PuckLuck

Hi Venuscat, happy to see you, too. Thank you as always.

Dee74

Thanks for starting the thread Anna
Welcome to you all - Gutcheck, JJ, Puck, Alba WhiskyBent, Just John, ishallnotwant, wholeself

thanks to the old timers popping in with support, and Venuscat

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WhiskeyBent

I am on a Green Tea bender. It seems to fill the evening void. I hear it might even be good for me.

PuckLuck

Eating way too much lately and it needs to stop.

I need to lose 15-20 lbs. That's one of my goals in the first few months of sobriety. I do not look like myself at the moment and it really bothers me.

bandicoot2

Hi Jan. class of 2021! A big Welcome to everyone.

I'm from the Jan. 2016 class and am glad to say that today I celebrate 5 years of sobriety. Dee, my class and a few other threads were all instrumental in teaching me about this insidious disease. I really didn't know how to combat it but thanks to the support, wisdom and caring here on SR, I learned. Knowledge is Power!

I'll be thinking of you all as you start this month and get to know your classmates and please, listen to Dee & Anna. They have my utmost respect and are the best moderators of any forum I've ever been on.

Sending you all a big Hug!! Love, Bandi

Dee74

Congrats on 5 years Bandicoot

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bandicoot2

Thank you so much Dee!! You are one of my biggest mentors and I'll always be grateful that our paths crossed xxxx

Stinman

I'm in for the class. Probably was the best thing I did for myself last year. Happy New Year and Good luck everyone!

BEELS

I’m in.

here’s to a great year.

venuscat

I was talking to a friend/classmate from Feb 13 earlier today....that class changed my life.

So glad you guys joined us. s ❤️

shammy

I’m in!

I’ve been drinking heavily for years one bottle of wine turned to two and sometimes a box on a weekend day off. After financial problems and isolating myself because I’d prefer to drink when not working I realize it’s time for a change.

venuscat

Great to see you again shammy! s ❤️

Bodhi02

Hi All,

I’m in for the new class. I wasn’t very present in the December class but I’m hoping to be more present.

Dee74

Welcome stinman bodhi shammy and Beels

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Gutcheck

So I have had 8 bubbly water cans, the cherry ones. Going to bed, asked if my 10 year old wants to "camp". Why not.

relena

I'm in. Not always a daily poster, but i'm around.

Enemdio

Hi All, Happy New Year - I'm back for good this time - can't moderate - it's got to be total abstinence.

Erratic

im in x hey gutcheck are u talking about the 30 day alcohol experiment? thats what im doing also x nice to see some new names here, will try to check in also once a day even its just something small xx

have a great day all xx

Dee74

Welcome relena and General - good to see you both

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Runswithspoons

Hola! Depending on how you look at it, it's either very late or very early in my part of the world (U.S.) I am most definitely late to the party in joining an official "class of," having registered on SR almost exactly 2 years ago after anonymously lurking for far too long.

I had my first go at sobriety in February 2006. Shocked that it didn't end in catastrophe, as at the time I was drinking embarrassing quantities daily - and one morning, following an epic dawn-well-past-dusk marathon, I woke up and just shut off the spigot. (Well, more to it than that, of course.)

To my surprise, I stayed sober for about a year. So I thought I had tamed the beast. (From reading these forums, I know what a cliche I am!)

My track record these past 10-plus years has been...spotty.

2020, ironically, was a decent year for my sober muscles. I didn't drink from late March to late June, and since mid-September I have also been dry. But a good bit of the credit goes to an illness that I was diagnosed with and started treatment for in this pandemic year.

Thanks to the generosity of the members and moderators here, I finally (think) I understand that not drinking isn't the only key to my long-term health and success. It's about what I choose to do, be and love, indulging my need for positive routines, but also allowing myself some occasional slack. (I am a lifelong athlete, so it's a fine balance.)

I would actually feel optimistic entering 2021 if not for one distressing situation: my boss decided, just before the pandemic, to make my life an absolute living hell. Right now, as I am being treated for my illness, I can't fathom wanting a drink. But I am petrified that once I am done with treatment, the stress of work coupled with feelings that "I got this" could lead me down a slippery slope.

So, this is my overly long (sorry) explanation of who I am and what brings me here. I look forward to learning and sharing with all of you, celebrating successes and making virtual hugs always available. Thank you.