Hesitant to check in on day 2 for mindful eating because it’s not over yet. Today has been both terrible but good. One of the worst days I’ve had this year and that’s saying something.
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Hopefully the fact that you have recognised it is a sign things are shifting. It’s definitely hibernation season, last year I felt so guilty about early nights and lie ins but this year it is the thing I am most looking forward to about the Xmas break 
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I am just accepting that good food habits are not happening this side of Xmas. Bfs last day at school (work) yesterday, the amount of chocolate in gifts is unreal. Even with regifting there is so much! Once I get home after seeing family etc I will be having a bit of a debrief and diet is definitely a big one on that list. Am also going to contact doctors for a meds review as I think my mental health is making quite a big difference to my approach to food.
Is it just the food thing that’s difficult or a general shit show of a day? What support have you got for your mental health?
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Yes this lol you know how you posted about “showing” your feelings earlier, and how someone got under your skin… It’s been kinda like that today. I don’t like feeling that out of control or controlled by someone else feeling (I know no one can make me feel anything, I am doing that all on my own, but sometimes it feels like someone can control your reactions by being a terrible person… If that makes sense).
Also, yes so much chocolate as gifts lol I have tell Godiva boxes in my pantry that I forgot to eat before I started this lol I’ve eaten my fair share for the year and definitely happy to be starting now vs later.
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Day 2^9. 
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So true for me too. I’ll be buckling down after Christmas. Hang in there.
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Nice! 4^4.415 myself!
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Now that’s using the old yule log. 
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Day 173. Feeling exceedingly grateful for my life and all of the blessings in and around it 
Being sober truly helps me recognise the appreciation and gratitude I now have for my life, for when I was still drinking, I was often feeling fearful, anxious and “hard-done-by”; but it was just me, not caring or loving myself enough to do better, to be better and to recognise all the beauty that is my life. I was asleep, but now I feel I have woken and my eyes are wide open; I now choose, everyday, to focus on the love and blessings in my life. Of course everyday is not all rainbows and sunshine but I can catch my thoughts and change my mindset. I have learnt that awareness. I try to find whatever positives I can in a day, and focus on them, and not get swept away by little things that might not go my way or be how ‘I’ want them to be. Perspective/mindset is everything Sober life = my best life 
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Quick check in
Day 461
Pffff, still puffy eyes and a red head. Ugly me 
Christmas dinner ahead. Going to put my new sweather full with pin’s to distract them from my face 
Did I mentioned already that I do not like Christmas, as in ever?
But tonight I have 1 Christmas dinner down and one to go. Counting down!
Have a good day!! 🙋
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- Waking up in my friends house. Coffee. Had a nice party last night. Nice folks even though they drank quite a lot. Made it till 4 on tea and ginger beer. Only downside from not going to sleep totally sloshed is I woke up every hour to go to the loo. Breakfast now together with some hungover people. Feeling good. Sober and clean. Have a good Sunday all! Love from Philip and me in Roermond.
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Day 415 and checking in , merry christmas you wonderful bunch ,hope you have an amazing christmas and remember 1 day at a time…big love to all of you my brothers and sisters in recovery 
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Beautiful share @Fargesia_murielae…loved it ,it was open and honest and at time like christmas when all are struggling in our own ways it provides inspiration to all of us …thankyou for your share mate 
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Hey people. Another sober day, currently in the gym
So the Mrs got back from work last night and I’d locked the outside gate by accident preventing her from getting in
She accused me of drinking as I do weird stuff when I drink and that my eyes looked red. I assured her I hadn’t been and took a tablet of Antabuse in front of her to prove I hadn’t and she still wasn’t convinced 
I’d been to an AA meeting an hour before. I said I’d ring my sponsor so he could tell her but she didn’t want me too
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Life! Who’s your daddy?! Boss of my life checking in on day 24!
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I’m sorry, that’s frustrating. I hope she realizes soon. I guess it takes our loved ones time to trust us again. Congrats on another sober day.
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Yep- I apologised to her for my part in it as I became angry and frustrated- exactly the same as i used to get when she caught me drinking, so why would she not trust me? 
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#111 not much going on. Reading about The Stones, back issues and angels this morning. Eclectic mix.
@Jane.c great news about the pup! My daugher is a few months away from her doctorate in veterinary medicine. I hear pup stories all the time.
@crystalclear adjusted my medications for depression down. Seems counterproductive but it has helped considerably. Don’t know if tag team with acupuncture is benefit or not…either way I’m feelin better.
@SoberWalker not the biggest Christmas fan either. Could be materialistic side that is big turn off…actually that is it. Give me a day with my kids, some quiet, share some stories over fancy dinner and I would be a happy fella.
Happy Sunday all.
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