SIX MONTH and UNDER CLUB
 

Hi Everyone. There are 90, 60, and 30 days and under threads, plus two two weeks and under threads. Personally, I've been on all of them. They're great places, and I hope this one will be too.

I kind of feel that after 90 days, while sobriety is still the most important job for us, it's time to start looking towards building or rebuilding a life. I'd love to hear what and how people are doing.

Sobriety is a gift that our Higher Powers give to us. Our gift to our Higher Powers is what we do with it.

-- NM

And on that note, I'm going to Oregon to work on my novel for a month. Yay! Still going to hit a meeting a day and continue to fellowship, work the steps, and use my phone numbers. I'm getting back into life now.

Hello NM :) Day 46 here. I made it to this thread.

I have a question as I am really an introvert. What gave you the courage to ask for people's phone #s and to actually call them. It scares me to death. I wish people would call me and I know that is not progress..

I call my sponsor everyday but getting me to call the first time was like an out of body experience :)

Hey NM I tried to start one of these a couple weeks ago but no one joined me, hopefully this one will have better support. I am just over 4 months sober now and I agree the challenge isn't so much staying sober, its figuring out how to live.

cmhcali at the meeting I attend they have phone lists readily available. You could ask whoever is chairing the meeting for an updated list. I can't help you with actually picking up the phone though, I'm pretty introverted myself and haven't even called my original sponsor since I got clean again this time around.

LC

LC

Day 47!!! I guess I will keep the thread going while NM is travelling and until others join in... Anyone six months and under all aboard :)

Hello Last Call nice to meet you :)

I'm glad that this thread was started NM. I'm just over 5 months and glad to be here.

Day 48 today..... On my way and taking it very seriously. God I have a lot of character defects :( I am a train wreck... LOL

Day 49 here!!! Hope everyone is doing well today... I am posting on 3 posts everyday and chiming in on other threads where I think I can be of some value. Hope all is well NM Toomuch and Last Call...

Checking in on day 50 :)

I'm at 194 days today but this looks like a good group of people so if you don't mind I'm going to hang around and keep an eye on you guys.

NM you know you were among the first people the first people I met here. We haven't kept in touch so I just want you to know I'm proud of you. You've stuck with us and look how great your doing!!

Hugs to cmhcali, Lastcall, Toomutch and steamvessel. Your all doing great. :ghug

Good Morning everyone! Glad to see more people posting. :)

Congratulations on everyones sober time.

Day 51 here!!! Welcome Steam I have read your posts. You are doing so great...

Glad you have joined us Dean and good to see you toomutch :)

I really am jealous of you guys.

Hi SamDamn,

Why are you jealous. I joined this group early as a lot of my friends on SR are in this thread... I am here at day 52 and did not want them to forget me :)

Good morning all!
Okay, I did not let myself post here until I was off the 90 day and under thread. I KNOW that is silly and I do not want any of YOU to do that but it is little ol anal me.

I am Day 91 here. Woohoo! I am doing pretty well this morning. :)

Woohoo is right TTOS!! Great job. Another 74 days and I can join your thread................

Don't go Boston! We need action in here ;)

BTW, I grew up in the Sacramento valley. I miss No. Cal :(

Just saying hello, day 91

Reckon its time to hang around in this thread for a while.

Lets reflect, where have I been on this wee journey so far, first it was the 2 weeks thread, then 30 and under, then 60 and under, then 90 and under, now here.

6 months !!!!!!!!! I thought I had to keep moving on every 30 days cos that all folks could put up with of me !!!!!!!!! You poor buggers could have me here for 3 months if all goes to plan !!!!!!!!!

Day 97 here. Doing well. I'm in Portland and enjoying the weather. I'll try to get on later tonight and write more.

I'm so glad to see so many people here. Rock on!

Hey, glad to see you Neg Man!! What's it like in Portland?

Portland - thats a made up place - right ?

Somewhere where they drink Port all day ?

Wishes it was Portugal ?

Any Port in a storm.

Right, I away now, off to Starboardland !

Day 91
 

Hi everyone!

I'm so glad to see you Steam. I was really worried about you, and all that happened. I'm so glad you did not go back out over it.

I wish I could have gotten a job as eaily as you have. I feel so down about my situation. Like everyone must think that I am a loser. No one will hire me.

And now unemployment is messing with me. They only sent me one week, and told me I had to reapply. WTF? I just applied for 13 more weeks on 07/07/08.

Anyway...I'm stressed and so very scared.

Day 132, I have to use the sober time calculator to work that out anymore.

Not much to report, just getting on with life.

My wife and kids went out of town for a couple days, which is always a trigger for me for some reason, but it passed. It always passes if I give it a little time.

Welcome to the folks hitting 91 days, that is fantastic.

LC

Guess I'll have to get used to it.

The longer you stay sober the quieter the thread gets.

Day 93 here

Day 92
 

Yesterday 8/8/8 started out as a pretty low day for me. I was feeling depressed and down about the job situation, and the fact that they seemed to be cutting my Unemployment Insurance off.

I took a nice long nap...which I needed, but then left me feeling so sluggish and disoriented.

So I got up, took a shower, and went to go see a movie with my Mom and son. I started to feel much better, and just enjoy the day, and then I saw that I had a message on my cell phone. A request for a job interview! Yeah...and it is Monday.

Then I went home and opened up my email, and the phone rang. My daughter was calling to tell me that she had been hired by the job she really wanted. I was so happy for her! And so relieved since she had just moved into her first apartment...with no job. Now she will be able to pay the rent!

Got back to my email, and there was an email from Unemployment. They are giving me 26 MORE weeks, and the weekly rate of pay is going UP! WOW! (But hopefully I won't have to use it all up, and will be getting a job soon).

Then I opened another email and it was from a online college scholarship I had applied for last week. I want to work on getting a Master's in HR. Anyway...they wanted to send a local news producer to talk to me about why I want to do this, and my application (I had written a long letter saying why I wanted to go back to school as a working Mom).

I don't know if this means I will get the scholarship, but I'm happy to share my story...warts and all.

And then the grand finale of the day...The opening ceremony of the Olympics. That was just amazing. Beautiful.

And then this morning meeting was pretty nice too.

I am grateful for passing 90 days, and hopeful for my future.

Congrats Log

Glad you had a good day.

I was just watching highlights of the Olympic footie on the computer.

See USA ladies won.

Thanks Fizzy. And my daughter hugged me today. That was awesome. On her own. She is one tough cookie. So that took me by surprise for sure.

It is good to feel happiness....

Hey LogCabin,

Your day was packed with good news after your nap. How delightful. Don't get days like that too often. Thanks for sharing it. :)