You can do this! Business veneus can be tricky. I used to drink a lot because I (thought it) felt uncomfortable and (thought it) took much energy to be sharp and to entertain all the time. Last I had a multiple day event. It took me almost zero effort to not drink. You will even enjoy it, enjoy that you can do these kind of things without booze and wake-up sharp the next day.
I trust you Riley, nobody knows how to look after you more than you, I believe in you and whatever comes, you’re on this path, and there’s only one direction this path leads, no matter how challenging or how often we wobble, our lives are better already. I read that if someone offers you a path without challenge, it’s going nowhere, so imagine where we’re going! And we are all with you 🌻
I really couldn’t be more grateful for everyone here, I’m grateful for the opportunity to offer support, to receive support, to feel connected to amazing people who want the same as me, a better life. I have so much admiration for strivers!
IWNDWYT - I’m grateful for my husband and all the support he has given me through this journey so far.! I couldn’t have gotten to three weeks without him
Today I’m grateful for otc medication. I’m feeling sick, not covid but I think the flu, and I’m grateful that I live in a time when there is readily available over the counter medications that will help me feel better.
God yesterday was tough. I had no idea I was so close to ending it. I love the fact the my doctor is advocating for me to see someone, but it is taking forever.
I’m grateful for my sobriety. I’m pretty stoked to wake up not hungover tomorrow. I’m going out with some friends soon, they’ll drink and feel like shit in the morning. I think I’ll go for a walk when I wake up.
First week down! Last Sunday I woke up with the idea that it was the last time I woke up after a night of binge drinking, blacking out and throwing up. I'm happy to say it is Sunday and the first week is done.
Grateful for this beautiful day. It’s just about summertime. I’m going to swim and eat some cake with friends. I am loved by my family, even if sometimes we don’t get to choose how we are loved! I’m grateful for my health and that I’ve been able to improve everything in the past few years. IWNDWYT 🌊
Right now I’m so so grateful for modern medicine and the obnoxious beeping on my phone that woke me up when alerting me my child’s blood sugar was urgently low. I’m grateful for my sober self, because drunk me would have never woken up.
Checking in. So much to be grateful for. It’s a habit I can appreciate. My car broke down last week. Bad time, bad place, but I got it sorted. As I was walking in the rain all I could think of was how grateful I was to have my cosy waterproof work jacket on and to be outside. Made me chortle 🤭 helped me deal with the stress. Most grateful to have finally stopped drinking. It’s like a gift every day. We’re doing it team. IWNDWYT
Nothing beats a fresh pair of trail kicks! Hope you enjoy the first few runs breaking them in Feeb! Also the perfect time for a new look patio, warm weather has arrived again 🙌👐.
IWNDWYT - thank you for hosting this week Lavender Foxes. I grateful for the new opportunity I have been given now this year to semi-retire and eventually get back to my “small holding” from working overseas. In the meantime I can learn, travel, get fit and strong and just focus on some basics like - sobriety - it has to be be the mode for me otherwise this year will be a road crash of incidents and near misses. The rock and roll has to be the porridge and the walks this year. So I am grateful for a gift of time while I am serving notice to (sounds very hippy) but just do me for a bit after 14 years working overseas and 29 in the same job. Could be the best year if I stay sober or a wasted year if I get drunk.
I am grateful that the sun shines and that I can get on my road bike today for a nice tour. Grateful that I did not have any urge tot drink last week despite being in situations where I usually drank most (couple business dinners). Grateful that I am coming up on a year 🤩 IWNDWYT
To be fair it has always be an issue for me to be grateful for anything in my life. I am mostly focused on voids, my troublesome past and things that should be different. Of course I'm aware this attitude is paralyzing and does nothing for my mental well-being. I'm taking your advice
I am grateful for my family, my wife and children. For our health and the time we have together. Being sober helps me to appreciate these things for their simplicity and value in my life. IWNDWYT
Happy Sober Sunday SD! I’m grateful for the love and contentment in my life, and that wouldn’t be possible without you good people showing me the way: thank you! 🙏
I am grateful for waking up sober again today, and I am very grateful for this amazing community, thanks to all of you I made it 30 days sober today. Have a great day everyone, IWNDWYT!
I have so much to be grateful for. I’m grateful that my big old doggo has outlived her cancer prognosis by several weeks and is still here with me - even though she is currently snoring her face off and keeping me awake when I want to sleep in lol. Grateful for beautiful weather this weekend, for my health, and for every single person checking in today - especially
Today will be Day 5 and I’m proud of myself…last night I was working in a bar, as a musician, which I was really nervous about - the setting is always a trigger for me for drinking/partying. But I made it through the whole show sober, and even hung out with a few pals after and was able to DD for them! I can’t believe it.
