Monday work afternoon check in. Same old! Long day, with no break. Been going long and hard for weeks.
Passed 2 months sober on this streak on Saturday. Looking forward to sitting somewhere comfortable with a book someday!
Take care of yourself.
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Today, thanks to you, I have been able to feel deeply within myself the gravity of the problem, and it has opened my eyes to a future of disarming clarity: there is always only one possible choice: abstinence. The means are innumerable. Situations where the biological brain demands its due always impose the same choice: to say NO.
I hope this will be my very last day 1.
See you tomorrow!
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Day 1331
Afternoon check in 
Today is going pretty good so far! Ive had a busy day of cleaning, emails, and phone calls. Finally go a couple things done that I had been procrastinating on also. So that feels good! I also went on my ED zoom group today. I really tried to get to the gym this morning, but was unsuccessful. So will try again tmrw mrng. My eating has been fairly good today too! I downloaded a new macro tracker called Nutracheck which I really like! So will be using that to make sure my macros are in order. Specificially the Saturated fats as I want to keep them under 10gr/day as my cholesterol is a bit high. Will do my prayer shortly and take care of a few other things for today. Hope everyone is doing alright!
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Such a cute dog 
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Good job! No sense making it hard on yourself having it around.
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Still going strong day 35!! Some days its a bit harder but definitely manageable and I feel stronger to deal with the thoughts and cravings. Just keeping myself busy and surrounded by the fam on my free time to avoid slip ups. How are you guys doing?? Happy Monday!!
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Sheās a best! 
And I feel like she has the right balance. Sheās really great with people and dogs.
But, inside the house, she can get super protective over me and the house. At least I know Iām safe at home? 
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These pictures are so cute, Julia!
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Checking in from Kamakura (Japan)
Vacation is going greatā¦ thereās alcohol everywhere but Iām not worried about it anymore.
Iāve been to Japan a few times but this is the first time I do it sober. It feels great not having to think about āwhere to get the next drinkā
And not to feel like crap every single morning.
Iāve done lots of waking and unfortunately āsomeā shopping.
Have a great day people! 
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Iāve been on this beautiful platform for many years. However, Iāve relapsed too many times. Feeling guilty, shameful and overly anxious. I struggle with my mental health and I am especially vulnerable to depression and anxiety. However, I want to tell the community that I will be eight months sober next week. This is the longest period in my life in which I am truly sober. Sober in spirit, sober in life. I take life as it comes and through having peace in my heart, I do not react with worry, anxiety, or fear.
Iām doing OK. I had to move again. This is my 10th state that I lived in within the United States. I canāt believe how many times Iāve had to move. But, my career has taken me to so many beautiful places. I love seeing new places and talking with new people. I started a new role with a faith based nonprofit. Iām the CEO. I could only have done this as a sober living human. I am actually starting a prayer/meditation get together during lunch. We will see how it goes, but people are interested. Itās just so cool working for a community nonprofit. The people are wonderful.
Iāve also been composing new music. Inspired by the US mid south region. I plan on recording a three song EP in early 2026. It is guitar instrumental, atmospheric and soundscape music.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is actually a pretty hip place! Lots of hipsters, music venues, arts and funky local shops.
Iām living here and really diving into the AA scene. The AA community is pretty huge here in Tulsa. The meetings have like 30 to 50 people geez! Iām used to like 5 or 15 in the meeting. Nonetheless, Iām also attending a menās retreat in November. Iām actually pretty excited about it.
My wife took me back and my relationship with my children is healing. Iām so grateful for her mercyā¦Through being sober, Iām more engaged and present. Iām reliable and stable. My wife really is a saint. Weāve had our challenges, but we recently celebrated 24 years of marriage.
I am so grateful for being sober and having almost 8 months of freedom from fear, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and worry. I call my sponsor every night at 6 PM. We may only talk for five minutes, but the accountability is priceless. I actually love the guy.
As my sponsor says,āYou are doing the dealā.
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@Dustysprungfield YIPPEE to your 70 days! Keep going strong Dave ā wishing you great success as you tackle another week ā ODAAT 
For sure ā this is me too. Really havenāt had any time to fid my way back to bed LOL ā Hopefully we both will have better sleep tonight. Great to hear that this time feels different and that you are doing so well with your sober time! 
Very cozy! You look great in the pic ā love a good chess game ā I am trying to get better at it and want to play more. LOVED the post ā speak and listen to the truth 
@jesile Glad to hear that you di get to that fair with friends. hope it was as much fun as you had hoped it would be
@redro Sorry that you are dealing with some hectic times ā may be a blessing to help you keep you super busy and stacking up the days. Remember to take time for yourself and practice some self care
@frank68 100% you are winning! Check out those days Frank! Hope you have a better nights sleep tonight
@canadiangirl Glad to see you checking in Tisha. The thread is extra lively these days and the posts do add up. Just happy to see you here and thriving. Being an inspiration for me and many others
@christophe Good to see you back on day 1 and working on your journey. We do need to keep in mind that our relapses start long before we actually give into the urge. For me I had to believe how bad drinking was and stop romanticizing its effects. No way was it going to provide me any comfort when Iām down or numb my pain or bring me joy on a beautiful sunny day. Once you get past the lies of what alcohol can provide is when we can start working on stacking up the days. Good job on figuring out the root of the urges and getting ahead of them.
