Beautiful post. It’s so healing to be outdoors.
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Congratulations 
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4 months is great! Keep going!
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Feeling miserable today and tonight with lots of self-doubt and anxiety. I wonder if I might be getting sick, or if it is just stress symptoms I am feeling. I am waiting for my sponsor to call me back. She can almost always make me feel better. I won’t be able to get my walk in tonight since I got home from work late and don’t feel up to it. Thank goodness tomorrow will be a new day.
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Late evening check in.
Put my daughter to bed an hour ago, and I am procrastinating cleaning the pile of mess in the kitchen. Can’t put it off til the morning.
Up til a couple of years ago I’d be on beer # 3 by now.
I may be exhausted and a bit cranky, but at least I’m sober and present.
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Checking in at the end of day 31.
@CATMANCAM @SoberWalker @JazzyS thank you for celebrating my 30 days with me💕
Well, the salesman has found his way into my dreams. Need to retrain the guard to my subconscious. No salesmen allowed…period! Let’s hope I have better dreams tonight.
Have a good night everyone.
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Quick check in before work. Summer’s not happening so far (even if the pic says otherwise). I caught a bit of a cold it seems. It’ll be OK. I’ll be OK. Just going to keep going one day at time. As I expect you all to do friends. Have as good a day as you can all. Sober and clean. Much love from my commute.
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I tried finishing the last 20 minutes of a show last night but ended up falling asleep on the couch again. Only for an hour, then 9 hours in my bed 
I even took an afternoon nap! I’m glad I did bc my usual boring Tuesday was actually pretty crazy, and I was training on top of it which wasn’t ideal. I felt kinda bad bc I was moving so fast I wasn’t able to explain every little thing I was doing, but I’m sure she absorbed some of it. Work again in the morning and then the rest of the afternoon and Thursday off. It’s gotten to the point where I count 1/2 days off bc at least it’s some time away. Hoping to get some housework done but who knows 
It’ll still be there if I don’t. Better get to bed 
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@Just_Laura Hope you‘ll have some time for self care soon 
@Mno Yeah, this weather is not conducive to great health friend. I hope you get well soon. And your photos are making me very excited for my trip next week to Rotterdam. Bikes!
@Jeanine Congrats on a whole month! You are rockin it! 
I really love your salesman metaphor. I think I’ll nick it for my self talk. And using dreams are weird.
@PositiveThoughts I‘m glad we get to get know the cranky side of you instead of the drunk one 
@Kareness I‘m sorry you are not feeling well. I hope your sponsor can help you get things sorted out. Tomorrow will be a new day for sure 
@Mira_D Sometimes it‘s good to remember that our brain chemistry needs to rebalance itself. And after a very good time it might need to tone the mood a bit down to feel normal again. Sensitive people can feel slightly off then. Anyways: I‘m sure a better day will come your way soon.
@JazzyS I am absolutely positive accounting is a great antidote to too much excitement 
Maybe I should schedule this kind of stuff to after rollercoaster rides or upsetting arguments next time 
@RosaCanDo Oh this flower looks so luxuriously beautiful. Living in central europe with a very different climate I really love when people share their different worlds. Thanks for your share.
@Seb FOUR months! This is huge! Congrats friend On for more, shaky or not, but never alone.
@Lighter The adventure of life. We crave it and than we go on searching for it in the wrong places. We are very strange beings, us humans. Thanks for sharing yours with us.
203 sugar
67 UPF
74 gluten
53 dairy
15 overeating
My anxiety is usually highest at night and in the morning. Meaning right now when I am writing this check-in. Apparently this is the way with mood swings in perimenopause. I just have to remind myself that this will pass, and my mood will improve throughout the day. The prove is always in the gratitude thread where I write in the evening, relaxed and at peace most of the time.
My daughter is feeling better although still a bit shaky, so in order to boost morale I‘ll accompany her to school today. I hope this will do the trick.
