Happy birthday! Enjoy your sobriety!
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Day 781. I am very happy, and still being astonished for my sobriety.
Honestly, being aware of my alcoholic illness, and putting the remedy by do not drink, is probably the best thing I have done in life.
Yes, it is an illness and we do not deserve it. We deserve a happy life!
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Day 239
Good morning! Iām all messed up from the time zone change so I was up at 3. Weather is ideal and my little yellow lab charge has been good so far, except for picking up all and sundry in her mouth like a typical toddler dogā¦haha. Random unknown berries- yikes donāt eat those! 
Iāve been woozy from the altitude but itās starting to improve. Need to drink more water. Not a thought of a drink! Thatās so good. 
Going for a long walk once the sun is up. Itās chilly so Iāll dig out my down jacket. Everything is so different here- itās comforting. Thereās an excellent neighborhood diner down the street where I can get my enchilada fix.
See you later on
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@Laner Sounds like you guys are onto something. No dogs, no cats, no pest control.
@Juli1 If your weekdays are very high in energy, and your weekends are very low, this might mean that your system is trying to rebalance.
@mxelle The fear-addiction connection does make sense to me. I know I am tempted to use when things are not going the way I want them to, or I donāt want to experience some discomfort or pain. Both are always connected with all kinds of fears. Glad to hear you got through the day without using.
339 sugar
203 UPF
77 gluten
77 dairy
13 distraction-free eating
Day has already been quite full. Did grocieries, some nuisances along the way. My daughter is off with a friend to do some pumpkin carving. I am very curious. Sheās never done this before. It usually is not much of a thing around here. Anyways I have the day free to do my stuff. Taking care of my IT-tools and my plants. The rest of the day is going to be chillaxing. I want to try out some new video game this evening.
Todayās picture is a very stylish snowlady.
Peace and love for life always 
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295 days AF
My restful sleep has taken a turn down last couple nights. Finally no pain in shoulder or hand last night but watch tracked a lot of stress overnight so my quality was poor and I can feel it this morning.
Perhaps the Covid and flu shots I got Thurs has something to do withā¦ dunno 
Regardless Iām up and at em. Son was over last night for dinner and do his laundry. We watched a movie and I was up till 10pmā¦ yikes!!
My leave of absence was approved, so work next week, training week after then I have 4 weeks off to take care of some things. Mostly getting into gym, seeing a physio practitioner, perhaps a couple massages, gonna try some yoga I think. I need to get some soreness worked out, especially hip and shoulder.
Have a good weekend TS peeps 
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Hey all, checking in on day 1595. I hope everybody has a good one 
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Day 1537
Pretty busy day spent mostly on the kids. My daughter had her sports day today so went to see that in the morning, then took a long bike ride with my son after lunch. In the afternoon did some grading, and then went for an evening walk with my daughter and her friend. My husband found a lots of half price bentos at the supermarket last night, so we ate those today so I didnāt have to do any cooking.
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@seb awe sooo beautiful . Grateful the drive was worthwhile
@Frank68 happy birthday Frank! Sounds like a fun day planned. Have a wonderful day celebrating you 
@Lighter thanks for sharing pics ā¦I was hoping you would 
. Enjoy that lovely long walk and the enchiladas 
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Saturday morning check in
I was too tired to sleep last night so it was a really late night. Grateful to have gotten some hours on and off so Iām not a total zombie today. Another super busy day ahead and I am hoping to make it through.
I would like to start the day with my walk and workout so that is going to be the plan.
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day! Sending you all so much love
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- Such a busy day since before 7amā¦ Coffee in bed, cat taming, feather play and feeds. Then I went to Body Combat class and what I have been waiting to happen, happened; I kicked someone in the face. It was ok, their fault entirely, but still felt bad about it despite her saying she was fine. She must have been ok anyway and I now have a new friend (we will forget our first contact being a foot to the chops). Did weightlifting afterwards then went to weigh in with the nutrition guyā¦ Heās really quiet, but Iāve been talking to him for months anyway just to show I didnāt think he was some slave bitch who facilitate my weigh in, and he actually talks to me now! He gave me loads of really useful tips today on losing weight and gaining muscle! My other half has pulled a back muscle and is sofa surfing, so since getting back Iāve prepared 8hr short ribs to go on polenta later, washed up, done all the laundry, done the food shopping, made lunch and teas and played with the cats. Iām officially resting up now watching the new Ghostbusters movie on Sky. Who ya gonna call? Not me please, Iām having a lie down.
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Checking in day 222. Hope youāre all well!
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exactly. iām a risk taker, I have always been, but I also have intrusive thinking that are fear-based thinking. For example, I ride my bicycle for long distances, and because I have the need for speed, I zoom on paths, streets, between cars, etc. I get home, and later Iāll curl myself in bed and realize the danger Iāve put myself through, and Iāll get intrusive thoughts of accidents, etc. This is an example of how I deal with everything. I seem to not have fear, then I have intrusive thoughts of injury, pain, death, failure, embarrassment, etc. The thoughts can come after or before something too, anticipatory anxiety or post anxiety. All of it is fear. Iām not properly reconciling fear, risk, limitations, etc.
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Checking in. Got my pies baked and everything ready to go for the fundraiser today. Im taking a little break before i go out and start cooking. I was just thinking about how tired i am and what a long day/evening i have ahead of me. Then i started thinking about how i used to do this when i was drinking. What a shit show! Iād usually get so hammered that i didnāt get everything done the night before. Iād wake up still drunk trying to figure out what needed done. Start drinking again to hold off the hangover. Iād keep drinking all day, sneaking out to my car to refill my āsoda.ā Thought i was being sneaky because itās a no alcohol event/organization. Turns out everyone knew i was a drunk and what i was doing.
Itās still a lot of work to make the event happen every month, but sooo much easier sober. I canāt believe i used to do that. How did i even function?!
Hope everyone is having a great sober weekend 
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Yes but sheās not available on the weekends
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Definately feel like Iāve moved into the dull sad phase nowā¦ Probably not surprising, things were going too well!
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205 days sober
I had a great Saturday hike. Thereās a trail Iāve been wanting to check out and I really liked the route. When I have a longer weekend I want to try it up to summit. Just didnāt have time to go all the way up today.
Came home in the late afternoon and really relaxed with some hot tea and dinner. Have been chilling since then. Well and emptying then resetting mouse traps.
Wasnāt the most productive day but Iām thankful for hiw restful it was.
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Im coughing like a heavy smoker. My voice sounds like a heavy smokers too. Since I started working in kindergarten Iām more days unwell than normal. Annoying. Iām very much out of shape and I donāt like it.
Also - autumn holidays are on. One week free, kids and meā¦
My relationship sucks.
But Iām still sober, which is good.
Wish you all good day/night 
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Happy Birthday Frank! 
Sounds like a good day ahead! Enjoy!
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Day 986
Well i made it to work this morning. I was feeling really tired upon waking up. Still a bit unwell but nothing major. I think the worst of it is over.
Ive been feeling down on myself lately for my weight and with how i am feeling physically. It bothers me alot. Doesnt help that I have been sick and cant work out. And even tho i normally do exercise reguarly and attempt to eat well, i cant seem to lose the weight that i like in order to feel healthy. I am almost at the point of feeling, like what is the point of me doing all this? I will always exercise bcuz its my therapy but my eating is my downfall.
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys their day/evening.
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