Class of May 2024 Support Thread Part 1
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Daughter and I brought our (now 8 month old) kitten outside in a harness to sit in the grass earlier tonight. It was a nice moment to relax a bit after a hard day. She is intent on making the kitten into a harness cat. Baby steps. So far so good. 😊
Night all. Rest well to those in the overnight hours. And a peaceful day to those in the midst.
Night all. Rest well to those in the overnight hours. And a peaceful day to those in the midst.
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Morning all.
Still here. Not drinking. Reading all the time but not posting much. Juts feeling a bit on edge and nervous spilling my soul out here atm. But I'm sober and that's the main thing.
Congrats to everyone on another sober day
Still here. Not drinking. Reading all the time but not posting much. Juts feeling a bit on edge and nervous spilling my soul out here atm. But I'm sober and that's the main thing.
Congrats to everyone on another sober day
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I am starting to go quiet, even at home I am starting to seclude myself a little bit, and I feel I need to start interacting a little bit more. I am strong in my quit right now and I am just finishing up 118 days sober but I am in a strange place with 'me'. I just saw the new weekenders thread and the topic is about not really knowing who we are and getting to know ourselves after we become sober and how we are not really sure how to do it.
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Welcome aboard Ayers, 424~~Alive and sobertoday 
I discovered who I was by living sober, dealing with things and solving problems - you can't help but grow that way.
It's a little steep learning curve at first - but it's not an onerous one IMO
D
I discovered who I was by living sober, dealing with things and solving problems - you can't help but grow that way.
It's a little steep learning curve at first - but it's not an onerous one IMO
D
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RAL - good work saying “no” to that pesky suggestion that drinking might bring you peace.
It is a thief of true peace.
You know this.
Keep pushing against that lie, RAL. You are worthy of a BEAUTIFUL life!
It is a thief of true peace.
You know this.
Keep pushing against that lie, RAL. You are worthy of a BEAUTIFUL life!
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Today is a much better day despite starting out with waking up to the sound of one cat puking at 5 AM, and discovering the other cat decided to use the bathtub as a little box, and the lawn people starting the weekly mowing at 7AM. I was crabby this morning!
But work has been quiet. No one is bothering me, so I can work on the backlog of work that keeps growing. And had a good talk with a colleague who sees the extra responsibilities piling on me and gave me a pep talk.
Storms are brewing, so hopefully we’ll have a nice thunderstorm tonight. I love thunderstorms.
But work has been quiet. No one is bothering me, so I can work on the backlog of work that keeps growing. And had a good talk with a colleague who sees the extra responsibilities piling on me and gave me a pep talk.
Storms are brewing, so hopefully we’ll have a nice thunderstorm tonight. I love thunderstorms.
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It is so hot here today that I need to sleep with all the windows open, but someone decided that this was an excellent time to sweep all the streets around here with a huge machine. So open all the windows and get no sleep because of the noise, or close the windows and suffocate in my sleep?
Anyhoo, going to bed on day 179.
Anyhoo, going to bed on day 179.
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
Welcome aboard Ayers, 424~~Alive and sobertoday
I discovered who I was by living sober, dealing with things and solving problems - you can't help but grow that way.
It's a little steep learning curve at first - but it's not an onerous one IMO
D
I discovered who I was by living sober, dealing with things and solving problems - you can't help but grow that way.
It's a little steep learning curve at first - but it's not an onerous one IMO
D
) Anyway, I am liking myself and my world better today. The power of friendships and communications and friendly banter. Isolation was bad for me in the past, and I forgot that recently and just a few days quiet was taking me someplace I didn't want to go. Always learning something new here. Day 119
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Originally Posted by 424~~ALive
You know what I realized? This morning I felt better and I realized that I wasn't talking to or about my quit or other's quits of alcohol the past few days, and I was keeping it inside and not letting it out and discussing it or just saying it. So I started to clam up inside and I could feel it not going anywhere but staying in my head. (ha, does that make sense ) Anyway, I am liking myself and my world better today. The power of friendships and communications and friendly banter. Isolation was bad for me in the past, and I forgot that recently and just a few days quiet was taking me someplace I didn't want to go. Always learning something new here. Day 119
) Anyway, I am liking myself and my world better today. The power of friendships and communications and friendly banter. Isolation was bad for me in the past, and I forgot that recently and just a few days quiet was taking me someplace I didn't want to go. Always learning something new here. Day 119
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