Angie 247's thread - This new sober life Part 5
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Thank you all so much!! I'm at 115 days and very grateful for each day. My doctor wants me to write everyday so I'm going to try. Also, I talked to my sponsor about my tendency to withdraw and she was supportive towards me. I've made a promise to myself to go to at least three meetings next week. I wish that I could get there about 10 or 15 minutes before the meeting but I get off work at 5 and the meeting is at 5:30. It's not terribly far away but there's the 5:00 traffic and I'm lucky to make it there at 5:30. So, I'm going to try to stay a few minutes afterwards and try to talk to more people so I can get to know them. Things are going well and I'm grateful to be sober. 
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Originally Posted by Angie247 
Thank you all so much!! I'm at 115 days and very grateful for each day. My doctor wants me to write everyday so I'm going to try. Also, I talked to my sponsor about my tendency to withdraw and she was supportive towards me. I've made a promise to myself to go to at least three meetings next week. I wish that I could get there about 10 or 15 minutes before the meeting but I get off work at 5 and the meeting is at 5:30. It's not terribly far away but there's the 5:00 traffic and I'm lucky to make it there at 5:30. So, I'm going to try to stay a few minutes afterwards and try to talk to more people so I can get to know them. Things are going well and I'm grateful to be sober.
You sound wonderful ~ focused and strong.
I love it when meetings become something you really look forward to...sounds to me like you have found the magic. Because that's what sobriety is for me.
Sorry I am just now seeing this....I was busy getting married. Ha. Still can't say the 'w' word, but husband sounds nice.
Hope you are having a really good day honey.
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Originally Posted by Angie247
Thank you all so much!! I'm at 115 days and very grateful for each day. My doctor wants me to write everyday so I'm going to try. Also, I talked to my sponsor about my tendency to withdraw and she was supportive towards me. I've made a promise to myself to go to at least three meetings next week. I wish that I could get there about 10 or 15 minutes before the meeting but I get off work at 5 and the meeting is at 5:30. It's not terribly far away but there's the 5:00 traffic and I'm lucky to make it there at 5:30. So, I'm going to try to stay a few minutes afterwards and try to talk to more people so I can get to know them. Things are going well and I'm grateful to be sober.
A huge congratulations to you on 115 days.
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Great job on 115 days of active recovery!! Seeking feedback from a trusted sponsor is an amazing gift. It sounds like you have a reasonable plan in place to alleviate some of isolation.
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
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Thank you all so much. My heart goes out to Las Vegas. Absolutely horrifying and senseless. There's no accurate words to express myself tonight. I went to a meeting tonight and I can't remember a more powerful one. Love to all of you. Thank you so much for being my friends. I'm a little over 4 months or 124 days sober. Grateful for each second sober and a new lease on life because we don't know what the day will bring.
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Angie, The Las Vegas incident is devastating. I see the spirit of recovery in your post. By reaching out to your recovery network, you're gaining companionship and sharing strength in these troubled times.
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So, it is 136 days today. Grateful for each second sober. I have been asked to lead the women's meeting next Saturday. I'm a little nervous but not as much as I would have thought. The women there are so nice and I'll have a guide to go by if I get flustered. Alex and I went to family night on Friday night where the book fair was, and they had a couple games too. He put his name in the raffle, and he won the big prize! He won a 15 dollar gift certificate to spend at the book fair. By the time they called out his name, we had already gone to the fair and gotten some books so he got to go back and pick out more. He was playing games there when his name was called. He was so excited to win, he credited his win to wearing his lucky shirt. :-) Today, we are planning on going to the lunch buffet nearby and get some pizza. After that, we are going to work on his school project. He chose a polar bear to work on for his animal research project. I'm excited to help him on that. Things are going well and thank you all so much for everything.
