough today. I didnāt really sleep much and had a panic attack this morning after waking from a bad nightmare. My friend and I decided it is best if we relax on the mountain today and wait till tomorrow before coming down. I hate feeling this way. Although in a way am glad Iām up here and not at home right now. Being in the mountains usually calms me and it has some today but I just feel wrecked.
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Thatās a nice thought. Lots going on in your life and heart. Always hard on the anniversaries ā¦ and the firsts, and seconds, itās hard. Thinking of you.
I remember when she passed ā¦ ā¦
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54 days. Motherās day tomorrow so after we we went to the zoo we stopped by the shops and got some presents for mum.
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Good morning guys!
Its 9:44am here and im feeling so motivated, ive never got so much done in my life, feeling very positive!
Sending tons of 
and support to all you 
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Day 322. Glorious sunshine outside. Been up since 6.30 washed both cars and watered the plants. Have a fab day folks. We have a family do in my wifeās side todayā¦ Which will be good but it just makes me feel very aware that Iām still not seeing my kids.
Focus on whatās good tho I guess
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Hey all, checking in on day 1427. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Sobriety my friend. Sobriety.
I can only imagine what I would have done had I lived the past 40 years sober.
I have so much energy, drive, interest, ambition itās absolutely insane.
This life has improved so much (and it was pretty decent before) since I found this new way of living.
Day 127 AF,
Up at 6am (slept in a bit and it was amazing), but plans today to tackle some items, but mostly right now I just wanna hit the gym.
Have an amazing day sober brothers and sisters
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Happy Birthday, @Tragicfarinelli !
Have a fabulous day and just as much the year to come! Best wishes to you!
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We saw it here too. I donāt read the news, I didnāt photograph because weāve got northern light here from time to time.
Never realized that this one was a special one because of the solar flare.Until this morning when my brother told me
I think itās cool that something we checked out and barley sent a though more than āOh itās pretty today as wellā amazed people all over the world.
A part of me also want to think it was a regard from my Father. He loved purple and wouldāve turned 70 yesterday if he was still alive. For his 60 th birthday we filled the sky with purple fireworks (my husband used to be a pyrotechnician) and some friends to me and my sister had a fire shown for him. He never stopped talking about that.
This picture (from our village) made it to the local newspaper this morning.
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Had nearly 200. Now back on day 2. I knew it was coming and honestly I planned it. Iām pretty low today but as Iāve unfortunately been in this place so often Iām getting through it.
I remember being here over Christmas and being so happy and even a little smug I was sober, I feel sad now being here the one that is returning with my tail between my legs.
Iāll come back from this.
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Thatās shit Dave! Sorry to hear.
Out of interest, was it worth it? Did you have a blast? Did you wake up next day and get right back up and at it, or did you have to drag yourself through the day?
I ask as I am interested in your answer truthfully, and would you do again? What do you enjoy more, letting go and falling back into old comfortable habits or putting in the work and focus on living a sober life?
Best wishes you can get back to what makes you happy.
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Day 322. Second check in. Since my divorce I had to start again with my mortgage, so Iāve got. It till Iām 74 which if Iām honest is really blo@y hard to swallow at times. I know itās a privilege to house own and all that. But Iāve worked full time for 30 years already with another 18 to go to pay for the mortgage
Not sure what Iām saying. Just frustrated
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I stumbled, I fell and I
am back up. Day 2. It was only a drink but that was one too many. Last night was a struggle with some friends over and one friend got really drunk. She wanted to hang out and I politely told her she needed to leave with her husband. Other than that it was a great day, lots of love from the pups. Woke sober and feeling good. Have a great day. praying 
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Youāre doing so well 
Congratulations on your 1yr alcohol free!! 
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Iām checking in, 4 days down today. As each day goes by Iām feeling better and stronger.
Have a great day 
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Iāve been a wreck all day. Had 2 panic attacks and my anxiety has been real bad. I just canāt get these memories out of my head today. And am afraid I will start having flashbacks againā¦that hasnāt happened in several years not since I moved here. Iāve not done much todayā¦went on a short hike with my friend and read for a while. But Iām too distracted and tired. Iāll see how I feel tomorrowā¦might end up staying another day on the mountain before hiking home. My friend keeps saying there is no rush to go home and we can stay up here as long as I need. I hate feeling this way.
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