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@Dolse71 Big congrats on 1500 friend. ODAAT 
@Scorpn Quitting smoking is a tough one but you’re doing it. It’s a sign of self love. Keep extending that love for yourself. Slowly but steadily. Big hugs 
Girl why is this person cutting your hair?
Sorry but to read that is shocking me.
Happy you are sober!
Happy birthday beautiful woman 
Please stay safe!
Happy belated Birthday girl 
I’m sorry for what you’re going through I’ve been to narcissistic hell myself.
I waited far too long for that day to come. It came the day he moved out of my life(9 months after breaking up with him 
) Some advice that helped me…read up on narcissism. What they want. How to react(or not react) to them. Anything to give you an upper hand. You don’t have to play their games Please take care of yourself 
Day 3 again, I’ve been trying to drink in a controlled manner for the last few months. I didn’t make it, of course. My problem is not to stop after 1 bottle of wine. Which is of course far too much and I can clearly feel it. But that I have to drink a bottle of wine every day. Like a compulsion. I’m not a binge drinker, but I’m definitely a regular drinker. I also lost track at parties or other events and got really drunk a few times.
There’s light at the end of the dark tunnel.
Hoping you’ll find this thread below helpful.
If you start drinking there’s an opt in thread area called ‘Seeking Help’ to post in if you’re under the influence. You opt in to use it. Others opt in to see it.
Congratulations on your 3 days!!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it:)
Checking in to celebrate my 2 years alcohol free milestone 
You are all amazing people. Never forget that.
Welcome back Joyce. It’s really good to see you. And congrats on reaching day 3, that’s endlessly better than drinking a bottle of wine a day. Which, btw, in the longer run will turn into much more than that. Been there done that. So let’s do this sober thing now. Together
Hey, great job on your 2 years, congrats 
Congratulations 
Amazing work
Sending love to Scotland 
Hormonally not good. This isn’t the thread for that, so I’ll spare you. I’m not in a good mood today and probably for five more days, so I’ll spare you. I’m angry and pissed off today. Angry at myself and the world.
333 days
Good day at work. Busy. Exercise was canceled, the core business got in the way haha.
After work made it to the gym and got some good rounds in.
Thanks @JazzyS for the encouragement. @acromouse thats really interesting and now that you mention it I can definitely relate, thank you.
Congrats on 2 yrs @Maestro . Inspiring
Nice numbers @Seizetheday 
Well done for the 
days milestone 
I’m a little late to the party though.
And you too for the 
months @Tragicfarinelli
Milestones are motivational highlights in our recovery. At least for me.
And 
months for you @tailee17 and a proud husband, love it! 
Well done for the 
days clean @NewBeginning1 And @Dolse71 congratulations with your 
days, great numbers Paul!
That’s difficult @Rookie I truelly hope you have planted a seed by questioning his drinking habits. Hope change is coming. Sorry about the backpain.
Good to hear from you @CaptAZ
Your post worries me @Scorpn Felt your words in my stomage. I think nobody needs a narcistic person in his life. Hope it’s not as bad as it sounds to me 
Happy belated birthday though.
Day 2233 
Not in my best mood lately. Some relation issues between my hubby and me. Our communication is difficult, it has always been our weakness. We love eachother a lot but when there is some kind of irritation it easily grows out of proportions.
We try to work on that, but the both of us are still walking our own circles in this and so we are drifting apart a bit. Also miss our frequently walks because we used it to talk to eachother too and it’s an activaty that bonds us. He is very busy and stressed because of work too so that isn’t helping and my head is in my plaster 
Hope we find our way out without hurting eachother more than we already did.
Tomorrow they will get the plaster off so I can try walking again.
Quick check in on Day 40. Some amazing milestones here, and lots of people struggling. Will check back in later to really catch up properly. Off to my first midwife appointment now, really scared!
Oh, this was me. I then tried another approach, switching to the small bottles, 1/4 l of wine, then back to 0.375l, half a bottle, then 2 of them. 
It took so much energy. Opening a bottle of white wine and putting it back into the fridge or elsewhere. Never worked. Also, slowly reducing only resulted in drinking more in the end. Also put the money I saved into a box when I didn’t drink. Made up rules like: won’t drink when I take the bike to work which was 20k at that time. Problem was that I was perfectly able to ride even badly intoxicated. So much energy invested to control my drinking. To moderate. 
Day 261
I went to gym today and did a light workout. 2 out of 3 doctors I’ve spoken with have said they feel it is ok for me to continue going so long as I don’t lift too heavy. Felt soooo good to be back after a month.
Day 299 AF
Workin’ for a livin’
@Seb This is really great news friend! Every time I cannot workout and move properly my mental health goes down the drain. Really happy for you being able to get back to movement 
@SoberWalker Yeah, this sounds like a tough situation. Your mental health is suffering from the whole foot thing, his from all the stress. It’s difficult then to reach out. Hope this gets better soon.
I am going to share an exercise we recently practiced at couples’ counceling our therapist called Deep Listening. If it does not sound usefull to you, just ditch it.
One block consists of:
We have found this exercise very helpful.
@Tragicfarinelli I feel you friend. Same boat here. Let’s surf the waves as best as we can. Calmer waters will come 
@Maestro Congrats on 2 years. Quite the milestone
@Joyce19 Hey there 
Good to see you here checking in. Connect, reach out. You are taking the right steps!
@Mno Best of luck with your interview. Are you showing off another bike parking facility again?! 
343 sugar
207 UPF
81 gluten
81 dairy
17 distraction-free eating
Another slow day today, although I am feeling less exhausted than yesterday. Did my morning yoga and rowing exercise, send my daughter off to school. She has been working like a mad person on her Halloween costume these last days, the sewing machine is working overtime, and my nerves are also waiting for the weekend to bring some peace 
Today I’ll leave work be, I won’t come up with anything usefull anyways. My heart and mind need a break. I am going to take care of some small stuff, and spend the rest of the day easy going with some reading and contemplating stuff.
Maybe relaxing yoga in the afternoon and I think I could use a Dharma 
meeting in the evening.
Today’s picture is from a summer trip to Malmö last year. I love all the blue in the picture.
Peace and love for life always 
Day 1904
Went for a nice 15 mile hike yesterday I love the lovely colours of autumn 
but I have a problem with the dark evening it really effects my moods but yesterday was a good day and I finished it off with going too my first AA meeting in over a year which I really enjoyed I had gotten out of the way of going to them mostly I need to ask someone to look after my daughter which I hate doing and it’s a big character defect of mine to ask for help for anything
Hope everyone has a good day
