41 days, Linds. Loving your work. I’m on 21 at the moment. Loving every minute of it.
Day 23 today for me. Way to go to everyone!
This is my 2nd Day 5 of 2021, but my first full weekend of no alcohol in I don’t know how long.
Great job you clearly care about your recovery keeping track of everything as you did bear. I have a lot a faith you can do jt the drugs are the death of us we all can take control a say at a time a min at a time. Keep up the great work man. Proud to see you so happy. Very important!!
Can anyone offer tips when they are really feeling like throwing in the towel and having a drink because things feel so lonely right now and it seems like no one would even know if I did or didnt drink. I am missing a sense of freedom in lockdown (like I know we all are) and working such long days (like many of us are too). I feel so unhealthy this way. And I don’t know if any menstruators have found this but I am bleeding a lot more during Covid? Longer periods, over 7 days, and heavy enough to bleed onto furniture which has been a nightmare and humiliating. My body is cheating me again and again. Anyway, I miss the blur of not having to look at myself in the mirror because I am too busy and now I have to see myself and face the fact that I’m stagnating. I know we’re all going through hard times, and I’m lucky enough to finally get this new job after a long time searching. But I am worried, I feel tired, my willpower is spent and I don’t know where to turn. My boyfriend, understandably goes to bed about 3 hours before I do, and he doesn’t like it when I text him my concerns anyway, I’m only allowed to raise things on a phonecall. Which I know makes sense for best ‘communication’, in terms of the likelihood of us both understand the interpretation correctly. BUT it also means, I return to the familiar feeling of nowhere to go when I am always up late searching for an antidote to how I feel. Someone has suggested AA to me so I think i’ll go to a zoom tomorrow night. I wish not drinking didn’t have to unravel all other issues - I really need to stay healthy eating, but binging has crept up on me, like I want to give myself nice things to distract myself from drinking. But, I can’t keep doing that, its making me low. Anyway, wishing everyone a positive week - I’d love as always any good books; movies; music; podcasts on any of this. How erratically things can shift in lockdown! I was fine an hour ago!
look as hard as you like at that picture bc you won’t see me,
I’m not on the piste anymore. Boom boom!!!
Exit stage to the left
Grateful and Blessed to be at day 710
45 days for me !
I feel you I’ve had quite a few of those day recently as well. I like to listen to a lot of lo fi instrumentals when I have those feeling the music soon calm and soothing. Have a great week as well. Stay strong
Day 347!
Getting thru that first weekend is huge congratulations to you for sure!
Bye for now…
Have you read This Naked Mind, by Annie Grace? It really helps me. There is also a podcast if you need something more instant.
Happy day 25!
Going to try this thank you so much
68 days today! Super proud of myself. It hasn’t been easy. Plus I got engaged shortly after getting clean and have a stepson now.
Wow your killing it!