24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 100
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Hi SR. Feeling entirely OFF today...Just finishing work and going home to have dinner and call it a day early i think.
Sorry for the late commitment, i'll try and make an earlier one tomorrow. (I fall into this trap with my sponsor too...Where i call him, later and later each day.
I'll be here EARLY tomorrow!
Sorry for the late commitment, i'll try and make an earlier one tomorrow. (I fall into this trap with my sponsor too...Where i call him, later and later each day.
I'll be here EARLY tomorrow!
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 5,785
Checking in tonight. Going for another 24 hours at 5:21p CST.
Congratulations to Mish, solow, trees39, KeyofC, Upwardspiral, strategery (me), and Mags1 on reaching new milestones today! A special congratulations to Carlotta on celebrating 3 years! To celebrate your terrific accomplishments, tonight we have a butternut squash cake with maple cream cheese frosting. Keep up the great work!
Congratulations to Mish, solow, trees39, KeyofC, Upwardspiral, strategery (me), and Mags1 on reaching new milestones today! A special congratulations to Carlotta on celebrating 3 years! To celebrate your terrific accomplishments, tonight we have a butternut squash cake with maple cream cheese frosting. Keep up the great work!
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: German Village, Columbus with my love ♥
Posts: 88,519
I just read an excellent article on the main page....some really useful tips for all of us I think. 
7 Ways to Take the Power Out of Wanting to Use
7 Ways to Take the Power Out of Wanting to Use
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Off the beaten track, UK
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24 more for me please. I don't think I've ever felt so low as I do right now. It's a horrible place to be trapped in depression and unable to see a way out. My doctor asked if I felt suicidal or felt like hurting myself, and the answer to that has always been a straight no because I couldn't be so selfish as to put my children and family through the experience of that. So I keep on keeping on, knowing I'm not doing the best but I could be a whole lot worse.
night night all x
night night all x
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 28,801
Originally Posted by Findingtheway 
Hi SR. Feeling entirely OFF today...Just finishing work and going home to have dinner and call it a day early i think.
Sorry for the late commitment, i'll try and make an earlier one tomorrow. (I fall into this trap with my sponsor too...Where i call him, later and later each day.
I'll be here EARLY tomorrow!
Sorry for the late commitment, i'll try and make an earlier one tomorrow. (I fall into this trap with my sponsor too...Where i call him, later and later each day.
I'll be here EARLY tomorrow!
learning to live
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,665
Was "one of those days" ugh....yesterday was too.
Speaking of yesterday, I told myself, I am not going to drink over it! I came home pretty beat mentally and decided to call a friend, do yoga, write in my journal and take a nice long bath....instead of drinking. I laid in bed a couple hours later sound asleep...this AM on the way to work I remembered why I went home from work upset and I suddenly recalled I did not lose a wink of sleep over it that night and that I had forgotten about it since after my writing and yoga session etc and through this AM. I would call that healing...growing. Learning to deal with my emotions over choosing to drink and ignore them. I worked through that emotion and came out fine and most importantly sober. I made the choice not to exaggerate the problem by drinking. If I would have chose to drink over it I would have been up all night pissed tossing and turning and then woke up today still fuming...and hungover. Growth. I am proud of me
That is that moment between when a craving hits and the choice or not to drink makes good recovery Driving to work I realized all this and it made me happy
I think today is just typical day 5 I hate the world depression but I learned from yesterday this too shall pass. It will. I will just keep facing each emotion and day sober and continue to grow!!!!
Anyway, I hope you all have great days or nights wherever you are.
Speaking of yesterday, I told myself, I am not going to drink over it! I came home pretty beat mentally and decided to call a friend, do yoga, write in my journal and take a nice long bath....instead of drinking. I laid in bed a couple hours later sound asleep...this AM on the way to work I remembered why I went home from work upset and I suddenly recalled I did not lose a wink of sleep over it that night and that I had forgotten about it since after my writing and yoga session etc and through this AM. I would call that healing...growing. Learning to deal with my emotions over choosing to drink and ignore them. I worked through that emotion and came out fine and most importantly sober. I made the choice not to exaggerate the problem by drinking. If I would have chose to drink over it I would have been up all night pissed tossing and turning and then woke up today still fuming...and hungover. Growth. I am proud of me
That is that moment between when a craving hits and the choice or not to drink makes good recovery Driving to work I realized all this and it made me happy I think today is just typical day 5 I hate the world depression but I learned from yesterday this too shall pass. It will. I will just keep facing each emotion and day sober and continue to grow!!!!
