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Old Apr 04, 2012, 06:02 AM
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here. happy joyous and free from active addiction. verily...
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Old Apr 04, 2012, 06:13 AM
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here. happy joyous and free from active addiction. verily...
Nice start on the day. Good morning to you, too!

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Old Apr 04, 2012, 10:11 AM
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Staying clean and sober:
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"It's not enough to want to change. It's not enough to need to change. In order to change, we must experience change.” ~ bill gold
here's an example about "experiencing change":
A guy was hitting himself on the toe with a hammer. This guy was experiencing pain and he kept asking himself questions like, “Why am I hitting myself on the toe with this hammer? And how can I stop hitting myself on the toe with this hammer? And what's happening to my arm that it keeps hitting at my the toe with a hammer? And the guy was speculating like this and he was hurting like this for a long time. Then he stopped hitting himself on the toe with a hammer. And he stopped hurting, and he stopped speculating. He changed by experiencing change.
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The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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Old Apr 04, 2012, 11:38 PM
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Hello everyone, I am 16 days sober! Half a month!
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 06:33 AM
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....I don't give a hoot about tomorrow cos it aint here yet!

didn't drink today
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 07:46 AM
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Lady Jane, that is fricken awesome! Good for you!!
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Without ME, it's just "aweso"!
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 07:51 AM
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ditto of manic dad's reply, lady!!!!!
SO happy for you!!!!
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 08:31 AM
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Ladyjane......Congrats!!!!! 16 Days...
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 08:47 AM
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Happy and nuts. wat a day...
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 08:54 AM
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Happy and nuts. wat a day...
Happy, nuts, and still sober--right? Are you grounded okay? Sorry, not wanting to shoot down a great day. Just asking, if that's all right.
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 09:16 AM
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April 5th, 2012, Barack Obama is president of the United States. I am free.
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Old Apr 05, 2012, 02:23 PM
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April 5th, 2012, Barack Obama is president of the United States. I am free.
He is & you are.
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 04:25 AM
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Day 17. I just realized I didn't think of drinking once at all yesterday.

It was a busy day with sleeping 8 hrs from 8am-420pm [working night shift] then dinner and heading to work. But normally there is a time [especially when I am alone] I think how nice it will be to have a drink. Quite a few times a day that happens. I hope am getting better, and I hope my mind stays like this.
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 06:45 AM
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awake and clean. tks..
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 08:37 AM
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grateful for redemption and salvation.
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 10:57 AM
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Almost 3 months smoke free for me
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 11:32 AM
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Day 17. I just realized I didn't think of drinking once at all yesterday.
You are amazing. If I'm remembering right, this didn't happen for me till sometime in my second year. You go, ladyjane4rent, you rock!

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Old Apr 06, 2012, 06:18 PM
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Back stories are fine. But you need to be concerned most with giving yourself positive traction to use for going forward.
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Again, I am concerned that you seem to be unable to travel any new ground. If you are willing to use only tools that have worked before, you might suffer no new failures ... and probably advance no further. But I wish you the very best.

Please invest your best effort into madisgram's list suggestion. And remember: You are doing all this as an investment in your future.

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15 days sober, I've been doing well the past few days. Updated my resumé, looking up jobs online, writing cover letters, filling out applications. I'd say I'm rather concerned with my future and moving forward! I've been reaching out to friends more, staying active, working on those lists, I find that I'm smiling more the past few days than I have in a long time. I'm starting to be able to push the cravings further and further away, I just had to get over that initial bump. Slowly, but surely!

I'm keeping my chin up
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 07:10 PM
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.....at night I feel like drinking the most

and in the morning I feel the benefits of not doing it...

the mind just seems to love being so clear

it's undeniable
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Old Apr 06, 2012, 08:48 PM
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Almost 3 months smoke free for me

daily check in thread for everyone here
That's remarkable, kittyclaws!
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Old Apr 07, 2012, 05:21 AM
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here and clean and sad. I am stable. I take the good with the bad. Enjoy.
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Old Apr 07, 2012, 06:21 AM
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here and clean and sad. I am stable. I take the good with the bad. Enjoy.
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I take the good with the bad.
* gentle hugs (((( brookwest )))) sitting near *

I'm sorry that something's caused you sadness, brookwest, but so proud of you that you are resourceful and strong and calling on whatever you need to meet this on a sober path.

I don't personally celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, but you've given me a tiny "burst of Spring" re-birth moment with what you've accomplished. Thank you!

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Old Apr 07, 2012, 04:27 PM
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Old Apr 07, 2012, 04:54 PM
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Old Apr 07, 2012, 08:20 PM
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Roadie,

That was a very comforting post above to me. I accept your hugs.

Your post helps me feel better and less sad.

Sometimes I think men are made to feel bad about feeling sad. I think that is wrong and dangerous.

You are a hero to me.
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