Dear marism, we need to be proud of ourselves everyday, actually every hour, every minut and every second we are being sober. Our struggle is worth it on the other side eventhough it doesnt feel like it when we are fighting. Im proud of every single one of you. Being able to come back and fight again beside your/ our loving troopers !!! lots of love.
@SoulSearcher dear kaitlin, it is very rough please write to me on whats app if you want to ventilate, i know its a struggle and evenmore with the World atm and all the changes - you are not alone
@Maria thanks alot, couldnt get a hold on the today, so will try again tomorrow
Honestly nothing. I had a strong craving and gave in. Super disappointed, but am also proud of progress in cutting things way down over the last 2.5 weeks.
This really hit home today - I got a lot out of my partial break from tech today but a tough situation had me craving booze pretty hard. I wish I had come here and talked about it but I was dealing with maintenance guys at my place and spiraling…but just knowing this forum and all of you are “here” helped me tremendously. I’m looking forward to spending some quality time reading and posting tomorrow. Good night!
finally had a good night sleep after weeks!!! but seems that before breakfast I already had a free fall in feeling like a loser… somehow this happens a lot when my body starts to relax. then I feel totally unworthy and depressed. good that I am aware but will I manage to keep the darkness at bay today…? and not go back to fight flight. (so this is how sneakliy subtle defense mechanism works I guess) So I try to sit with it and do some admin while people are working in the garden putting in new tiles and making it more like a home! How is the working at home for you now? already getting a bit more comfortable with it?
Yes, I’m on my day 16 and though tempted when things get stressful, I’ve been able to redirect and not drink. I will say that I feel like a bloated pig and am eating way too much, I made it through doing much better yesterday and then toward the end of the day totally binged on chocolate. I ate so much chocolate over the last few days…it’s reminding me of drinking. I start with one and can’t stop myself. I even bought individually wrapped ones to slow me down, that’s laughable. Today I’m trying something new and eating more fruit to satisfy the sugar craving. We will see how that goes. But, the best news is I’m sober.
I’m so sorry you’re going through such a tough time. I really hope that things settle down as more time in this new situation passes and maybe a new routine and with it a sense of normalcy will develop. That sounds totally wild for you right now. Let us know how you’re doing - maybe check in to the main thread on here and express what you’re dealing with to get you some more TS love coming your way. Sending
Oh dear… take care. I feel for young families who are navigating this. I have seen lots of free educational tools popping up online but dont know if those are helpful or not… please take care and keep checking in to let us know how you are doing!!
Hows everyone doing today? It’s getting tough where I am, the wave is coming… My brother and husband are still expected to go to work and I cant help but worry about them constantly…
My husband is in transportation (manager at a terminal) and my brother is an optician. Sounds like the optometrist clinic might shut down soon, thank goodness.
Okay. We are on 4 deaths but our country has been quick closing everything down, boarders and so on because its very bad ind europe. But i hope your family will get off soon so you dont have to worry anymore dear
How is the working at home for you now? already getting a bit more comfortable with it?