Relapsed yesterday but today is a new day. I thought about coming and chatting on here yesterday but I didn’t and I ended up relapsing. Today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will be even better.
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Thank you @Mischa84. It’s so cool to see your numbers rising and to know I’m only 30 days behind you 
I’m proud of you Mischa and I wish you very happy non-clumpsy Thursday 
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Day 1032
Just got home a couple hours ago from my sons field trip to the zoo. It was actually perfect weather for it. We had alot of fun!! Im glad i was able to go. Had to stop at the dollarstore afterwards and then came home to shower and prepare supper.
Today was another day where I didnt properly take care of myself. I did bring water and a lunch meat wrap to the field trip but it certainly wasnt enough for the entire day. Plus pushing my son in his wheelchair on all of those inclines and declines at the zoo, really exhausted me. Im just glad to be home now. Although, tonight i have to do the awake overnight shift with my son so i wont be getting any sleep. So ya… im trying to do as much self care as i can.
Not much else happeneing right now. Going to catch up on here in a bit 
Have a great evening everyone!
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Very interesting! I am going to look into this myself. Would never have thought to check the effects of the barometric pressure.
@soberwalker How did it go Claudia? Today was the day!!! So very happy for you – hope you have a wonderful evening with your kids
@mrmoustache It makes sense that your brain chemistry isn’t calm at the moment. You just gotta remember that it will get easier! Personally I would stay away from the cigs. That habit was by far the hardest to give up and I hear that from many. No need to take on an addiction just to get over another. Just my thoughts friend. Maybe something healthy to take the edge off?
@tragicfarinelli Meat Loaf playing? Interesting music choice. Glad it all went well for you. Hope you get a good direction to go into to figure out your tummy issues. Didn’t realize you could be awake for the procedure. I had an endoscopy at the same time so maybe that is why I was knocked out for it. 
CRAZY – I don’t think ive heard of anyone being that awake and alert for the procedure. Not sure I would like that one bit :lauging:
@zse What a year my friend. So grateful for how far you’ve come. Totally something to be proud of 
@laner glad you are feeling better and were able to get a day to recharge. A day playing games and chatting with friends sounds awesome. Sorry about the power outage – do you have back up heat source? Are you able to stay warm enough without the power?
@mindofsobermike The holidays are a rough time to get the diet going. With all the goodies and the family meals and whatnot it is super hard. Don’t be so down on yourself. Big hugs Mike 
392 days is amazing!!!
Great insight!! I love this. So true that we only learn as we go through it and we only go through it as we push forward. SO onward and upward my friend 
@browngecko Sorry that today was a bad day. Hope you are able to work out the sore muscles. I know it is hard to stay positive and upbeat when your body is not in a happy place. Hope you start feeling better soon
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I can totally get behind this – sometimes we just need that peace and quiet to enjoy nature in all its glory. That view is breathtaking. I would not want to have someone constantly complaining along for this adventure. Your prize meal at the end looks yummy!
@ccn31 Congratulations your 100 days of sobriety 
Tada: Very proud you should be! Keep working your recovery friend – you are doing great!
@refreshedperspective Yeah double digits 
Sorry you are still feeling under the weather. Smart to not push yourself too hard too fast. Give your body some time to heal. Hope you start feeling better soon!
@ray85 Great to see you checking in Rachel – lets stack on the days One Day at a Time! 
@jms19 Glad that today is better for you and love the attitude that tomorrow will be even better! Good to see you on the check in thread. I do find that coming here when you start feeling the urge really helps me stay on the sober path. Just by reading and chatting with all the members really helps curb the urges. Now you can add this to your tool box
Serioursly so very annoying how so many places check out after Thanksgiving – like we still have weeks before Christmas people 
Checking in on Wednesday evening
721 days free of alcohol and weed
1136 days free of cigarettes
Surprised at how much I got done today with the lack of sleep and feeling like crapy this morning. Had a lovely call with my cousin this morning and she helped me work through some hurt feelings with family drama. Feeling exhausted and hoping to be in bed soon LOL… sweet dreams my friends.
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening - sending you all so much love! 
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Thank you Jazzy 
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Day 27 - No Alcohol 
Day 2 - No Smoking 
Check-in early morning 7.50am here, I don’t know why I’m very lazy these days to continue my course, but I understand its brain’s trick in the early recovery, I’m lacking motivation and focus. But I realize the purpose and remind my brain all the time and try to push hard.