For me I‘ll have to head back home quickly as our cleaning help will arrive soon. She has been on a longer vacation and I am looking forward to her tales about her trip to Italy.
My brother‘s birthday is today. We are so different. I don‘t think there will be a party, but at least congratulations are in order.
More work on my prototype today. I am very excited about that and am hoping to finish this phase of paper prototyping this week before I go on my trip to Rotterdam, so I‘ll be able to start with digital prototypes the week after. Things are taking shape nicely and I really like where I am going.
A walk to the gardener in the afternoon. I want to plant a new clematis on my balcony. The last one was destroyed by some fungus last year. I really love the flowers. A yoga session, maybe a Recovery Dharma meeting in the evening. That‘s about it.
So that‘s where I am headed today: towards peace, kindness and freedom 
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193 days
Still sick today but I slept better last night. Finally had a day where I didn’t have to leave the house for anything. Think the kids will be well enough for school tomorrow and the wife will be at work so I’ll be back to running around during the day.
Missing the gym, should be there at the moment.
Was going to look at sorting a few issues with my bike tomorrow so I could get some rides in but looks like we’ve got a storm coming for a few days so I won’t have a chance to ride.
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Lol, here too Sis! 
Keep rocking 
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Day 354.f@n frustrated today.
My kids (who are doing well) have their summers planned and seeing me isn’t in it sadly… I try hard to be yay… Great… Have a fab holiday. But I feel right fed up.
First time I have felt properly like f@k it. Get the wine out… I won’t but it’s a stronh feeling of generally just f@ck it todaym
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Day 16 
Have a great day everyone 
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@KarenKW Welcome back, Karen! It’s great to see you checking in and that you’re still fighting for your recovery. Keep at it, you can do this.
Day 515
So tomorrow I’m departing my little island paradise and I’m a bit sad. This morning I was so determined to do a workout despite the weather that I ended up soaking wet. It was actually quite refreshing and my trainers and yoga mat have never been cleaner 
We’re also forced to take a taxi off the island again, which is bad for the purse but we couldn’t come up with an alternative. The ferry changed their rules and we would have had to buy a carrier cage for the dog. Only problem, he’s too big to fit into one meeting the ferry company’s size requirements and shoving him into a small cerate would be downright cruelty and risk injuring his spine. So… we have to swallow the cost. It is what it is.
On the bright side, this is the kick up the arse I needed to get my licenced sorted and start driving again. All I need to do is renew my licence and get a bit of practice. Renting a car to drive it on and off the island would cost a fraction of the taxi and that’s what we’re doing next year. Plus, the option of driving would open up travel destinations we couldn’t previously get to by train.
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Day 159 AF
Hope all are well. Keep fighting the good fight!
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Good day my friends, just want to say let warm and loving light shine in your life, we all deserve it 
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Hey all, checking in on day 1459. I hope everybody has a good one!
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@Kareness big hugs my friend. Hope that the sponsor did contact you last night and that you are feeling better. Glad you listened to you are listening to your body and trying to figure out - address the symptoms. Here if you need 
@Jeanine I do hope you were able to enjoy a nice sleep with no salesman bullshit.
@acromouse lol you are right about accounting. Hope your daughter is doing better today. Post a pic of your new plant when you get it potted.
@timetochange I’m sorry friend. I know it’s been a challenge with the kids. They are at least on talking terms again and I think with time you will get your relationship back. Also at that age I tried to spend all my free time away from my parents as it was my taste of freedom so I wouldn’t read too much into it. Wine will not solve a damn thing. Stay strong and keep pushing forward 
Checking in on Wednesday morning
Up and somewhat eager to start the day. Heading out for my morning walk. Trying to get out before my mind convinces me to go back to sleep 
coffee is almost ready so I think I’m safe.
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day… sending you all so much love
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Thanks for the thoughts. My diary is clear so I’m taking the afternoon off and will grab some time outside.
I think i was the same with my parents, I never realised how much they wanted they valued seeing me till recently
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