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24 please 5:35 am EDT Go SOX! |
11.14 Happy to take another 24 please. Much love to you all. xx |
Hello CK :wave: |
Signing up for 24 hours drink and drug free. 6:35am in Jacksonville, Florida!! Congratulations to all those celebrating milestones today!! :a122: |
It's 5:37 AM and I'm in for another sober 24. |
24 more please, Dear God. Prayers for those in Florida. |
Hello everyone! I'm at work, taking a break for a moment to think about recovery. Before I stopped drinking, I was a real party animal. When I wasn't out drinking I was planning the next night out.... I had loads of friends who were all also big drinkers... life was hectic, disorganised and very full. Since I've stopped drinking, I've realised that I'm actually a person who likes staying in with my family. Over these last two years, my life has become so much more organised. I've redecorated the house, sorted out the kids bedrooms... I help the kids with their homework every day...I cook meals from scratch... we sit round the table to eat and when my family talks to me, I listen. Really listen. Everything is so much better. But the 'all or nothing' part of me hasn't gone away. Now, I love being with my family so much, I don't really like venturing out in the evenings unless I really need to. I was sitting at work an hour ago and I got a message from a mum I've recently started chatting to at our kids' school. She asked whether I fancy going to the cinema with her later this evening. My immediate thought was 'no! I don't want to go out on a Wednesday evening. I want to stay in with my hubby and kids and watch 'The Great British Bake Off' that we taped last night and then read to my kids and kiss them goodnight and stay indoors. With the door shut... protecting us all from the big, scary world outside'. And I started to type a reply to her and then I thought, 'maybe the universe is talking to me. Maybe the universe is reminding me about balance'. So I am going to go to the cinema with a friend tonight. I've spent 2 years working on building a solid, strong family life. Maybe now the time has arrived to start working on making new, sober friendships. Sobriety really is the gift that keeps giving. I feel so honoured to be experiencing recovery. Right, need to get back to work..... see, balance.... I think I'm finally getting it! Love to everyone, congrats to milestoners and 24 more for me please xxxx |
In for another 24 |
24 for me please. Everybody enjoy this day. |
♥ This is a list of everyone who posted their commitment to stay sober in the last 24 hours: 8 pm EDT ~ 7.59 pm EDT. It is awesome to have every single one of you here with us! :) :hug: ♥ 1newcreation Atlast9999 aussieblue Awake61 Babs1234 badgerden bandicoot2 BarbieKen Ben123 Canadian Koala Cbf123 ChloeRose63 Coldfusion Coco6054 CrossYourHeart Daisybelle Dee74 Delilah1 DreamCatcher17 Endoftheday erfra7 Finalcall FormerBeerLover Gabe1980 gatorman Gilmer Goat goodbyeevan GreenSweater goose333 Hats Hevyn Jack16 joandmelandhan John65 jsm273 julietUK Kaneda8888 kenton kevlarsjal2 Kris47 least LillianGish lilymaz Lostmyoffswitch LoveHateWhine lyddie Mags1 Minion09 mns1 Neoo Nic233 nmd Patterson PhoenixJ Pinky1 Plenny PurpleKnight Quincy quitter62 Rainman1 Rar RedBerryJuniper Saskia shortstop81 Snufkin soberista SoberLeigh stargazer016 StartAnew68 StartingOverNW Sunflower79 Sunflowerlife Sweetpeacan tgirl TheToddman theVman31 time2LLL60 Tinker B tomls vanaprastha venuscat Vinificent WaterOx whopper Willow68 wiscsober yukonm Zanna zeppodog zoeydog Onward together! ♥ https://i.imgur.com/6BJH99O.gif October 10, 2018 :nyvhttps://i.imgur.com/RrQsCsf.gif:nyv whopper ~ 3 weeks! ♥ Rar ~ 5 months! ♥ erfra7 ~ 5 years & 5 months! ♥ EternalNow ~ 6 years!!!!!! ♥ https://i.imgur.com/P7IGsb0.gif |
Originally Posted by Vinificent
(Post 7030100)
23:49 EDT and another 24 for me! Getting in late from seeing “A Star Is Born” - two thumbs up 👍🏻 👍🏻 I am old enough that I find the title weird....I mean A Star Is Born is Barbra and Kris forever.....but I REALLY want to see this. :) So glad you liked it.....love and good morning and 24 more please while I am at it. :hug: And love to everyone. ♥♥♥ |
Heading out for dog walk then off to work and a sober 24 hours. Hope everyone has a great day. |
Originally Posted by Plenny
(Post 7030143)
