whopper

Anyone making resolutions for the new year? I know mine is to not drink, make friends, find a partner, lose weight, and get a job. Not sure if I can do all these things but some of them can be done. I am going to put in a good effort to make those changes.

RUL23

Accomplish the not drink park and maybe everything else will fall in place 🙂

doggonecarl

The power to effect those changes lies within you, not in some calendar event.

August252015

Keep putting my sobriety first - before my new husband, precious step daughter, work with a recovery group I love, everything! - and LIVING. Not NY resolutions, really- a life plan.

b0glerd69

For me, not to drink. Then, not to get so stressed out about work as ultimately, you can only do your best. Also, to get out more, to do more.

hpdw

Don't drink
Lose weight
Stop whining

JustTony

^^^^This^^^^

But no "maybe" about it for me. I know if I stay sober everything else will fall into place.

Nonsensical

Fail at something I've never done before at least once a month.

By this I am defining failure as not reaching my expectations for results. I read recently that if you succeed at everything you do you aren't taking enough risks, and I've decided to take that on for action. I am very excited about it. I learn so much more when I fail than when I succeed.

So, hold my cranberry and diet ginger ale, and watch this...

entropy1964

My daughter asked me this. I dunno. I make resolutions each day. I have a small list of them....that I commit to daily. Only one has to be perfect, that's the not drinking daily resolution. Right now the biggest resolution is no sugar. And I'm making progress.

hpdw

Spot on , we are the result of the choices we make whether it be 1st Jan or any other date .

DreamCatcher17

I'll be making a dream board on NYE with goals and things to accomplish in 2018!
I love to visualize my goals, I find it to me more helpful.
This year will consist of:
Fitting my pre pregnancy clothes by July, so about 50 pounds to lose
Reducing my debt in half, while not adding to it
Working out 5 days a week
Sticking to my meal plan, unless it's a special occasion, bay, v-day, etc... But to not over indulge
Read a new book every month
Get an AA sponsor
Paint 1 new painting a month, minimum

That's the start of my list, I'm sure I'll add to it with in the next few days!

bossybutt

Not drink of course, improve my eating habits and gain 20 lbs, start exercising, end some toxic relationships, do a better job of doing my job duties (amazing how not drinking makes that happen much faster) get my medical and dental things in order

thomas11

^^^^This is so true.

MindfulMan

I'm all about getting out of my comfort zone this year.

Drinking did a huge amount to keep me in it. And miserable in many areas of my life as a result.

I've done the quit drinking/quit smoking/lose weight/exercise thing.

#1 is to maintain all of that. It's all related. Adding journaling and more meditation to my life to help stay that way, living in the moment. Depression is shame and guilt about the past, anxiety is shame and guilt about the future.

#2 is to return to work and reintegrate those stressors into my life and manage #1 above.

#3 is new things. First on the list is becoming a motorcycle rider, I have a lesson in 2 hours and taking the class to get licensed the second week of January. It's kinda replacing one addiction with another, but one is external chemically based and the other internal chemically based (adrenaline!).