Day 982
Morning 
Today is a snowy day here in Alberta. Im actually quite liking it. The snow makes everything so pretty!
My son and I are home together today. Honestly he probably couldve gone to school. Hes acting super hyper right now lol but i wanted to be on the safe side and make sure he was well enough. Today will be a cleaning and organizing day. Thats really about it. Maybe we will head out to the dollar store and Tim Hortons for a coffee. Hope everyone had a good day!
Day 2546.
I miss working in non profits. I’ve been at a private medical practice for a few months now and I love the job and practice, but I also am reminded how much of the world views addiction.
As my past is no longer relevant to my job I don’t really talk about and today I was validated in doing so when I overheard two employees making fun of someone who is struggling with drug use. Just a really stark reminder of how the world will probably always view me.
It’s amazing what people will say when they think no one is listening.
I agree man. I hear it alot in the hospital, but then sometimes ill see those same people say oh dont bully or pick on others its not ok. Oh you mean unless their an addict then its ok? Crazy
Amen to that 
Day 30 AF
This is the easy part for me. Troubles wait somewhere in the future, 3+ months away when I forget how I felt like after drinking.
Day 235
Busy morning of early voting, packing, car stuff and a 10000 step fast walk with my neighbor. I need some cool water and a break. Getting pretty hot again but by this time tomorrow I’ll be approaching the state line. Can’t wait! Need to find my gloves 
So happy I don’t drink anymore. Life is opening up as I meet more and more people. What a tiny world I used to live in.
Have a good day
Congratulations on 30 days!! Great work! And great self awareness also! Now that u know that u may forget how bad things were, u can prepare urself for that. I found writing how bad things were very helpful. I used to read it everytime id have a craving to remind me what the condequences were of using/drinking. Keep going odaat 
@Raspberry good going! Congratulations on your 30 days. Getting complacent is the biggest threat to me as well. I’m a forgetter. Lots of us are. Who wants to remember the pain, it sucks! So our brains are trying to ‘protect’ us and make us happier by forgetting. But we can’t. And for me there was no amount of sober time that was enough. I tossed six years away because I thought that…oh, maybe it wasn’t that bad. It IS THAT BAD. Never forget. Yeah, I think it gets easier over time, and the thoughts are increasingly rare, but I will never be cured. It’s ok! I don’t mind the company 
Congrats on 30 days friend. It’s one of the reasons I’m still here. The title of the thread says it all right.
@Butterflymoonwoman I actually wrote things down last time I decided to get sober. And deleted that writing when I “succesfully” moderated. Now I’m a little bit wiser I hope. I might write updated version how this story always goes. Only fools repeat the same thing and except a different outcome. I don’t want to be a fool anymore. 
@Lighter you are so right that no amount of sober time is enough. The outcome is always the same and it gets worse with repeats.
@Mno that’s why I’m trying to build a habit coming here daily. I don’t write every day but I do read what others have to say. I haven’t been here for long but this place has positive and encouraging vibe. I believe this community can make it easier to succeed being sober.
Congrats on 30 days! Totally with you on the earlier days being the easiest and getting harder the further away you get from drinking!
Checking in day 17. Pretty non eventful day today. Had a little bit of good news about something I was worried about from when I was last drinking. It’s fairly minor in the grand scheme of things but still could have been much worse, so I am very thankful for that 
@Pamela I hope this place helps us when time goes by and one starts to question what one drink could hurt.
Day 1102 AF
TW: Cigs
Wud up, gang.
I had a vivid dream about my childhood apartments. It was nighttime and hanging out with an old friend smoking cigarettes. Felt so real. It felt good smoking the cig. Kinda weird because I was never a fan of cigarettes. I’d only buy them when I was drunk. Smoke one and then trash the pack the morning after. Can’t remember the last time I had one.
Anyway, I came to urgent care due to abdominal pain. Got sent to the ER for labs. I’ve been here all morning. Smh. I started having drinking thoughts. Like drinking a cold tall can to relief this pain. My lower back is still busted, my knee is fucking with me, and my TMJ symptoms don’t improve. I know I’m not going to, but just a though atm. Gonna grab something to eat once (if) I make it outta this b.
I hope everyone’s doing well. Stay strong. ODAAT
Day 4. I feel today unsettled and nervous.
Thank you!! It’s great to see you again
Day 238. I have been a bit tired and sluggish today. I made my AA Meeting and met with Sponsor today. I believe I am onto Step 6. I am really working on self awareness and how I react to negativity thrust upon me. Today I lost my shield. I must have dropped it somewhere yesterday when I didn’t need it. It was so nice to not have a thought of needing protection for the day. That was yesterday and I am in today. H A L T ! I think I am TIRED and maybe a tiny bit LONELY. I have realized in sobriety loneliness does lessen. Take good care of YOU my sober friends.