Hevyn

Another 24 is definitely in order! Can't stop now. New York at 3:21.

AlcoholFree66

Wednesday 6.20 am sober and a good sleep. However, last night I had alcohol dreams - not that uncommon - but I wake up a bit perturbed after them. Thank God I am sober and I am 4 months sober on the 8th of this month. I am away from home - in a nice little motel - and yesterday afternoon when work had finnished I had all the 'I could just sneak a few in' thoughts. So so so glad I didn't. I had dinner with the facilitators of my course - great networking and good conversation - they drank a little wine I didn't. Thank you SR - you are my lifeline. Off for a walk now. Committing to another 24 hours of sobriety.

tootsl1

I might have missed a day, but I am here now and sober!

Kiya

I think I forgot to sign up this morning. Checking in at 1800 eastern time from Ohio though.

Kaneda8888

Another 24 hours of equanimity, calm and sobriety pls ! Its 8:57am here !

courage2

Good evening!

Welcome to 2 new fellows Flynbuy & Trachemys! Whether you’re new to SR, new to this thread, or just coming back, it’s great to see you here!

Congratulations to Alysheba on 6 months Shi on 7Months and to all, for today!

Here’s the list of those who’ve made part of their commitment to sobriety include posting on this thread from about 8:30 p.m. EST September 1 to 8:30 p.m. EST September 2:

1newcreation
afloatsober
airwick
AlcoholFree66
altoids
Alynn
Alysheba
ANewDayNYC
ardy
BarbieKen
Beanie25
birddog406
calico
casinva
charleesavedme
ChloeRose63
Chrissy2014
Coldfusion
courage2
Dee74
desertsweetpea
erfra7
Findingtheway
Flynbuy
ForMeForThem
Gilmer
Goat
Grateful11
grtgrandpa
gvrecovery
HeartsAfire
Hevyn
j808
jsm273
Kaneda8888
Kiya
Kris47
least
Macali
Mags1
Marcher13
martina12
michaels_w
Missy7
Mountainmanbob
mystified
NewLeaf
Panacea
redwings12
Salgal
Sky2012
SnowDawg
sober808
SoberLeigh
sthlondonab
tgirl
tootsl1
trachemys
Try18
VikingGF
yukonm
Zencat



Do you have a totem animal or familiar spirit? Some people associate with a turtle. You know who you are ;-) Turtles are members of the order Testudines or Chelonii, a more ancient group of reptiles than snakes or lizards, found in the fossil record from more than 200 million years ago. You may call those that live only on land 'tortoises', or you may call them all 'turtles', but whatever you call them, they probably won’t answer. They can vocalize, but aren’t too chatty. Turtles are very intelligent and make great pets. As totems they symbolize longevity and wisdom, peace, patience, and determination. The aquatic turtles in particular also have an agile, social and playful aspect to their characters, but all turtles can be good playmates, if you take the time to understand their humor. I worked with a Merchant Marine who used to bring her 3 rescued Sonoran Desert Turtles to school and let them roam around the building. They got along quite well with the young people!

Is it some kind of commentary on human arrogance that we only acknowledged like last week that turtles talk? You may want to read this really interesting article on turtle vocalization: http://www.newsweek.com/turtles-talk...fspring-265613




Please send me your recovery animal by PM or post about it here. I'll include one of your suggestions with the roster every day this week!

DaneK

Dang! Late again. Been busy here on the gulf. One week left!!!

7:48 pm GoM

SnowDawg

Well today sure felt like Monday!
Still sober.
Slept like hell last night. Hope tonight is better.
24 more ahead. No pills, no juice.
7:54 PM in Indiana.

trachemys

Great article. I don't think it has anything to do with human arrogance. More with human limitations. Literally: "Turtles talk. Who knew?"

I did, of course. Junior yells every time I take him out of his tank to clean it. I swear it sounds like

rachelle77

Hi all! I spaced today and forgot to sign in, but I was sober the entire time! Had a great job interview first thing this morning (maybe waking up at 6:30 am threw me off) and am over the moon happy to finally have a job after a dismal 8 months. I'm so happy that I put down the bottle(s) and am venturing towards opening up my world.
Sign me up for another 24 hours at 7:17 pm from foggy San Francisco.

BarbieKen

. Courage, seeing the photo of the Honu reminds me of past Hawaii vacations. Thank you or should I say Mahalo.
Today was my 1st meeting back to my home group. I brought cupcakes & the chips to the Park. Our former site was no more, thanks to the City. Now, each meeting time must find their own place. My Tuesday Noon home group today was much, much smaller. Change is not easy for this alcoholic. Serenity Prayer time .....
I will be checking in here for another 24 hours of my recovery, thanks HP & AA.
Bobbi

Grateful11

I'm in for another 24. 9:45pm CST.

1newcreation

12amET...in MD; collected my chip from sponsor earlier & everyone whom I chose to say something on this very special day, made me laugh or almost cry. Cake was delicious. Icing on cake(no pun intended) was my brother showing up right when mtg was starting! Said he was proud of me in front of group & would relay tonite's event to dad who's still skeptical bout my recovery. Very grateful
24 more

Coldfusion

9:14 PM in the forest--time to start another 24 hours sober.

michaels_w

Mojave time, 9:30pm. Long weekend was great, but too fast.

I'm in for 24 more, please?

Another round of prayers, I'm "buying".

peace.

Aarryckha

24 more please.

9:30PM PST

Six months as of yesterday!!

ANewDayNYC

Day 5 - committing to another 24hrs. - 12:33AM nyc

afloatsober

another 24 please..
Afloatsober
G

sthlondonab

24 for me please, 06:03 London Town. Autumn is on the way. First time for months I have woken up and it's a little bit dark still at this time in the morning

Alynn

I commit to another 24 hrs please in Atlanta

I can do all things through he who strengthens me