Grateful for each second sober. I have been asked to lead the women's meeting next Saturday. I'm a little nervous but not as much as I would have thought. The women there are so nice and I'll have a guide to go by if I get flustered. Alex and I went to family night on Friday night where the book fair was, and they had a couple games too. He put his name in the raffle, and he won the big prize! He won a 15 dollar gift certificate to spend at the book fair. By the time they called out his name, we had already gone to the fair and gotten some books so he got to go back and pick out more. He was playing games there when his name was called. He was so excited to win, he credited his win to wearing his lucky shirt. :-) Today, we are planning on going to the lunch buffet nearby and get some pizza. After that, we are going to work on his school project. He chose a polar bear to work on for his animal research project. I'm excited to help him on that. Things are going well and thank you all so much for everything.
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Originally Posted by Angie247
So, it is 136 days today. Grateful for each second sober. I have been asked to lead the women's meeting next Saturday. I'm a little nervous but not as much as I would have thought. The women there are so nice and I'll have a guide to go by if I get flustered. Alex and I went to family night on Friday night where the book fair was, and they had a couple games too. He put his name in the raffle, and he won the big prize! He won a 15 dollar gift certificate to spend at the book fair. By the time they called out his name, we had already gone to the fair and gotten some books so he got to go back and pick out more. He was playing games there when his name was called. He was so excited to win, he credited his win to wearing his lucky shirt. :-) Today, we are planning on going to the lunch buffet nearby and get some pizza. After that, we are going to work on his school project. He chose a polar bear to work on for his animal research project. I'm excited to help him on that. Things are going well and thank you all so much for everything.
Grateful for each second sober. I have been asked to lead the women's meeting next Saturday. I'm a little nervous but not as much as I would have thought. The women there are so nice and I'll have a guide to go by if I get flustered. Alex and I went to family night on Friday night where the book fair was, and they had a couple games too. He put his name in the raffle, and he won the big prize! He won a 15 dollar gift certificate to spend at the book fair. By the time they called out his name, we had already gone to the fair and gotten some books so he got to go back and pick out more. He was playing games there when his name was called. He was so excited to win, he credited his win to wearing his lucky shirt. :-) Today, we are planning on going to the lunch buffet nearby and get some pizza. After that, we are going to work on his school project. He chose a polar bear to work on for his animal research project. I'm excited to help him on that. Things are going well and thank you all so much for everything.
So very good to see you doing so well.
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Thank you all! Right now, I'm getting a sleep study done. They think I might have sleep apnea. My doctor told me that I'd have a low chance of staying sober if I had sleep apnea and it was untreated. I made the appointment several months ago, this was the first available opening. Feeling good and tired. . 140 days and counting. Goodnight.
. 140 days and counting. Goodnight.
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My wife did one of those a few years back and they found that she woke up 653 times over the course of the night. No wonder she always seemed tired. A CPAP has helped her tremendously. Good luck with the study.
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Thank you stargazer and Dee! Stargazer, I know your wife was incredibly tired and I'm so glad the cpap is helping her. The technician who hooked the wires up to me said that he might be in to put the mask on me. Well, I slept uninterrupted the whole night which surprised me. He told me the next morning that I had just under the required apneas to put the mask on me but in my case, my doctor will probably order another one with the mask on. He came in the room about 5:30, and I was out of there by 6:00. I went home to get the glue off me, it was really stuck in my hair and after I took my shower, I went to work. I had actually slept better during the sleep study than I had the previous few nights. So, I'll talk to my doctor probably this coming week and see what she wants to do. It's so much easier to get things done now that I'm sober.
The technician who hooked the wires up to me said that he might be in to put the mask on me. Well, I slept uninterrupted the whole night which surprised me. He told me the next morning that I had just under the required apneas to put the mask on me but in my case, my doctor will probably order another one with the mask on. He came in the room about 5:30, and I was out of there by 6:00. I went home to get the glue off me, it was really stuck in my hair and after I took my shower, I went to work. I had actually slept better during the sleep study than I had the previous few nights. So, I'll talk to my doctor probably this coming week and see what she wants to do. It's so much easier to get things done now that I'm sober.
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