Lola23

Article in The Guardian I stumbled upon. Just thought it was a good read.

My drinking years: ?Everyone has blackouts, don?t they?? | Society | The Guardian

Hope everyone here is well. I haven't been posting much...been lurking around though. I have 23 days today. AA has been great for me so far. I found a sponsor who I've started working with, and except for one week that I was out of town, have been going to meetings each day.

This week has been tough though. Feeling itchy and weird in my own skin. I've made it 30 days before, on my own, so I'm feeling anxiety about hitting that in a week. And not to mention I have a birthday next week, when (god willing) I'll be on day 29. Part of me is scared I'm going to just sabotage the whole thing this weekend. I've been honest with my sponsor about it though, so we'll see. One day at a time for me right now.

Saskia

You can do this! Stay close and be well.

Ruby2

Hi Lola! Milestones sometimes cause me to question what I'm doing. Why am I doing this? Very unsettled. I did that to myself not long ago. I had to step back and take a deep breath. Realized conceptually it's less important to hit the milestone. It's more important to take it one day at a time. Today, I won't drink.

I'll check out the article. Maybe if you're antsy, come on here and post. Honestly, it helps me.

Soberwolf

Awesome job on 23 days & thanks for the article

PurpleKnight

Thanks for the article Lola!!

firstymer

That was a great article. Thank you for posting it.

Dee74

Thanks for the article lola and congrats on your sober time

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debsam

Great article!!! Thank you

Delilah1

Thanks for the article Lola! I know you will hit 30 days next week.;-)

CaseyW

Thanks for the link and so glad to see you check in. Congrats on 23 days! That's huge! Don't be a stranger. We need you here and you need us!