Hope you all doing well 
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Well I just learned something new today.
I had to look up what villis were just now. Thats pretty wild. Pretty interesting stuff
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I’ve appreciated your caring and empathetic replies and posts here on TS Trevor. We didn’t interact much but I do feel how focused you are and that mindset is helpful.
Your account can be made anonymous and you can be cut off from the account so you can’t log back into it, if you like. (Basically it’s not your account any more, it becomes “owned” by the system.) That way your posts - and their insight and wisdom - remain on Talking Sober for others to learn from.
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Yes it was really nice! Power outages are pretty common it goes on and off most days so most houses don’t have electricity as the main heatinf sorce. I have a stove I heat with coal (this heats water to run through the radiator) and then sometimes I’ll plug in an electric heater if I need it…mostly for the times I accidently let the fire go out.
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It’s currently --21. 50 is warm! The hotest it gets in the summer is about 65f. Lucky if we get above the negatives these days but when we do it’s always for a snowu day
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Checking in on day 1280
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2014
Remind me to remove my phone from my bedroom again. I woke up at 1:30, saw something that triggered me, and couldn’t sleep no more. It’s 5:30 now. It’s going to be a long day, with work first, followed by a restaurant with a bunch of my colleagues. Will see how I fare in 12 hours time. I’m free tomorrow, except for therapy that is.
One thing I am absolutely sure of is that I’ll stay sober and clean today. Using never helped me with anything except to numb and momentarily forget. Never again. I’m going to have as good a day as I can and expect the same of all of you. Love. Pic is more summer memories from Leros 
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Yeah, I also have healthy ways to cope with. Luckily though cigs haven’t been a problem, so after this pack I won’t buy another one.
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@Rockstar24777 I’m so glad you found it as interesting as I did 
I can’t believe I didn’t know about this(besides like, altitude sickness), but things make so much more sense now!
@Ccn31 Congrats on your 100 days! Awesome job
@JazzyS Hope you get your good night’s sleep 
(idk how far shifts in pressure range, but you aren’t that far from me and it’s supposed to rise over the next 24hrs )
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Today was blah. Exhausted all morning. Work was alot harder and longer than I anticipated, but 'tis the season 
I was also starving today! I ate so much before work, but couldn’t during and came home hangry. In the past I’d have drank my calories after work. No substance or nutrients. Grateful that never crosses my mind as an option anymore
Once home, I opened the card from a member who gives us one every year. It was actually a thank you card that read “…I’m always happier when you take care of us” which instantly made my night! Nice to know that’s how I’m thought of to someone 
But now I’m beat and headed to bed. Have a great 24hrs!
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☆ Day 2276 
Happy girl here
Still walk weird but I have my feet back!
Slept like a baby. It’s so nice to “not feel” my feet because when in plaster it felt like someone squeezes it very hard 24-7
Now fingers crossed that it’s healed, it has 2 weeks to proove it.
Today? Work.
Have a good day ore night all
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@Mno The best thing I ever did for my sanity was remove any and all news-type notifications from my phone. It doesn’t pop up as a notification, it doesn’t pop up on my browser. If I wanna know what’s happening in the world, I need to type it up and seek it out myself. There’s not much we have control over, my friend. But we can control how and when we process information.
Day 698.
Well, the next few days in the run-up to Xmas are promising to be stupid busy. My plan is to work until I hit the bonus and then take January off work to focus on my exams. There’s a lot of studying, a lot of reading, and there are not enough hours in the day.
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Day 34
Days are flowing into eachother and I don’t really feel like I am doing anything. Its taking me 10 or more minutes to think of gratitudes to write down and I’m lucky if I can come up with 3. If I was writing a list of what I am NOT doing - it would be a mile long and I can come up with those in seconds. Why do we put so much pressure on ourselves to be doing things and achieving things. Maybe all I am meant to be doing right now is staying sober and getting over this flu/chest infection. Where is my pink cloud?
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Congratulations on 500 days @happyfeet 
im grateful we are walking this path together Anne 
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376 days
Slept a little in the morning. Last night was busy. Was the first time I had thoughts of moving from current place of work in the cbd to a quieter posting closer to home with less busy nights. But I love working here and being busy, plus we have a good crew. I’ve only ever moved in my career if I like the crew I’ll be working with, spend too much time at work to spend it with people I don’t get on with.
I’m back on nightshift tonight, my mood is improved though.
Days off tomorrow and the kids finish school for summer
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