Class of October 2015 Part 3
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ky
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Heya guys! So glad to see so many of you still going strong! I'm proud of you keep going! I tell people all the time, I don't get trouble with cravings. Mine starts with depression and anxiety. Finally it's lifting although not sure what triggered it. Just glad to be feeling like my normal self again!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: East Coast
Posts: 1,134
Key of C - I hope you are feeling better 
Midton, I always enjoy your well thought out posts. Please post away, even the mundane stuff. I enjoy reading!!
And glad to see others posting again (don't want to mention names in case I miss someone... can't look back to all the posts while I'm typing here!)
I'll try to post daily and keep accountable. I have a journal as well and it's pretty boring stuff, but I try to get my thoughts on paper when I can.
Grizzly, I really like that Winnie the Pooh quote!! I need to print it out and post it somewhere to remind myself that I can't always do everything everyday and sometimes, enough is really enough! Thank you!
Another busy day ahead. Tuesdays are always busy. I've got to remember to slow down and enjoy 'the moments' when they come. Like looking at my cute little dog who is currently waiting for a walk
Midton, I always enjoy your well thought out posts. Please post away, even the mundane stuff. I enjoy reading!!
And glad to see others posting again (don't want to mention names in case I miss someone... can't look back to all the posts while I'm typing here!)
I'll try to post daily and keep accountable. I have a journal as well and it's pretty boring stuff, but I try to get my thoughts on paper when I can.
Grizzly, I really like that Winnie the Pooh quote!! I need to print it out and post it somewhere to remind myself that I can't always do everything everyday and sometimes, enough is really enough! Thank you!
Another busy day ahead. Tuesdays are always busy. I've got to remember to slow down and enjoy 'the moments' when they come. Like looking at my cute little dog who is currently waiting for a walk
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 129
Hi, peeps. Just checking in. 34 days and feeling pretty good. Last night I went to dinner with a friend with whom I liked to drink.
I told her that I am taking 90 days off and assessing. I also told her that it is easier for me to have none than one.
She got kind of weird and uncomfortable-seeming when I said that.
My sense is that it made her think about her own habits.
I love truth even when it is uncomfortable so I am glad I said it.
I told her that I am taking 90 days off and assessing. I also told her that it is easier for me to have none than one.
She got kind of weird and uncomfortable-seeming when I said that.
My sense is that it made her think about her own habits.
I love truth even when it is uncomfortable so I am glad I said it.
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 1,486
Hey all,day 11 just checking in to be.accountable and get used to the site,no real cravings,thoughts a little but I don't want to go back,I've been relapsing for 3 years now,ever since I started trying to quit,I too get the overwhelming depressed/anxious feeling and think" hell I'd rather be drunk than feel like this!"working on changing that attitude, hope everyone has a lovely day😁
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Originally Posted by grizzlybearblue 
Turningleaf, I'm sorry to hear you had a hard day. I'm glad to hear you didn't drink over it though!
Now I really believe I can do this. I've realized it's not impossible- it's a choice I make each day to not drink and a commitment each day to the things that keep me from drinking. Putting that in writing scares me. Am I being overconfident? I hope not. But I'm seeing now what it takes to not drink and believing I can do that for today.
Here's to a new month gang!! This is uncharted territory for me. I'm excited to see what it brings!
Now I really believe I can do this. I've realized it's not impossible- it's a choice I make each day to not drink and a commitment each day to the things that keep me from drinking. Putting that in writing scares me. Am I being overconfident? I hope not. But I'm seeing now what it takes to not drink and believing I can do that for today.
Here's to a new month gang!! This is uncharted territory for me. I'm excited to see what it brings!
I don't think you are being overconfident in your goal. I know you can do it!
Have a great day!
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: sydney nsw
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Day 30 today. Beeme, I hear you. Being sober around drinkers does make them uncomfortable. When you remove alcohol from the picture how much in common do you actually have with a person you known for years. I have a old drinking mate now when alcohol is out of the picture I have nothing to say to him...Its a reality removing alcohol changes you and changes the life around you. I have also told some of my friends that I have given myself until January to dry out. Of course in the beginning nobody thought I could do it (even myself to a degree) now at more than a month they have realised that I am serious. The dynamics at our gatherings have changed as it would.
I just hope that when January ticks over that I don't start again. Until then I feel that I am in safe waters.
Sober is the new black!
I just hope that when January ticks over that I don't start again. Until then I feel that I am in safe waters.
Sober is the new black!
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ky
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Congrats Sydney! Good going! Here's to 30 more!
Beeme you too on your 34 days!
I am starting to rise above Juno..thank you for asking! Life is life and that's what we're learning to deal with without the booze...Someday it is wonderful, other days it's still wonderful just have something to tackle or deal with first! I still will take all my bad days sober over one day of drinking!
Beeme you too on your 34 days!
I am starting to rise above Juno..thank you for asking! Life is life and that's what we're learning to deal with without the booze...Someday it is wonderful, other days it's still wonderful just have something to tackle or deal with first! I still will take all my bad days sober over one day of drinking!
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Here's my mundane post for the day. I still have this cold, and I am feeling really yucky. This is my second day off work, and I am getting a little stir crazy. Ugh. This too shall pass...
Thank you for your support, Turningleaf : ) A 30 mile bike ride is awesome!! Exercise does wonders to clear my head too. I haven't run in 3 days because of this cold, and I cannot wait to get outside and start running again.
Congrats sydneyman and beeme!! You're doing great!!
Thank you for your support, Turningleaf : ) A 30 mile bike ride is awesome!! Exercise does wonders to clear my head too. I haven't run in 3 days because of this cold, and I cannot wait to get outside and start running again.
Congrats sydneyman and beeme!! You're doing great!!