@mtrav0040 Well done on your 2 weeks! Keep enjoying the amazing weather ā hope it sticks around for a bit
@cr84 Goodness me ā that is a full day of being tested. I am sorry Cass. A huge pat on your back for navigating through all that and maintaining your sobriety. A total bad ass Hope today was a better day my friend
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@leveller OOH I am so excited for that show ā I have to finish the few iām watching now but that is on my list. Keep pushing forward friend.
@lostvegas Well done on getting back on the cannabis free horse. It is tough to throw out all our stuff as our addict brain wants it for the ājust in caseā moments ā BUT we donāt need those in our lives ā we are washing our hands of the addiction and making a clean break. Sending love and strength your way ā toss it out and do so in a dumpster or a outside garbage (sometimes I would drive to the store and throw out my cigs there) so that you canāt go trying to get them back (cause I have dug through my own garbage for em in the past 
SUPER PROUD ā great work on tossing it
@jette Well done on your double 7ās! Sorry you are feeling down ā hope the day turned around for you ā loads of positive energy and laughter coming your way
@jonachav123 YIPPEE on 50 days friend ā a Big WHOOP ā keep going strong
@positivethoughts Sweet work on your 2+ months friend. Keep up the amazing work 
@dominique Great to see you pushing through the hard bits and maintaining your sobriety. It does get easier. Glad you are surrounding yourself with family. Connection is key in our journey. Happy Monday friend
@soberella love the pics youāve shared on the travel thread. Glad to see you having such a wonderful sober vacation. Shopping sometimes in necessary when travelling abroad as you find things that you wouldnāt necessarily find at home. Be kind to yourself and enjoy your time.
@michaeljlogan74 WOW ā congrats on your upcoming 8 months of sobriety. Great to see you back here posting. What an amazing journey so far. Glad to hear that things are going so well for you. Wishing you the best with your move. Hope to see you posting more often
Checking in on Monday night
1020 days free of alcohol and weed
1435 days free of cigarettes
Been a very productive and non stop day. Glad I had time to catch up here. I got a whole crap load done but still did not manage to work on my accounts and need to wrap up month end by tomorrow. So that is what my mission will be for first thing in the morning when my head is fresh (fresher LOL).
Not much else to reportā¦ wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening - sending you all so much love
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Thank you! Thatās sweet!
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Day 91 sober
Going good! Just did the usual gym, SMART Recovery, work, etc 
Not much to report!
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Believing this illusion only keeps you on the merry-go-round. I know because I rode it until there was no joy left in my life at all. Thatās what it took for me to believe it was all a lie (and I donāt recommend that route). Stop the lies as soon as they start. Tell them theyāre wrongā¦immediately. No doubt. Every single time! Leave no room for bargaining to begin. It only needs one second, a pause in your response, to convince you. Donāt give it that chance 
Keep coming back 
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675 days
Started getting a few things together for the eldest kid to enroll in a new school. Its not for next year but the year after, intermediate, we call it here. 11 -12/13 yr olds before they go to high school. The school we want her to go to then continues onto high school. So today there was a bit of running around.
Currently at the gym, just finished a workout for myself and watching the kids finish up training. Youngest is doing the class, eldest is helping coach it.
Proud of my kids and so grateful to be sober to be able to set a good example and do all I can for them.
Stay the course. Its worth it.
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I had the worst night of sleep in quite a while after the best night of basketball in years. I fell asleep alright, but woke up after an hour or two and couldnāt get back to sleep until much later, until after I got up and had a glass of warm milk and sat around and stuff. Well. Iāll make it through today. Iām a lot more relaxed at work these days which makes it quite a bit less exhausting too. And Iām sober and clean of course. Going to make today as good a day as I can. And hope you all will do the same. Love from the game last night.
We can shake hands on that one friend. Not until I started working on changing that was it possible for me to turn around my life.
@michaeljlogan74 Great to see you Michael, thanks for checking in and huge congrats on 8 months sober, and all the other good stuff in your life!
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Relapsing is part of the process, but what is extremely important is that you are ācoming backā and overcoming the feeling of shame that is very often the only obstacle to obtaining lasting sobriety. You are doing well, Christophe!
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We went to visit dad this afternoon. On the drive home, my brother asked me and mom what we were talking about when we were walking out of the hospital, bc he thought we were talking about him. A symptom of his schizophrenia and something he hasnāt done in a while. Then he just went off on every shitty thing in his life (some were still the same from when I lived with him 9yrs ago), how heās never good enough to anyone, and how he feels stuck. Heās been sober 6yrs and in AA idek how much longer, but the way he was talking made me realize he hasnāt really done the work. Heās never done the steps bc he got stuck on step 3 (I never finished them either, but kept doing work in other ways) and he admitted not attending meetings recently. It canāt be a coincidence. He went to AA to learn how stop drinking, I went to learn how to live. Anyway, the whole 40 minute car ride was this back and forth of all these made up scenarios he constantly ruminates over and what the program taught me to help with that. I said he needs to learn more productive ways to think. It was frustrating to have every positive outlook shot down by a negative one. I kept trying to make him understand the reality inside his head is whatever he makes it. He asked me if the program really changed the way I think that much**.** YES! It changed my life forever! I hope he takes me advice 
Thereās always more to be learned. Have a great 24!
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