My first check in: 3 days and 8hrs 
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Cool number indeed! Good your head high- the job market in london is tough right now, I know. I have other talented friends going through the same experience as you. Youāll land the right one before longā¦ just keep putting in the work 
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Check in on day 103.
Been absent due to surgery leaving me too tired to check in (also mostly in bed recovering so definitely sober). Tiredness and recovery were predicted and after 5 days things are now improving so I will be gradually more active here with you all.
for the first time in my life I am solidly sober and happy about it
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As someone who had well over a year sober then relapsed heavily previously, I can tell you that I understand how hard it is to string together those first few hours, days and weeks. The voices telling you to give in are strong and the desire to remain sober has not yet set in. In those first six to twelve months of getting sober again after a relapse I read every quit lit going, I probably joined about 3 AA meetings each day and I consumed sober media and podcasts like they were going out of fashion! It helped me stay focused when I needed it most.
I still reach out for these tools often, and they create a kind of comfort blanket for me and a strong reassertion that this is my path and Iām sticking to it. Especially if Iām feeling wobbly, I know to double down on the motivation and discipline and general exposure.
You got this, you just might need to get the extra help and resources around you. It really helps, honestly.
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Cheers mate, hope you are recovering well 
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Iām sorry you didnāt get the job.. 
.. Admire your fortitude going forward.. your time will comeā
. Love your photograph ā¦ it says volumes .. to me..
Much love ā¦
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Love yaā¦
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Checking in: day 81
Slept a bit wonky. Some really intense dreams but not really nightmares. But they made me wake up at 5.00 and couldnāt sleep anymore. Well, I have to get up early for therapy anyway.
My plans for today: therapy, finish the last of the laundry and after that weāll see. As long as I can keep my anxiety under control Iāll be okay.
Stay safe and sober 
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Have a safe trip and enjoy your time away at such a special place. Tell Kauaāi āI miss youā from me.
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Day #132.
Had a good day at work. Had a pretty healthy meal i slapped together for dinner.
Nothing to report on. Works pretty busy and takes up 90% of my waking life for the near future. Working 2 weeks straight now if we dont run into any dramas. Will be a good paycheck with all the saturday/ sunday works overtime rates.
Im sure at some point id rather the rest. Just gotta stay hyrdrated and eat well so my body can do what it needs.
Till tomorrow yall 
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Good Morning, folks. We go again!
Day 87 AF.
Quick check in.
Make it a great sober 24, you deserve it.
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Its been 2402 days since my last drink.
Im back in service range. Its good catching up. I can feel the charge in my recovery batteries already.
We got into some real good fishing the last couple of days and filled the boat.
It was a great trip. The least drama. The least tweakiness. My steady, honest, sober work ethic is paying. It also brings more responsibilities. I can handle them because i am sober.
I celebrated 2400 days out there. It felt good. I have come a long ways in those 2400 days of not being my own worst enemy.
Im grateful to experience life to the fullest and to do it sober.
Lots of 4s in the milestones while i was gone. 4 months! @MrMoustache
400 @Lasse
4 years @Bekah212
40 day @pdebs
I hope i didnt miss any.
Congrats @PositiveThoughts
Im looking forward to a meeting. Its nice to have a meeting to look forward too.
Plenty of reasons to celebrate without a drink!
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Heyyyy
Your doing so amazing
Your work is hard. To you it might seem simple but to me, no. Id have to learn to say the least.
Make sure you get that recharge 
2402 days without a drink is a accomplish.
How i learned how to stop people pleasing was to look at their intention. Do they mean well?
I work with 2 autistic men
One of them has a big heart but a even bigger head. Hes the type who would joke , then get you mad at his joke, even though the joke isnt suppose to make you mad.
I talked to his mom, got her favorite drink for her and asked her if i could give him 20$. She said i could so..
I went up to him and asked him when the last time a friend (not family) gave him 20$. He said he couldnt remember. I gave him 20$ and said dont give it to anyone and dont spend it on bad. I was told by his mom that it would probly go to pizza. Lol
So his intentions on his jokes
He would say something bad then laugh, then someone would get mad at him unknowingly really the why behind, why they got mad at him.
Thats really to me, not a bad intention on his end.
So why do i get mad at a non international aggravation. The only answer i have is, to teach. But it shouldnt take getting mad, to teach someone something, especially if there is no bad intention.
On the other side of that,
no1 needs to look out for me so i need to protect myself too.
Edit : a little to add is that my good intentions make it so people dont āneed toā but āwant toā look out for me.
AF 7726
Had a fantastic long bike ride in the warm sun yesterday afternoon, and Iām grateful for that. The chimney sweep is coming this morning, so Iām up early. My big plans for the day are the gym and then my weekly menās study group AA meeting.
My reading from ā24 Hours A Dayā this morning talked about practicing and spreading love, even to the āsinners and the publicansā. Start at home and expand that love outward was the nub of the reading. This gives me lots to consider today.
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Hey all, checking in on day 2180. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Checking in on day
1120 no alcohol
629 no form of Marijuana
760 nic free
Up early on my day off
1st load of londry in
Work has been rough. Im gussing everyone there will be back to normal after each of them had their days off. We are tired lol. Thats really all it is. No bad co workers, nothing different, justā¦ tiredā¦ lol
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