Checking in day 1,995.
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Big hugs Iām glad youāre here, and reaching out.
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Brief check in
Things have been tough for the last couple of days. Proud that I havenāt given in to temptations. Iāve been attending an extra meeting each day and ākeeping my side of the street cleanā.
Keep on keepinā on ST peeps. ODAAT 
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Checking in 40 days and change sober.
Today has been a bit blah. No reason at all, but as someone else here mentioned, it feels like I have come down from the euphoria of not being drunk or hungover and settled into the pace of ordinary life. And my ordinary life is good! I have nothing to complain about! Sure, work is hard and thereās always something I COULD complain about but I donāt need to.
I have socialised a lot more this past week and Iāve come to the realisation that alcohol bonded together many of my close relationships. Some of these have problematic drinking as part of them, some do not (well, I now view all alcohol as problematic but using the societal definition). I just donāt enjoy doing the same things sober as I did drunk and Iām not sure what to do about that. I need to find a community hobby which is not centered around alcohol. Probably sports related as I enjoy that, but crucially it needs to be social too.
Temptation is creeping back so I resorted to sweets and an AF beer tonight. AF beer works for me because I havenāt drunk real beer in a decade so it doesnāt trigger the desire for real beer, but it does convince my brain that Iāve had a ātreatā and the urge goes away.
2.5 years ago when I first tried to get sober I couldnāt go 2 days without feeling like I was in the fight of my life not to pick up. Now, most days I have no cravings and most things donāt trigger me, but some things still do. I can live with that.
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My friend, youāve just found enlightenment and put it in a sentence
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I like to think our emotions are our internal GPSā¦ they sometimes like gps just pick another route if we miss were we would like to have been going āemotionallyā it just re routes us a different way that we didnt pick, but aslong as we have the destination in sight, with the right tools , we can get to the emotional destination internallyā¦
Does that make sense lol ? 
gosh i do love a metaphor lol 
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Like clock work, something clicks over in me around day 10, the words pink cloud are coming to mind even though i cant remember there exact definition? I will do some googlingā¦
Anyhoo yay day 10.
Up at 5.30am.
Coffee done, gave fur baby cold shower already again because he is melting in this heat/humidity.
Going to journal/do morning pages. Then meditate.
Cant get complacent.
ODAAT
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Congrats on your 30 days!! 
@Seb seb humidity is at %80 today, thank gosh we are sober, alcohol and this heat/humidity is a receipe for disaster
well alcohol is always as recipe for disaster actually just glad to be AF today !
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Checking in on day 115
My day at work was ok, I had some work piled up after my days off, but I managed to work most of it off!
I didnāt feel like doing any sports today. In fact I didnāt feel like doing anything after work.
Feeling a bit meh, but another day sober on the books! 
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Checking in 45 days AF. Still struggling to deal with feelings of shame & letting go of the past. Self forgiveness & compassion is really tough, I need to find some threads on here & read up.
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Day 43 Check in.
Very productive Day today.
Die every Meeting I had with clear Focus and Energy. Nothing Like when I was drinking.
Since I stoped, it seems good things are happening to me and I take that as āsomething rewards me for staying sober.ā
Its weird that every new day is a new ālongest time sober yetā.
Feeling now a bit meh and exhausted. Ordered Food because I really dont had the nerve to Go to the grocery store and cook. - learning to listen to my Body and mind.
Hope you are all doing well!
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Day 28
Still havent had alcohol
Not getting much else done
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Day not-40-yet
Sober. Feeling fine.
Have a great day/night everyone
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Itās absolutely horrible. Hopefully the cool change comes through this arvo. Stay cool
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It makes sense to me.
Speaking of metaphor, a joke: whatās a metaphor?
A: cows
Get it? Whatās a meadow for? Obligatory groan.
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Checking in on day 595. Still feeling crummy, ive not had a flare up this bad in a while 
the doc has signed me off work for another week and increased my night meds, so hopefully they will work. Feeling low and annoyed with my body but need to practice gratitude. Iām grateful I have a job where I get sick pay. Iām grateful my daughter is more settled at the moment and is actually going into school. Iām grateful I have batched cooked food in the freezer. Iām grateful I know this will pass. 
Congratulations @CR84 on 30 days and @reeseycup on 60 days 
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When things get tough for me I go back through old mental health meme threads. Plenty of compassion and reminders that you arenāt alone in your struggles.
This thread starts way back in 2020.
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Thanks TrustyBird, I will look through now. Night night.
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