Originally Posted by venuscat

♥ This is a list of everyone who posted their commitment to stay sober in the last
24 hours: 9 am EDT ~ 8.59 am EDT.

It is awesome to have every single one of you here with us! ♥

1newcreation
261179
abcowboy
Atlast9999
aussieblue
Awake61
Babs1234
Bailey3
badgerden
bandicoot2
BarbieKen
Bubovski
Canadian Koala
ChloeRose63
Citrus
Coldfusion
CrossYourHeart
Daisybelle
Dee74
Delilah1
Deniselarkin
Endoftheday
erfra7
Finalcall
FormerBeerLover
Gabe1980
gatorman
Gilmer ♥RIP♥
Goat
goodbyeevan
goose333
GreenDog
Hats
Hevyn
IcedVoVo
Jack16
Jeniket
jimmyJlover
joandmelandhan
John65
julietUK
Kaneda8888
kenton
Kris47
least
Lila125
LillianGish
listae
lilymaz
Lostmyoffswitch
lyddie
maggpie666999
Mags1
Minion09
Neoo
Nic233
nmd
NoGoingBack
OliveDog
Optimist4ever57
Patterson
PhoenixJ
Pinky1
Plenny
Purplrks3647
Quincy
quitter62
Rainman1
RattleAndHum
Rose335
Sapph21
Saskia
shortstop81
soberista
SoberLeigh
Sobertoday54
Soberwolf
stargazer016
StartAnew68
Sunflowerlife
Sweetpeacan
tgirl
Tictoc
Tinker B
Treesofgreen
trudgingagain
TrueNewGirl
Tynesider22
Upstairs
vanaprastha
venuscat
Vinificent
WaterOx
whopper
wiscsober
Willow68
yukonm
Zanna
zeppodog
Onward together! ♥


♥ thank you dear abcowboy. ♥

Originally Posted by abcowboy

Originally Posted by Tinker B

Thank you again for the acknowledgement dear Suze.... these hard fought days are adding up
24 more please
Love to all
Tink
❤️

Originally Posted by kenton

Vovo, this time will pass and you will feel happy again. I promise. One of my close friends is going through the same with her dad. He's just been moved to a hospice. When I speak to her, it brings up all the memories of when my dad was dying and I try to use my experience to help her but really all you can do to get through it is to go through it. I feel guilty when I'm talking to her that my life is happy and calm right now. I don't have any hospice visits, decisions to make about DNR, I've almost sorted out administering my dad's estate, my life is moving on. But it makes me realise that when I was going through it, I needed to speak to people who weren't; they were my greatest support back then. I wanted to hear about normal, non-hospice life. And now that I'm not going through it, I can give support to those who are. And when I go through it again, they'll be there to support me. The mechanics of life. I believe that's why us humans are given so much empathy. We're able to take up the slack when others need the support. Vovo, what you're going through is huge and you need to be kind to yourself. It's so important that you're kind to yourself. Do what you need to do each day but take time every day to let your feelings and emotions matter. Feel them, really allow yourself to feel them, without judgement and then tell yourself that you're here for you. And remember that we're all here for you too xxx

You too, James. Great attitude about the money. Resentment and bitterness aren't going to reduce the bill; a payment plan is definitely the answer. I love how you are always so keen to accept your responsibility in everything James. Make sure you remember to give yourself credit too. A pat on the back here or there for all the stuff you're doing right today doesn't condone any mistakes you may have made in the past. It's just a more honest evaluation of yourself. Because you're doing amazingly well James and you're allowed to feel proud about that. I feel super proud of you.

Love to everyone and 24 more of feeling feelings for me please. I read yesterday that 'feelings are the fuel of life' and I reckon if that's true, some of us have been running on empty for quite some time. I'm going to try to welcome all feelings and accept them as they are. Without judgement and without letting my mind run the show. Recovery is so deep, isn't it? It's like diving into deep water and everytime I think I'm reaching the bottom, I realise I've actually only reached a little resting ledge and there's still so keep much for me to explore. But whereas the water near the surface was rough and choppy and scary, the deeper I seem to dive, the calmer, more tranquil and beautiful the water seems to become. Sometimes it doesn't feel like I'm diving into the unknown anymore. Sometimes the deep water of recovery feels like the safest place in the world. It feels like coming home xxxxx