Congrats on day 7! I’m on day five, usually I’d be making a strong drink or two, and a “to-go” safety drink before work, just to make it through a shift. Instead I’m pounding tea, a bit on edge, but grateful to be here. Not necessarily happy, but grateful. Stay strong, friend.
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congratulations on your 5 days 
just wanted to say I’ve failed so many tines in the past bc every time I got some sober days I took it for granted that I was cured and could pick and choose when I would stop and start, well you can imagine how that turned out, but now that word GRATEFUL is what keeps me sober. Everyday of sobriety is a gift, that’s why we are told to keep in the present, and I say thank you every night.
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I love this, too!
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Excellent I’m happy for you. Good luck you’ll be even faster.
I don’t train, and certainly don’t race. My aim is for enjoyment and exploration, there is not a competitive bone in this body!
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Continuing the discussion from [Working on my 1st week of Sobriety](Working on my 1st week of Sobriety
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You are right I dont want to be a normie anyway,
Thank you!
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Feeling fairly good today @Eleven17. Getting through this 2nd day so far… The tricky part for me is when I start feeling better, I justify going to the liquor store and doing it all over again! Oh, the vicious cycle. We got the next 24 hours!!!
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Thanks for reminding me of that. I cannot imagine now how I did the MTB still drunk or hungover. It was in our group like: you can Party, you can drink? Then you can also get up on the bike at 8 the next day. I was the only woman in the group. I have absolutely noooooooo idea how I did this. Not like I admire this but I now see how few training I need for the same results.
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Day 2!!! @VLM Im cheering for you! I walked into a gas station for the first time in 4 days. Saw the alcohol and kept repeating “no, no, no”, grabbed a bag of veggie straws & protein bar, and checked out as fast as I could. That felt really good. Knowing I have the inner strength to change. 
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Impressive! What is your longest bike ride?
@Eleven17. Good grab with the veggies straws and protein bar!! Just made peanut butter energy balls to stave off the cravings for sweets.
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Mint!
MTB FTW! There’s nowt much better than finding that flow 
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Depends on the bike but I think that was many years back. We have a bike marathon in one day around Lake Constance, which is 220km.
And MTB was in Black forest 117km and 3300 Hm+, also Bike Marathon. Unfortunately that doesn’t exists anymore. 
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Impressive, well done! Especially the MTB
It’s a completely different sport… (like comparing bouldering to indoor sport climbing, I don’t understand that).
If I’m ever asked ‘how many miles did you do’ --Its common to find out that they ride road, usually competitively. Whatever floats your boat!! I could care less about milage, just get me to the mountain top and a techy ride, if I can stay in an upright position and don’t have to carry too much, that’s a bonus.
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Hi @Alyanon. I’m just reading your post. Thank you so much for your honesty and for sharing your experience. I’m on day 3 and feeling better every hour! I don’t like to give advise but I just want you to be careful. I hope you have someone with you to help monitor your withdrawals. They sound scary. Please be careful and keep reaching out.
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The Divine Will is working in a way that is beyond my finite mind to understand, but I can still trust in it.
@LarryL, @Eleven17,@vlm, this is for you, too. This quote from my daily reading today demonstrates a cornerstone of my sobriety. That is that I don’t know how to live my life sober on my own. I don’t know what a sober life will look like because my perception is so skewed by alcohol.
Another concept in this book (24 hours a day), is that I am in a box of space and time and I have little or no understanding of what is outside that box.
When I got sober, I did it with a sudden and externallly imposed 100% abstinence. Getting arrested for DUI #5 will have that consequence. I need to remember the brain fog and the shakes, sweats, insomnia and anxiety that came with it. So I thank you for detailing your experiences.
At the moment I stopped drinking, I had an out of body experience (during the arrest, no less!) when I was given the message “Everything is going to be alright. I’ll be able to stop drinking now.” I had no idea what abstinence or sobriety would involve,but I knew I was done and I knew I could trust that message.
Whether you believe or not is immaterial. The fact is that everything is gonna be alright. The fact is that there are forces at work in this world that are loving and healing. The fact is that each person we encounter is a part of the Divine Whole, as are we ourselves.
Blessings on you as you begin your journey. Namaste 
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Congratulations
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Longest I have ever been sober is a month. And you know what? Starting to feel guilty because my husband wants another baby and we have been trying for another but with no luck. When we planned our daughter, I got pregnant easily. Now I feel my drug abuse has affected my health to where it’s harder to conceive. I carry that guilt because my husband has wanted another baby for almost a decade. I finally agreed over a year ago and we have been trying hard but no luck at all. Now my addiction affects my husband and it’s not fair. So I’m in my first week. Getting g my health together for myself and my family. I wanna give my husband his 2nd child. And I know ima have to get clean to do it.
Hi there and huge props to you!! You’re amazing. I’m on day 3. 
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