Welcome! 
This thread helped me to become and stay sober. Iām here almost every day to check in sober. The first year of my recovery I was here every day and sometimes even more. It helped me to stay focussed and push trough the hard days. Congrarulations with day 1 and may many follow! 
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ā Day 2272 
Yesterday was a great day! I cooked an extensive diner from scratch and it all went well. Was in the kitchen for houres before our friends came.
In the old days I would have drank wine while cooking. This time I enjoyed it and even have no cravings at all.
Picture is from the carrot ginger soup with a bit of lemon, cardemom and yogurt
Today? Work.
Have a good day ore night all
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347 alcohol free. 
65 days off the THC, no regrets. 
Nil by mouth from now until tomorrow evening. This will get gnarly. 
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Thank you, Jazzy! Yeah, youāre right, back on the saddle and never give up on fighting! Indeed, ODAAT!
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@Tragicfarinelli This colonoscopy prep is always a test for my mental stability. No food and all the time spend on the loo. Wishing you warm socks, good distractions and strength.
@SoberWalker That soup sounds delicious and gives me ideas 
Thanks for sharing.
@Lastry Congrats on your month! 
A great achievement. It is also so good to read about your new found relationship with your son.
@Mno Get well soon friend. 
This time of the year with all those colds is exhausting.
@zzz Good to see you back on the band wagon.
@BrownGecko Congrats on a hangover-free day. Very smart of you to avoid a party setting that would have triggered you into unwanted behaviour 
By the way: Do you have any recommendations on where to start with Stoicism?
@JMS19 Welcome on day 1. Checking in every single day on this thread is a great habit to build for longterm sobriety.
@JP123 Congrats on three weeks! 
You are going through one milestone after the other. Great progress! Service is a great thing in my recovery too.
@james83 Sorry to hear you caught a cold. My daughter brings all those viruses home constantly from school. Itās such a pest. Get well soon!
@MrMoustache Sorry to hear about your relapse and the feelings of guilt and depression. But you already found the best words: Never give up. I hope you start feeling better soon. Do you have an idea what happened previous to the relapse? Any ideas what you could do next time you are in a similar situation?
383 sugar
247 UPF
121 gluten
121 dairy
Didnāt sleep to well last night, but this has been going on now for three weeks and I am kind of getting used to it, or at least not really expecting anything else. At least I donāt have panic attacks or shakes any more. So this is a win. And I have Insight Timer talks to get me through the night and get at least a bit of sleep.
The general POTS symptoms are still there and still very uncomfortable and make the simple tasks of life difficult. Waking up and the mornings are the worst. I find the anxiety and feelings of doom and dread the most difficult to deal with. In these moments my mind gets on a very ugly rollercoaster of worries and doom prophecies and I just canāt shake them. But there is not much I can do about my current situation, so the motto is as always: One day at a time.
There are a few things I can get done from the couch and Iāll concentrate on these. Being able to do something, instead of only watching tv, will be good for my mental health. I also want to try a first - very easy - rowing workout with some yoga stretches afterwards. Weāll see how this will go.
Todayās picture is from my summer trip to the port of Rotterdam in summer. It reminds me that better times will come with pink, blue and the sun.
Peace and love for life always 
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Thatās a place I would like to visit. I love the docks. 
Yes, itās going to be my first one. Iām starting wood whittling later to distract.
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Iām a great fan of ports and industrial sites and can really recommend the port in Rotterdam. Another one I really love is the port in GdaÅsk, Poland. They still have a wharf, a shipyard and dry docks there and you can take a boat tour to watch how the ships are being build or repaired.
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Checking in on day
579 no alcohol
88 no form marijuana
219 nic free
Christmas shopping is done. 
Work in a few
I gotta push myself to get up earlier
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Happy hangover free Monday!
āDo the next right thingā right now means to get my happy ass out of bed and start the day haha.
MAKE IT AN AWESOME DAY MY FRIENDS!
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Yeah Iāve worked in (an industry close to) international shipping for over twenty years. Iāve loved and hated it. Recently left it to join the public sector hopefully.
I got security clearance in Felixstowe port to eat with the captain on the Anna Maersk and tour the ship and engines and watch it get loaded. Iām fascinated with initiatives like SOLAS and optimum loading andā¦ Iāll stopā¦ Iāll bore you.
Itās a magnificent phenomena. You just simply wouldnāt believe some of my shipping storiesā¦ 
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I see I need to plan a trip to that island of yours and visit some ports there 
I would love to hear shipping stories 
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Definitely. 
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Great last night and good day so far. So much looking forward to HIIT training later in the afternoon! Itās such a pleasant feeling staying sober and knowing Iāll get better when I do something towards it! Just need to stay focused, diligent and disciplines in my plan. Have a great day 
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Day 37 
Have a wonderful week everyone 
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āOn Angerā by Seneca was my introduction. āLetters from a Stoicā and āMeditations of Marcus Aureliusā are also quite good.
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Day 1,642 clean and sober today. I finally have my apartment to the point where I feel comfortable and content when I come home. I like all the different decorations I have and itās taken about 2 years to get there. I have started a new evening routine where I come home from work and have a cup of chamomile tea and take a hot ass bath to relax and itās been awesome. Self care is paramount for my recovery and Iām glad I started doing this. I actually look forward to coming home now and it feels good.
I hope everyone has an amazing day today, love you guys! 
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249 days sober
Bit of an off day here. I woke up in a weird sorta depressed/down mood. I couldnāt shake it. I just went about like normal had my morning exercise but didnāt feel like I enjoyed it as much, went to a great work meeting but felt detached, came home and didnāt feel much like cooking or cleaning up how I usually do. I canāt say it was a bad day but it wasnāt a particularly good day. Was just one of those blurry days when I couldnāt get my mood up and didnāt feel like myself.
Hoping to have a good sleep and wake up more myself tomorrow.
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Happy Monday.
Today Iām surrounding myself with strength, love, gratitude, and light.
Resentment and complaining banished immediately, and not welcome to return.
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It seems you have a lot of experience with AI. Iām happy to hear that itās working out for you and you have someone to talk to. AI friend sounds interesting. You have some talent in that arena which is awesome.
Glad you knew your limits and did not go Last night. Great job in protecting your sobriety 
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