Happy Birthday, my dear friend. May you have many happy sober returns and enjoy your sushi with friends. You deserve a huge celebration, have some cake too! 
And Iām with you! No amount of alcohol or drugs will change things beyond our control. My āNot my duck, not my bottleā mantra applies heavily inside my mind today. 
Van harte gefeliciteerd, maak er een fijne dag van! 
A bit speechless. So Iāll leave it there.
From the miniatures exhibition in London some time ago, absolutely superb.
Awww man, you had a great spirit back then too. Thanks for being here with and for us. 
@Mno A very happy birthday my friend! Still looking good after all those years!
Herzlichen GlĆ¼ckwunsch zum Geburtstag! Sto lat! Enjoy your party 
350 sugar
214 UPF
88 gluten
88 dairy
24 mindful eating
Still sick, still on a strict diet of: blankets, tea, tv, naps. My mum will come over later and bring some chicken broth. Looking forward to that.
Todayās picture is a mural in my town which is the birthplace of Friedrich Engels. The quote is from the Manifesto of the Communist Party:
āIn proportion, therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases.ā
Peace and love for life always 
I feel today slightly better than yesterday. Iām still depressed as fuck, my anxiety levels are really high, but I slept okay. Now gotta just survive from this madness inside my head. ODAAT.
Three days of being sober passed, journey continues. I suffer from quite elevated stress levels during early days, a bit of shaking is present as well, I didnāt have that before when I quit drinking. Probably because this time I had increased also level of alcohol consumption to 0.5L a night,no sport, almost no movement. That is really a killing combo. So, strong in my sobriety mindset, with my recovery plans too, getting energy levels back. Happy day TS community
Happy hump day!
Another sober day under our belts so congratulations all!
Day 30/30 caffeine free so made it. Now to decide if I want to introduce it again starting tomorrow. Hmmm.
MAKE it an awesome day my friends!!!
Working on day 2.
Just checking in.
I can definitely relate. I live alone but my dog does a really good job at waking me up from bad nightmares. But sometimes I donāt think i dream but still wake up at 3am and canāt get back to sleep. I read a lot of articles about cortisol being a potential issue which I found interesting. It looks like weāre doing similar things to get sleep in but Iām without any medicines. I feel like Iāve had too many things to tackle and am taking it one thing at a time. Now that Iāve focused on coping better with anxiety I am moving more into how to take care to get better sleep. Bit frustrating though when youāre doing the right things but good sleep still doesnāt come.
Hi Dutchie! Another Dutchie here: me 
There is a small group of really nice Dutchies here, so welcome to the club! 
Congratulations with your 5 days sober 
I have the opposite issue as you. I will fall asleep really fast when I first go to bed but then wake up in the night not being able to fall back asleep for hours. I exercise a lot in the morning and afternoon but try to stop intense exercise in the mid afternoon. I definitely notice a difference if I exercise too close to bed unless itās easy stretching or the such. I only get up and do something if I wake up and canāt get back to sleep within the hour otherwise I just get frustrated. Getting up and making tea usually helps ne get settled again. The annoying thing is if I need to use the toilet at nightā¦then I need to put shoes on and go outside which usually shocks me into being more awake especially in the winter or if itās raining/snowing.
Thanks for all the advice! A few people wrote in good advice even though there is some overlap of things I already do it helps me get an idea of what I need to change or try or keep going at it.
Happy birthday! I hope you had a great time with your friends.
Dankjewel 
āDay 2240 
Late check in, having the day off today. Went to the hospital for my yearly ear checkup, all fine.
Visit a triftshop on my way back home. Itās a good place to spend some time in, at least for me. Like to treasure hunt a bit and some old stuff reminds me of my own youth. It relaxes me.
One of todays treasures is this presspaper:
Letās add another 24houres of sobertime 
Hey all, checking in on day 1606. I hope everybody has a good one!
