@henrykniebieski Way to go on your 1 week! I totally get the ups and downs in early sobriety. Love the sine wave analogy. I agree with Mischa – comedy helps me get past these waves. Stand up, comedy shows or funny clips on YT all help – whatever gets that laughter going. Deep breathing also helps. Just know that this doesn’t last and you can get through this phase.
I love this! Flex them muscles :muscles: Glad that today is better for you @viola Crete? Oh that is lovely – hope the weather is nice for you. Enjoy your vacation and thankyou for your kind words. Appreciate your relaxing vibes – i’m soaking them in @christophe Way to go with your 2 weeks. It is hard work my friend but so worth it. Build up your sober muscles which will make it easier to deal with the urges and triggers in the future @ncgolfer Great to see you checking in – WHOOP WHOOP on your 1 year soberversary! That is amazing friend. Love that you celebrated with ice cream cake. @amelie Yeah to your 1 week – keep stacking up the days! @canadiangirl Girl enjoy your 4 day weekend and good luck with the party! You got this – know we are right here for you. @solareclipse Such an amazing way of saying this – no need to fertilize your discomfort with alcohol. Sorry for the discomfort – hope that eases for you soon @ddawson84 Congrats on finishing the summer courses! Glad you are looking out for your mental health.
Checking in on Thursday night
946 days free of alcohol and weed
1361 days free of cigarettes
Spent a lot of time reading today. Just wanted to get lost in the words LOL - Just a pass the time type of book but I am enjoying. Was nice to turn on AC as it was super hot and sticky already by 8am today.
Not much else to report. Just taking things ODAAT --Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening - sending you all so much love
Up too early this Friday morning, couldn’t get back to sleep after waking up. While I had a very busy Thursday, maybe a bit too busy. Talked to management after deciding to quit doing experience work and stick to nursing for now. All in all the experience work gives me too much stress, for a myriad of reasons, organizational and personal ones.
After that I had coffee with my sis, biked to the ocean and back, and had old friends over for dinner, something I didn’t do for a long time. It was nice but also showed me we grew apart a bit. Recovery has changed me in more ways that I thought. While I’m still the same too.
Right. Anyway. Therapy this morning. I feel it is time to let go of my therapist a bit. Not totally yet, but maybe cut the contact to once every four weeks. A couple of weeks ago I was mad at her for taking a holiday at the moment I was in crisis over work and could really use her help - which she would have given me while on holiday would I have contacted her. But now I survived the crisis and came to a good ( I hope) conclusion myself, with the help of some friends, I feel I’m ready. Well. Will see how I feel about it in a couple of hours when we meet.
For now I’m going to have as good a day as I possibly can. And expect the same from all of you. Clean and sober of course, or nothing will come of it. Love.
@Mischa84 Oddly, I’ve always dreamed of being a model, ever since I was 8yo and my best friend was (now I understand why my parents wouldn’t let me). But I was asked alot in my late teens when I was cocaine skinny and thought I looked great, but then I got down to 111lbs and everyone said I was too thin (ya think?!). I turned to exercise and thought about fitness model, but also turned back to alcohol Now…who knows It would definitely be fun! And so sorry about your driving test It sounds incredibly difficult to obtain there
@Ncgolfer Congrats on your year Sean! Nice to see you
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Pretty good day. First sleepover my daughter had where I went to bed before them and wasn’t kept up Woke up before them and made breakfast, then pretty much cleaned all day while they hung out. It was hot out Thank God for AC Anyway. Thunderstorms now. Perfect for sleep. Have a great 24!
Magnesium and/or melatonin… if your in the USA then a company called neuromints do incredible products. Sleep and recharge lozenges do the job. And the calm and clarity for anxiety in the day.
Just an update on that: ye, I’ve been chatting with them and I’m cautiously optimistic! They seem like normal humans (one of the other churches I spoke to was inclusive but had big Tom Cruise energy - no thanks!) and I’ve been looking at some of their services online, seems they have different people on each week (one is a Yogi, one is a Buddhist)
There seems to be zero pressure to be or do anything, and ye politically very progressive which is what I want! Technically still Christian (which gives me the willies ngl) but I’m gonna see if I can find where it is exactly and check out one of the live streams this weekend, and maybe go along next time…
Last night wasn’t perfect — made a couple of small mistakes. Picked up a 0.5L orange lemonade with rosemary (fancy, right? ) but wow, way too much sugar. Not great for my atopic dermatitis or for someone trying to keep processed sugar low. Then I went heavy on the sourdough bread… and way too late at night. End result? Full of energy, a bit restless, and my left leg was extra itchy. A few more nights like that and insomnia could come knocking.
Other than that, things are good. Had my second date yesterday — slow pace, but I respect that.
Wishing you all a better day ahead! Stay strong.
Been doing a tonne of meditation lately and am learning to release the mental washing machine cycle of despair and anguish and trust my gut instead - no thoughts, just vibes - a kind of Zen bimbofication
Also been investigating some of the more inclusive churches in my area and am cautiously optimistic about the Unitarian Universalists - they have a Yogi speaking sometimes, and a Buddhist and that’s exactly the type of thing I’ve been vibing with lately (I’m more of a Taoist I think) but no big red flags so far, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a cult..
Wonderful sunny day today, very nice morning meeting. Want to start working on my first prototype today, very excited about that. Groceries later, and also need to finally get my DnD character done. A rowing workout also.
Good morning everyone. Committing to another day free of alcohol. The weekend has started for me and it looks like it’s going to be chores, chores and more chores
601 days
Nightshift was all good.
Had an appointment for a tattoo which aside from being happy with the outcome, I was more happy about spending time chatting with my friend. I’ve known him long before he started tattooing and haven’t really seen him in a couple years so was great to have a talk about life.
Afterwards I came home and as the kids were off school today and the wife off work we took the dogs to a coastal trail for a walk, and also got some geocaching in with the kids (the wife laughs at us but I know secretly she’s into it haha)
Now about to settle in and watch the Nun2
Now…who knows 
It would definitely be fun! And so sorry about your driving test 
It sounds incredibly difficult to obtain there 
Woke up before them and made breakfast, then pretty much cleaned all day while they hung out. It was hot out 
Thank God for AC 
Anyway. Thunderstorms now. Perfect for sleep. Have a great 24!
) but wow, way too much sugar. Not great for my atopic dermatitis or for someone trying to keep processed sugar low. Then I went heavy on the sourdough bread… and way too late at night. End result? Full of energy, a bit restless, and my left leg was extra itchy. A few more nights like that and insomnia could come knocking.