I am humbled by all your kind thoughts. Thank you. I am sorry I dropped out and went dark like that. I did blank out for a bit in real life too. My DJTM (my boyfriend) and I ended things officially tonight. So it's pretty momentous and painful and stupid and embarrassing and lonely and disappointing, all the things that go along with ruined expectations. My actual love for him hasn't disappeared, but my concern for his wellbeing and my own wellbeing overrides any selfish desires I have to hang on to him. We have been forcing it too long. And I wish it had ended more gracefully. It was really clumsy and unattractive and awful actually. Not what I would have wished for us. Maybe we can have some graceful closure someday. Sunflower, I have been thinking about the gut flora a lot lately. Mostly about serotonin production but I am interested in what you say about cravings generating from there as well. Suze, thank you so much for worrying. Although I feel terrible I made you do it. It is amazing that someone out there worries about this dinged up moody little person. It's just so wonderful to be cared about. Love to all of you and 24 more please I dreamt about you last night....I know, how is that possible when I haven't met you? I don't know....but I woke up feeling you strongly and hoping you would post. :hug: I am sorry honey....this is the awful part....the break-up, and it's hard to do it with grace. Sending healing love.....very grateful to have you back with us. :hug: ♥♥♥ |
In for 24 more today. I’ve been binging on food lately so I’m committing to eating clean, healthy portions of food today as well. |
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24 more! Prayers up for all! Much 💕 |
Phoenix :wave: |
Originally Posted by kenton
(Post 7030263)
Hello everyone! I'm at work, taking a break for a moment to think about recovery. Before I stopped drinking, I was a real party animal. When I wasn't out drinking I was planning the next night out.... I had loads of friends who were all also big drinkers... life was hectic, disorganised and very full. Since I've stopped drinking, I've realised that I'm actually a person who likes staying in with my family. Over these last two years, my life has become so much more organised. I've redecorated the house, sorted out the kids bedrooms... I help the kids with their homework every day...I cook meals from scratch... we sit round the table to eat and when my family talks to me, I listen. Really listen. Everything is so much better. But the 'all or nothing' part of me hasn't gone away. Now, I love being with my family so much, I don't really like venturing out in the evenings unless I really need to. I was sitting at work an hour ago and I got a message from a mum I've recently started chatting to at our kids' school. She asked whether I fancy going to the cinema with her later this evening. My immediate thought was 'no! I don't want to go out on a Wednesday evening. I want to stay in with my hubby and kids and watch 'The Great British Bake Off' that we taped last night and then read to my kids and kiss them goodnight and stay indoors. With the door shut... protecting us all from the big, scary world outside'. And I started to type a reply to her and then I thought, 'maybe the universe is talking to me. Maybe the universe is reminding me about balance'. So I am going to go to the cinema with a friend tonight. I've spent 2 years working on building a solid, strong family life. Maybe now the time has arrived to start working on making new, sober friendships. Sobriety really is the gift that keeps giving. I feel so honoured to be experiencing recovery. Right, need to get back to work..... see, balance.... I think I'm finally getting it! Love to everyone, congrats to milestoners and 24 more for me please xxxx I can also relate to the all-or-nothing pattern that gets applied to everything. I think your own thoughts on it are spot on. The best thing we can do is just be open - to moments when, as you say, the universe might be nudging us in a certain direction. If you want to spend most of your time with your family, then that's great. But as you say, if there's a voice maybe telling you to step outside now and then, that may be worth listening to. Anyway - great post Meanwhile: I'm over the flu, and in for 24 more -x- |
I logged on tonight feeling pretty low and no messages which is self indulgent thinking as I haven't contributed here in ages Then I noticed my name still included Suze Bless you honey ❤️❤️ |
I love you to pieces darling Tink. Always girl......SO HAPPY to see you. Sending oodles of love. :hug: ♥♥ |
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