Day 4 and its been ok. Struggling with headache and itching, but this site and your posts are keeping me focused. Well done for today guys !!

That is true.
I've been posting congrats over at the April 2014 group last couple days. Peeps have been hitting 1yr sober over there. How cool is that!!

You can also see those who put several months behind them, thought all was good and one night drinking would be ok, only to find themselves depressed, fighting anxiety, and urges again.

I need those reminders.
I know what will happen if I drink again. But i also know that dragon can be more convincing than I can be. I could learn some things from it that would be useful in sales.

Drink lots of water, got to hydrate bluesky. 2 symptoms of de-hydration are headaches and dry skin.

Thanks for the encouragement everyone, I don't like my job so its nice to have the option. I want to try to prove to myself I can stay sober - this gives me extra motivation.

I feel like my body is adjusting back to sobriety. I don't usually have too much difficulty on Sundays but I want to check in more often to stay on track.

Hope everyone is having a good, sober day.

Hang in there bluesky - you can do this!

Yeah this thread will continue, as is, for as long as you guys keep posting in it.

The only change is this thread, and you guys as a group, move to the Newcomers Daily Support Forum

Newcomer's Daily Support Threads - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

to make way for what will be the new Class of May 2015 thread here in this forum :)

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Hello all and happy April. It's hard to believe it's almost May. This month really went quickly.

My twin daughters turn 17 in about 3 weeks. Time seems to go so much faster once they hit middle school. Sometimes I wish I could slow it down but other days, it's an amazing pleasure watching them mature.

I'm going to have a few hours alone soon so I'm going to bunker down with a comfy throw and finish "To Kill A Mockingbird". It's been an amazing read.

Happy for sobriety today. It's truly an amazing gift.

Nice going buddy.
Day 4 wasn't too fun for me. But the clouds parted shortly thereafter. Hopefully the same will happen for you.

And ditto on the water. Drink tons of it. It helps in more ways then one. Do your body some good and you'll be rewarded for your efforts!

YES! Me too and it's feeling good.
My attitude is overall way better. Doom and gloom moments aren't nearly as bad.

Today was the first time in a long time I woke up with a great attitude. That was nice. Didn't necessarily stay with me all day, but those moments are growing while depression is shrinking. Very noticeable.

More energy. More spring in my step. All that. Loving it.

Before if I was tired, a rum and coke or vodka and red bull was my fix. After time, those would just make me sleepy after 30min or so. My anxiety was so high and sleep was so bad that drinking would shortly lead to a nap. And then to wake up and get moving again....you guessed it...time for a drink!

What a mess. Glad that's over and looking forward to continued improvements with body, mind, and soul.

Glad your here NewDay.
Catch ya later

Ah, closing out the day with a nice yoga session - very chilled. Stick with it, it gets better.

Nice.

Yoga is incredible. I may add that to my to-do list tomorrow :)

I finished the book. It was an incredible read. I'm starting another one tomorrow. It's nice to get lost in someone else's mind for a bit.

Another great thing to add to my list.

Day 2. It was a good day. It was beautiful weather and I really enjoyed the day.

Dinner out. No drink. Didn't want one at all.
Would be nice if every moment was like that.

Looking forward to waking up happy again.

It's official. I made the weekend and I'm officially calling it one week without alcohol, or any other substance for that matter. I really have no idea how long it's been since I've gone a week without putting some kind of drug / alcohol in my body. I honestly can't think of one single week for the past 30 years. I'm sure there was a few in there somewhere. But THIS ONE COUNTS!

It's great to be in control.
G'nite

I love doing yoga! I am not very good at it but it feels so good. I also am starting to read more also. I used to read tons before my drinking got the best of me; reading with double vision kinda sucks, now it is way more enjoyable! I am reading The Power of Now and Life of Pi.

A week today for me too! Congratulations to you, Incontrol, and to everyone on this site making a difference to their own lives and those of those around them ;)

Morning all,

Day twenty one here. For more reflections and thoughts on where I stand, feel free to check out my thread - 2 days in (48 hours).

Cheers,

ZAB

Hi everyone, just joining this thread as someone who quit this month - yesterday was my first night without drinking (and my first with some decent sleep) in a long while. The only difference I'm really feeling today is that I'm feeling incredibly irritable, and hungry for a full english breakfast with extra everything. And pizza for pudding.

Congrats, Incontrol! One week without alcohol is a very cool achievement.

It is morning here and I have a busy three days - a night workshop tonight, and then a two day business meeting. I arranged it so I will drive to the meeting tomorrow, so there is only one night there. I'm more worried about getting overly tired than the usual business meeting drinking antics, but wanted to minimize the time there anyway. I'll do dinner and then head to my room for the night.

Stay sober!

Welcome, Julie. Pull up a comfy chair and join the fun! Lots of support here.

Thanks, Jazzfish :) sounds like a good plan you have for your business meeting.

(ooh, you're right, these chairs **are** comfy)

Good morning everyone from Ohio USA.
Woke up happy again AND LOVING IT.

Now if I was just good enough to get up early so I could hit the gym before I go out selling, that would be the bomb. Baby steps I guess.

AMP....congrats back at ya buddy! Feels great huh?

Julie...welcome, welcome, welcome!! Congrats to you for taking the leap to make a post! Enough is enough. Sounds like alcohol has changed you for the worse too. Just like everyone else here. And just like all those who quit, we're going to change again for the better. Life is worth living with a smile!

Have a great day all

Welcome Julie :)

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I have failed. Had 3 beers on friday night, 4 on saturday night and 5 on Sunday...yeah, not much of an effort. And now my son's in the hospital and we had to come here after I had those 5 beers - quite sad that I knew we may be going to the hospital for my son's condition and yet I still had 5 beers.

I am still trying. Need to do something different.

I hope your son's ok halfvictory.

If you're really committed to change, you will figure this out :)

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Hey Halfvictory! It seems to me that a failure would be to get back on the beers AND switch off from your support network. I really hope your son is ok. Dee said that you will find a way through if you really want to. I think you wouldn't be on here if you didn't want to be! Perhaps you can look at this slip as a kind of "half victory"! It has helped you to gain some valuable perspective! Be well, friend!

^^ well put ^^ And yeah, do some things different, or better. It would help if you wrote them down. Maybe even post them. It's not like we're the accountability police. We're just alcoholics. In fact what you post may help somebody. You feel like a failure. Thats good. That means YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. Now get up and go get it!

Oh....and I admire your courage for posting. You are a lot stronger than you dragon wants you to believe.

Survived the weekend, my sobriety date started on April 24th so I haven't had much of a start yet. The big test is going through this week. I've done whole weeks before but this time around I'm committing myself to this forum. Last time I committed to this forum I went 6 months and a week I think. That's why I know I'm confident this will work.

I hope everybody has a great day!