Really4Real

Thanks, Caribbean... I like it too

SwanSong

Hey Carribean! Great to see you drop in

I love your signature too, one of my favorite recovery quotes...!

Take care out there..

Pandora1

Hi all!! Glad to see you are doing better.

My release date is Nov. 4th.

Really4Real

Wow... time is flying by -- good to hear from you Akasha! Hope you are well also

SwanSong

Nice to see you Akasha, also glad you are doing well!

tomdecel

Still in Detroit (more like Ann Arbor). Getting my son settled to start his new life here. Tomorrow (Sunday) is separation day. He already started practicing with the drumline at Eastern Michigan U today. Tomorrow he moves into the dorms. Marching band starts their 2 week "band camp" tomorrow and are hosting an open house BBQ for all family members.

6PM they go back to practicing and we get to say goodbye. He is ready. I think I am too. My wife is trying to be, but I know it will be hard to say so long.

We fly back Monday morning and I get to start a new life as "empty nesters". A lot of adjustments for all of us. I am so glad I can do this sober. Otherwise I would have been a wreck by now.

Take care my friends.

Dee74

good to hear from you Akasha
you too tdc

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SwanSong

Thanks for checking in Tom. I'm sure your son will do just fine.

Really how are you doing this weekend?

Really4Real

Awesome, Swan! Day 21 done and over with -- as far as I'm concerned. Get the 'thoughts' every now and then, but swat them away

How are things on your side of the country?

SwanSong

Things are good. Sorry I asked how you were doing then didn't logon til now!

I'm heading out for the night, have class the next 3 nights and a meeting Fri.

But I'll be reading...glad you got thru 21!!!

tomdecel

Back at home. Had a very nice trip, considering the changes we are going to go through in the next few months. Never once did it occur to me that drinking was an option. Never did I even think of picking up. Feels great.

Embracing sober living.......Onwards my friends.

Pandora1

R4R, so glad to the days clicking by for you! Keep up the good work. So proud of you.

I'm doing okay for the most part. I'm still struggling with sleeping. Some nights I might get 6 hrs if lucky. The last few days no more then 3 hrs a night. A couple of nights I have drug dreams. I so hate those!!! Being bipolar and DID doesn't help with my sleeping.

Tom, how are you doing? You are coming up on a year soon.

Swan, hope your first week went well.

Have a great rest of the week all.

Stay strong all.

Really4Real

Hey Akasha! Hope you're sleeping straightens out soon. Thanks for the encouragement. Feeling pretty good for the most part... I have my moments, but they pass (or I kick them out)... sort of like swatting the thoughts with Swan's flyswatter, but I prefer a baseball bat!

tomdecel

Wait a second R4R..... Flyswatter? Those don't work. The one I borrowed from Swan was a demondswatter. Big difference.

Good to hear from you Akasha. Yeah it will be a year soon, but I just don't seem to spend much time counting days anymore. I'm just focusing my energy on reaffirming my commitment to live a sober lifestyle.

I just got back from a trip that turned out to be an emotional roller-coaster (my son - the baby- turned 18 and started college far away from home), yet I had not even a passing thought of drinking. I would have in the past.

Take care my friends.... TdC.

SwanSong

Happy Friday morning (err depending on where you are!) shout out to you all..!

tomdecel

O U T

Is that better, Swan?

I was reading some newbie posts earlier today over lunch on the alcoholism threads who are still struggling. I have not had any desire to drink in so long. Why?

I think because I have been down on the mat so many times, completely defeated, that I know the pain that even one or two drinks could start. It is like one of those stacks of dominoes lined up ready to be pushed over. Push the first one down, and the whole stack will collapse.

We are going out to dinner to some friends house. When I ask what I should bring, she said how about a bottle of wine. Oh, I just happen to have one that a cousin of my wife brought to us a few weeks ago when he came to visit. Very convenient.

Just living "la vida" sober. I hope she is a good cook.

Later.....

tomdecel

Sorry Swan, It is not that I am neglecting posting in this thread, it is just that fitness is such an important part of my well being and my recovery that I seem to spend a lot of time there along with R4R on a daily basis. Getting ready to do a 100 mile bike ride in two weeks, kind of a celebratory run.

How are you doing with your post count? Are you catching up to Dee's?

Seriously, how are you doing? Still busy with work and school? Are you doing any rock-climbing these days? Job still in turmoil?

I seem to just be on autopilot. No desire to drink, no interest whatsoever. No alcohol related issues.

Just living la vida sober. Take care.

grateful101010

Hi all, just checking in. I too am still living la vida sober (LOVE that line.) Rounding the corner towards 11 months. Can't believe it. Working on weight loss, eating better, exercising more, making changes in my job, not being such a workaholic. Late now, will write more later on in the week.

Dee74

Good to see you guys

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tomdecel

I know..... There are still a couple of you at large..... Carib? Isah, and of course Akasha.... I don't mean to ignore you guys either, but we don't hear much from you.

Hopefully Akasha will be back in "circulation" soon.

You can always find me on the Kicking Asphalt thread, cause I am always kicking asphalt on a regular basis.

Congrats on the 11 months Grateful.