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@Dolse71 Paul, haven’t seen you around. Happy new year to you!

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Great to hear things are going well.:purple_heart:

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Happy New year to you too and thanks for the thought :hugs:

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I am alive!!!

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Oh heeeeey! :wave:

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Hey there Friend!!

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Hola amiga! :wave:

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Always good to hear :sunglasses:

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Yayyayyay! Always good to see you. :orange_heart:

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@Matt hope you’re doing fine :upside_down_face:

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I am thank you friend :innocent: I have been here every day but mostly reading. In recent weeks my business has picked up quite a bit, so I am driving around much more than I was, doing estimates, managing projects, managing jobs. There is a lot to do!

I have been working on emotion regulation in myself, to consolidate the sobriety I’ve developed over the last year. Right now I am practicing a “calm-contain-continue” technique daily. When I recognize a rising tide of unhelpful thinking (“I’m not ____ enough”, or it also shows up as an urge to binge on high-sugar or high-fat foods) I take time to calm myself using some somatic techniques my counsellor taught me, then I “contain” the feelings (for me I visualize sealing them in a refrigerator) and I tell myself I will come back to them if I still want to later, then I continue, constructively, with my next helpful step of whatever I was doing.

I combine this with continued prayer every morning, which I’ve been doing for about a year now and to me it is helpful.

It’s subtle but I notice an improved mood and steady progress, in how I feel and also in my professional life. Just the last few weeks, while challenging, have felt very constructive. I’ve learned a lot!

Thanks again friend :innocent:

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@Kaeo Hope you’re doing well my friend. Thanks for being here in my early times.

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I relapsed hard and have little desire to quit… Probably will change once the honeymoon face ends and when I severely fuck up my life again, which is inevitable.

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One of my friend’s kids asked what the population of the world was, and that got me thinking I don’t think I’ve seen @1in8billion around… how you doing, friend? And also @penguin? Hope you guys are well :orange_heart:

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Thanks for checking in on me! This means a lot and came at a time that was needed.

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Hi, thanks for checking on me. I’m doing fine. Just life stuff.

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All you can do for me is to be there for me when I’ve got the desire to quit again.
For now I’ve got to find internal motivation to quit.

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@Juli1 hope to see you around soon. Hope you had a smooth back to work.

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To be as honest as @Crazy_Dutchie…

I am not okay, relapsed again in drinking and yesterday in ED. On top I am in contact with this difficult guy, even personal. :smirk:

I am back to work but it’s putting pressure on me and making this fainting feeling. Need to change mindset.

I am ashamed to write again and again about the relapses last weeks. I have the willing to get back to life as it was between 22.07. and 21.12.

I know, I need to get that ass up again Franzi!

Thank you so much for thinking of me.

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We are here for you. You know you are not alone in this cycle. Many of us lived in it. There is a way out. Reach out. Don’t isolate with booze in your home. When ODAAT is too long cut into smaller chunks.

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