Day 13 here. I usually check in first thing in the morning but today I was up and hit the ground running. Ive been reading on and off all day but haven’t had time to write until now. This is a good thing because it means I’m staying busy which for me is the key to staying sober. Hope everyone is having a happy sober Saturday. I hit 2 weeks tomorrow woo woo!!! 
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No nicotine at all in that time. I have had the odd pang here and there but in the last month or so it’s really been on my mind a lot. I have been having drinking and smoking dreams, where I am disgusted with myself for drinking but fine with the smoking and basically carrying on and just smoking the odd cig here and there (just one won’t hurt! Although I obvs just basically end up smoking).
I have a phone call scheduled with my GP next week to review my antidepressants, so will bring it up with him then. I think stopping smoking unleashed some mental health stuff and I am wondering if changing things up might help.
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This resonates with me. A lot.
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Day 266. Checking in. Still learning daily, working hard to keep my head on straight. All the best to everyone, safe and sober holidays!
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Interesting! Ask about Wellbutrin, if that is of a class you tolerate. I took it for about 6 or 7 months when I quit smoking and it helped me on both fronts. In the interim, walks and sugar free life savers.
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Will ask about it, thanks! And definitely need some sugar free lifesavers or some local equivalent.
Have not been very active recently either which I’m sure isn’t helping. Need to get some more walks in!
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I have every faith you will figure it out and move past this unsettling time.
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Day 47 checking in.
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Day 727
It’s almost 3am and I can’t sleep 
I think I ate something wrong, I was on the throne so often today that I have problems sitting 
And I might die tonight thanks to my bloated belly and the amounts of farts I produce 
Still got my humor tho 
Yay
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Congrats on 
days too sober twin!!!
Feels awesome to get a bit of distance from active addiction. Keep running in the right direction!
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Thank you for your support @no-longer-a-victim Tony! No doubt I spent a lot of time and money on my addiction until both ran out but in order to get my life back and live the way I deserve, I had to keep my promise to myself and put the bottle down. It hasn’t been easy of course but the amount of energy that was put into my addiction had to be put into my sobriety, so far so good. I hope everyone with their addiction gets the strength and courage I did and leave it behind them, it’s just something we used to do like picking our nose and eating our boogers, it did nothing for us and its gross😁
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622/9. I had another really good day today with my kids. This Christmas break I’ve tried to stay in the present as much as possible. We went to the park, made slime, went to a coffee shop and sat outside looking at the clouds lol, scootering, skateboarding, hanging with family, watching Lost In Space in bed. Quality time.
I’m happy to be sober and have been for some time now. But I keep getting told that with the amount of sober days I have I “should be less of a terrible person”. Tired of living in groundhogs day. I really never want to be trapped or controlled by anything ever again. Yay for new beginnings and staying sober and staying out of the addictive, toxic cycle drugs and alcohol brings.
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- Need to hurry so a quickie. Feeling a bit better. Was at a birthday party in a bar with an incredible amount of special beers on draught. Wasn’t tempted but felt a bit uneasy about asking for a soda (?). Stayed only shortly. Work now. Sober and clean. Have a good Sunday all! Love from Amsterdam.
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Checking in on day 48.
Tomorrow I head home from my parents house…Which means, I made it through the whole Christmas holiday without drinking! Feeling really proud of myself and much stronger in my sobriety. (Practice makes perfect they say!) I was pretty tempted one day this week, when I was feeling particularly irritated with a family member, but I quickly realized that drinking would only make things worse in the long run…So glad I was able to see that clearly!
I just got back from a book club meeting tonight with three of my girlfriends, and it was fantastic as usual! Lots of yummy food and great conversation. (Two of them drank, and two of us didn’t)…Bubbly water for the win!
Sooooooo looking forward to waking up tomorrow and heading home hangover free. I will need to do a little recovering over the next few days, (catching up on some sleep and unwinding from the busy, people filled holiday), but at least I won’t be recovering from hangovers, drinking anxiety, and depression. So grateful to have this sober holiday season under my belt. 
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Fancy room! And nice view too, hope you have a great vacation!
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18 days! I know it’s not a lot, but I’ve never been prouder of myself.
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If you’re proud, it must be a lot. So congratulations on your achievement.
Boss of my life checking in with 31 days, because no one can do it for me. I’m up too late this Saturday night. But I have to say this has been the best day yet. It feels like progress was solidified. I feel powerful, unstoppable. I feel liberated.
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Where is this? Keep chewing… cause these are the last moments…
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