Bad mental health day. Brain is angry 
. Bad mood. I guess. Gonna clean my apartment. Went to the gym last night. Not gonna let my brain ruin my day. Have a good sober day.
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Today marks 60 days of my freedom from weed! Couldnāt have done it without the folks on this forum. Hereās to another 24 hours!
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Gym sounds like a wonderful idea. Hope it helps. If you still feel like you are in a bad mental stateā¦here are a few suggestions to help
- go for a walk
- do something you enjoy for self care
- listen or watch comedy
- reach out for support (here or in real life)
- go to a meeting
- read around the threads hereā¦sometimes others stories help remind us why we are doing this and helps make the journey easier
Sending love and strengthā¦hope your day improves 
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You are crushing it! So happy to see your 2 months 
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341 days sober
Just a quick check in. Iāve been so busy with work and then coming home tired. Iāve not slept the best the past few days so between work and that my energy has been lagging. But Iām grateful for my low anxiety and that all is going well.
Hoping for a good long sleep tonight and renewed energy for tomorrow!
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Hello all! Checking in 
I only didnt check in yesterday because I went off the rails in the plan dept and ended up falling asleep right along with the kids Had an appointment and then decided to drive to my moms yesterday instead of today, and once we got here noticed my son was a bit warm and sure enough today he has a raging fever and was up all night. Still very happy to be here. My poor little guy though, it must be a flu type thing because he has a deep cough and fever.
Spoke to the new skating club and am going ro register daughter for the spring, and if it doesnt work out she can do swimming and weāll start bavk up wt skating in the fall. I reallt hope it works out as she loves skating and I just want her to be taught in a way that encourages, pushes and builds her confidence.
And I wrote my list. Of resentments, guilt and fears. Going through and writing how these things effect me, and then will go back over to see what perspective I can offer. I went through all of my sisters things and beinf here at our childhood home, but I am very flat. I know that its normal and trauma/greif emotions are not a linear thing but itsā¦too flat. Im not a big cryer but I need to be able to tpuch the feelings, or else I am afraid of exploding especiqlly around court. I am not sure if i am actually being āflatā and just expecting myself to cry and be more angry becayse that is whats expected. Dont know. Just watching myself and want to do a little work because my being sober requires it. Xo
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Thanks @JazzyS i been cleaning so far. Its gotten a little better. But i will definitely take those suggestions. Maybe i will read a book that always helps. One day at a time.
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Day 9 checking in. Super sad, not sleeping still. Fell asleep after 5am this morning, up by 7:30 to get kids to school. Went back to sleep butā¦ Didnāt sleep well. Ugh
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Thatās HUGE Reece
Congrats on your 60 ODAATs
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Great job Cass
Thatās so wicked good!!!
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You canāt schedule your emotions. All you can do, I think, is work to equip yourself with the tools for when you need them.
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Day 3
Great day at work, cooked amazing chicken stew for the family!!! And ready for day 4 
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Sad because you arenāt sleeping? Or, not sleeping because you are sad? I hope you are able to sleep and to feel better. Watch out for your alcoholic brain. It loves to feed on tired and sad. Here if you need it. You can do this.
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Thanks. Idk I think itās just a combination of a lot of things, Iāll reach out if I need to.
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Thank you friends for helping me feel less crazy and alone. Iām still here and taking it one hour at a time.
Isnāt that the truth!!!
@Soli this is an excellent reflection. I think death to me offers release and permission to let go. Which I can work on doing in life, for sure.
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Day 74 check-in.
Have a good 24
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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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