Anyway, I hope you all have great days or nights wherever you are.
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Originally Posted by NoGoingBack
24 more for me please. I don't think I've ever felt so low as I do right now. It's a horrible place to be trapped in depression and unable to see a way out. My doctor asked if I felt suicidal or felt like hurting myself, and the answer to that has always been a straight no because I couldn't be so selfish as to put my children and family through the experience of that. So I keep on keeping on, knowing I'm not doing the best but I could be a whole lot worse.
night night all x
night night all x
Nogoingback
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[QUOTE=strategery;5751831]Checking in tonight. Going for another 24 hours at 5:21p CST.
Congratulations to Mish, solow, trees39, KeyofC, Upwardspiral, strategery (me), and Mags1 on reaching new milestones today! A special congratulations to Carlotta on celebrating 3 years! To celebrate your terrific accomplishments, tonight we have a butternut squash cake with maple cream cheese frosting. Keep up the great work!
[/QUOTE
Hmmm, Looks Good! Healthy and Good! lol.
Congratulations to Mish, solow, trees39, KeyofC, Upwardspiral, strategery (me), and Mags1 on reaching new milestones today! A special congratulations to Carlotta on celebrating 3 years! To celebrate your terrific accomplishments, tonight we have a butternut squash cake with maple cream cheese frosting. Keep up the great work!
[/QUOTEHmmm, Looks Good! Healthy and Good! lol.
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Originally Posted by venuscat
I just read an excellent article on the main page....some really useful tips for all of us I think.
7 Ways to Take the Power Out of Wanting to Use
7 Ways to Take the Power Out of Wanting to Use
learning to live
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,665
May have already posted this one.....but hey why not....here it is again!
FOR KING & COUNTRY LYRICS
"It's Not Over Yet"
They are inside your head
You got a voice that says
You won't get past this one
You won't win your freedom
It's like a constant war
And you want to settle that score
But you're bruised and beaten
And you feel defeated
This goes out to the heaviest heart
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Keep on fighting
Out of the dark
Into the light
It's not over
Hope is rising
Never give in
Never give up
It's not over
Yea-et-et, woah
Yea-et-et, woah
Oh, game set match
It's time to put it in your past, oh
Feel the winter leavin'
It's redemption season
Long live the young at heart (Here we are)
Cheers to a brand new start (Here we are)
We're revived and breathing
To live a life of freedom
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Life is a race we run
So run till the race is won
Don't you ever give up (Here we are)
Oh no never give up (Here we are)
Life is a race we run
So run till the race is won
Don't you ever give up (Here we are)
We will never give up (Here we are)
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Keep on fighting
Out of the dark
Into the light
It's not over
Hope is rising
Never give in
Never give up
It's not over
FOR KING & COUNTRY LYRICS
"It's Not Over Yet"
They are inside your head
You got a voice that says
You won't get past this one
You won't win your freedom
It's like a constant war
And you want to settle that score
But you're bruised and beaten
And you feel defeated
This goes out to the heaviest heart
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Keep on fighting
Out of the dark
Into the light
It's not over
Hope is rising
Never give in
Never give up
It's not over
Yea-et-et, woah
Yea-et-et, woah
Oh, game set match
It's time to put it in your past, oh
Feel the winter leavin'
It's redemption season
Long live the young at heart (Here we are)
Cheers to a brand new start (Here we are)
We're revived and breathing
To live a life of freedom
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Life is a race we run
So run till the race is won
Don't you ever give up (Here we are)
Oh no never give up (Here we are)
Life is a race we run
So run till the race is won
Don't you ever give up (Here we are)
We will never give up (Here we are)
[Chorus:]
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
Oh, to everyone who's hit their limit
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
And even when you think you're finished
It's not over yet
It's not over ye-et
Keep on fighting
Out of the dark
Into the light
It's not over
Hope is rising
Never give in
Never give up
It's not over
learning to live
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,665
Everyone who is feeling depressed..I totally get it. It seems to be in the air here and in my real life surroundings. Please hang in there. I am right where you are. A lot of people are!!! I am grateful to have a good day cause they are far and few between. But we still have life and a lot of hope!!!! We have to keep fighting!!!!!! We have got to keep the faith that the best days of our life are right around the corner. We just have to keep going to find it!!!! Hugs to you all.
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