I’m almost a whole week! One more day. Truly it’s been a rough week. I don’t understand how people make it to 4 weeks or 1,000 days. I’ve never felt so much fear and regret in my life. I’ve never known what true anxiety felt like until I’ve decided to get clean. I still haven’t told my wife yet I’m growing the strength to do that soon.
One thing I’ve learned being on this app so far is to learn patience. Patience seems to be the one thing that everyone learns while being sober. What helps push them to get better
Other thing I’ve learned is I have to understand everyone grows at different rates. I want to be 40 days sober already. I wanna get passed all the anxiety and suffering but it’s what I must go through to grow. It’s truly been an interesting week so far.
Thank you to everyone who’s helped me get passed all this
Congratulations I know this can be rough and even in Sobriety somedays can be harder then others . Its looking at just for today! Sometimes its when i get rough days especially if im working in our office at work!ill break the day down to sometimes mins or hours .also in early Soberity got to know H.a.l.t fast Hungry anger loneliness tired .patience is the key to success it took me awhile to understand that
Yeah try not to focus on the future. Just say focused on today and what you can do today. It will get better. Sometimes darkness can show us the light
Remember one day at a time its key its not a marathon to plan ahead
Do you best not to think about the future when it comes to your sobriety unless its in the sense of how healthy you will become. Also make sure to find someone that you can talk to about your feelings. Preferably someone that has been down a similar road. You will have these types of emotions often. The key is to talk and work through them and having someone who understand them is a huge thing. Don’t focus on how 1,000 days seems impossible and do focus on not giving into it today and before you know it you will be there. The biggest thing with me to get over was the understanding that I can not drink at all. There is no good reason to give in to it.
Well done making it through 6 days! I think other posts have mostly covered the advice I would give. To add to this, think of sobriety as a journey, not a destination. Live in the present. You’ve got this!
Keep at it. You are doing great.
Yes but I just wanna run. Run free into no where like emptiness
Huge congratulations! I know its not easy. For me anyway, the earlier days were the hardest. Once i learned healthier coping strategies, things greatly improved. It takes time and ur right, patience plays a huge role. Just focus on one day at a time 
u will get there!
Yes I have been reading your advice and using them in my daily life. The whole anxiety thing I haven’t figured out how to calm that down yet. Ya know? It’s like all I think about at work or gaming or even before I go to sleep. The mistakes the people I’ve hurt, the need to do my addiction
Yeah while I was in my addiction I was working out still very motivated but since I’ve gotten clean I’ve been stress eating having border line panic attacks. I’m trying to find a new groove and become healthier
Congrats on 6 days! That is truly an accomplishment. Getting 24 hours seemed impossible to me for years. Looking back I’ve realized the beginning was the hardest part, but keep going. It’s worth it. As for the anxiety around regrets, this was where I had to put in some work. Those thoughts were ruminating in my mind every day, keeping me down, until I decided to do something about it. At 60 days exactly, I stepped foot into my first AA meeting. That helped me solve everything I couldn’t on my own. Just a suggestion that worked wonders for me. All the best 
Feeling anxious in sobriety is natural. Especially now that you aren’t numbing your thoughts, feelings and behaviours through your doc. This may be compounded by your fear of telling your wife about your sobriety. I have diagnosed anxiety, among others, and what helped me was talking it through with a counsellor, therapist or someone I trust, getting to the root of what truly drives my anxiety. I acknowledge that therapy may not be an available or feasible approach. Have you heard of box breathing? It’s helped me in times of high anxiety and panic attacks.
Mindfulness, or any practice that brings your racing mind to the present may be another tool you could use. Keep chatting or reading TS, it really is a useful tool. Wishing you all the best!
You got many tips and helpfull responses already. I would like to add this picture to it:
For me that clarefies a lot when I feel anxious and helps me dealing with it.
I can’t tell you how much this made my day. Go see every single person reply in this help me and give me advice. It empowers me so much. I will watch the video thank you so much
Thank you I will use this as well