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Sorry about your cold, Grizzly! I can relate. I've had a cold for the better part of the last two weeks and it sucks and I just started feeling like it's the new normal - feeling crappy. Today I feel a little better so there is hope!
On the positive side, I'm sober, through Day 24, no cravings, no issues with alcohol. This does seem to get easier with each passing day. Repaving the pathways in the brain to not think of the "go to" fix for every problem, which for me was wine. I'm still on the Campral and plan to stay on it for a while because it seems to be helping (on top of everything else I'm doing.)
I'm a little sad tonight because my daughter told me she's starting to get depressed again. Nothing to take the wind out of your sail like a depressed kid, whom you love very much and feel helpless to help. Ugh. I'm not prone to depression myself but when those I care about are depressed it's hard to keep upbeat and happy. I'm trying to maintain my positive outlook. It's very hard!
Okay, time to rest.
p. s. Sydneyman - congrats on 30 days! And Beeme on 34! And everyone else racking up the days!
On the positive side, I'm sober, through Day 24, no cravings, no issues with alcohol. This does seem to get easier with each passing day. Repaving the pathways in the brain to not think of the "go to" fix for every problem, which for me was wine. I'm still on the Campral and plan to stay on it for a while because it seems to be helping (on top of everything else I'm doing.)
I'm a little sad tonight because my daughter told me she's starting to get depressed again. Nothing to take the wind out of your sail like a depressed kid, whom you love very much and feel helpless to help. Ugh. I'm not prone to depression myself but when those I care about are depressed it's hard to keep upbeat and happy. I'm trying to maintain my positive outlook. It's very hard!
Okay, time to rest.
p. s. Sydneyman - congrats on 30 days! And Beeme on 34! And everyone else racking up the days!
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Hey you guys, 17 days sober, looking forward to getting that first month behind me, that will feel good. It's good to know the body is healing. Was just thinking back to Halloween night, people asked me why I was taking a break from alcohol, didn't have the heart to tell them I'm an alcoholic. I just tell people I'm taking a break, trying to get my blood pressure down or something.
My wife and I are getting together with the new neighbors across the street Friday night for dinner, I'm pretty shy, usually need a couple beers to help break the ice, I won't have that option this time around. Thankfully they are Mormons, so mostly likely won't be drinking them selves.
I feel great, just keeping myself and my mind busy, not watching much tv or partaking in much social media lately, just focusing on my sobriety and my well being. I've been trying out a couple mediation apps which I really enjoy, tried Headspace for the free 10 day trial, now using Calm, highly recommend both. I also downloaded a sobriety counter app for my phone, that way I don't have to try and remember how many days sober, also another tool to keep me motivated, it's called sober time, blue background with clock in a triangle, highly recommended, even has clever motivational sangs.
Keep up the good work guys, you keep me going! I need you guys. I surprised on how easy this is getting, zero cravings as of late.
My wife and I are getting together with the new neighbors across the street Friday night for dinner, I'm pretty shy, usually need a couple beers to help break the ice, I won't have that option this time around. Thankfully they are Mormons, so mostly likely won't be drinking them selves.
I feel great, just keeping myself and my mind busy, not watching much tv or partaking in much social media lately, just focusing on my sobriety and my well being. I've been trying out a couple mediation apps which I really enjoy, tried Headspace for the free 10 day trial, now using Calm, highly recommend both. I also downloaded a sobriety counter app for my phone, that way I don't have to try and remember how many days sober, also another tool to keep me motivated, it's called sober time, blue background with clock in a triangle, highly recommended, even has clever motivational sangs.
Keep up the good work guys, you keep me going! I need you guys. I surprised on how easy this is getting, zero cravings as of late.
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Thought for the day.
In 2009 when I first joined here I made around 100 days. Then one night I was on the last day of a vacation, the previous 3 nights I'd been with my kids, and my wife joined us. We were staying in a nice hotel and went out for food, taking advantage of an Indian restaurant which my city doesn't have. Caught up in the mood I decided to have some wine, ignore the fact that wine and curry ain't the best mix. I remember it tasted chemical-ish and that I couldn't finish it, cheap plonk that it was. I woke up sweaty, disorientated and with a strange mixture of relief and disappointment. I think I felt relief similar to the way the pressure is lifted when a team loses after a long winning run.
Today it occurred to me that if I were to break my sobriety now one bottle wouldn't be sufficient. I would drink to obliterate my sobriety, to really escape into drunkeness. I'm sure that I'd feel terrible remorse the next day.
The point I'm trying to make in this rambling post is that I've changed and not in a good way. My drinking has progressed/regressed to a worse place. Just a sip, a taste would be insufficient and six years ago it was. My situation is chrystal clear.
In 2009 when I first joined here I made around 100 days. Then one night I was on the last day of a vacation, the previous 3 nights I'd been with my kids, and my wife joined us. We were staying in a nice hotel and went out for food, taking advantage of an Indian restaurant which my city doesn't have. Caught up in the mood I decided to have some wine, ignore the fact that wine and curry ain't the best mix. I remember it tasted chemical-ish and that I couldn't finish it, cheap plonk that it was. I woke up sweaty, disorientated and with a strange mixture of relief and disappointment. I think I felt relief similar to the way the pressure is lifted when a team loses after a long winning run.
Today it occurred to me that if I were to break my sobriety now one bottle wouldn't be sufficient. I would drink to obliterate my sobriety, to really escape into drunkeness. I'm sure that I'd feel terrible remorse the next day.
The point I'm trying to make in this rambling post is that I've changed and not in a good way. My drinking has progressed/regressed to a worse place. Just a sip, a taste would be insufficient and six years ago it was. My situation is chrystal clear.
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