I made it to day 7! My longest streak yet. Didn’t do anything out of the ordinary for me this weekend, I went to bars to see live music and dance with my partner, except I was totally sober and extremely hydrated. IWNDWYT
I'm getting used to these alcohol free weekends - I actually do stuff! No more, "well, can't go to this or do that because it's at 1pm and I won't be driving by then". Off to get a coffee and then a nice long bike ride.
Day 7 checking in. I’m loving being able to clearly hear my body’s messages to me, knowing what it needs and responding, in the same way that I would if my kid told me he was hungry, or thirsty, or tired, or needed a cuddle.
I am grateful to have woken up sober on a Sunday. It might not sound much but it hasn't happened in a while. Yesterday I told myself that just for 1 day I wouldn't drink. Even when I was handed a beer at a children's birthday party, it was tempting, but I passed it over to my wife and stuck to my promise. That technique worked so I'm gonna do the same again today. IWNDWYT
A circle around the sun sober! So grateful and y’all made the difference! Grateful for all of you SD. Goodness but I’ve not done this since childhood. Thank you my friends — we can do this together.
We’ve had issues with raccoons in our attic and finally caught one in our trap at 3:30am! Woke up to the weird barking noises they make. So much for a good nights sleep 😑 😴 IWNDWYT
I am especially grateful for family today. I get to spend the afternoon at a bridal shower for my oldest nephews fiancé. Family means everything to me. I’m grateful and fortunate that I have an amazing one.
Starting my Sunday off going to work real quick. Old me would’ve been in bed until noon and not got out the house til closer to 2 and the whole day would have been shot, wasted.
Gajillionth Day 1, but feeling confident I’m going to make it work this time. Simply tired of being sick and tired and I know for a fact that sobriety feels better than all the drinks I can drink. IWNDWYT.
I've been struggling lately and need this check in. As much as I know it's normal to have cravings and bad days I feel like a failure for even wanting to drink.
Was wondering why my sober app only said 4 days, when it’s been 5… then realized it’s because it flips over at 8am, and here I am wide awake at 730 :) Today I’m grateful to be experiencing this beautiful, sunny, warm morning, listening to the birds outside, feeling peaceful. IWNDWYT 🪷
I am grateful that I made it through another weekend sober. I have found that just changing the way I think about my drinking has helped. I switched my thoughts from "I'm taking a break from drinking" to "I don't drink anymore"... this has been really helpful. I wanted to stay in bed longer this morning, just felt so tired! But I was able to get up and going after hopping out of bed, this would not have happened if I were still drinking.
Thanks, Foxy, and happy Sunday to you and yours. I hope all is well with you today. I'm grateful for morning pages, I've been amazed at how helpful it has been to externalize my thoughts first thing in the morning. This morning I was amazed to find and address a resentment that was festering. It was brought on by a scene in a book I'm reading and an offhand comment from a friend, and it took me several attempts at asking what was eating at me to really see that it was this stuff. Curious! The morning pages are likely a key factor in getting un-stuck from life. Let's keep experimenting with shit until we find what works! Sober on, y'all!
I'm grateful that i realised i hate alcohol, and that I've been able to make a change. I'm grateful I've learned how much happier, calmer and more fulfilled i can be. Booze can get in the sea.
I'm grateful to love and be loved. I'm grateful for the spring weather, sunshine, and plant life. I'm grateful I have the comforts of fresh coffee, a warm shower, a working car and a few extra dollars to buy delicious donuts to take to brunch. IWNDWYT!
I frickin frackin made it through last night and I really wasn't sure I was going to. I got a full night's rest and now I'm dressed to get my workout in before the day starts. I'm more relieved than anything else. Another day, another chance.
Grateful for pausing and not drinking. Grateful to be here. Grateful every morning I wake up to another alcohol free day. IWNDWYT
Absolutely not drinking with the tribe! Happy Sunday folks!
That’s what I’m grateful for, being part of your tribe! 🌻
This is the best tribe ever. ❤️💜❤️💜
Starting a new job tomorrow, IWNDWYT!
I hope it goes well for you! IWNDWYT 💗
Wishing you the best in your new job!
Major sleepless night... I will be fragile today... also going away for a night on business... therefore will need to be extra vigilant.
You can do this! Business veneus can be tricky. I used to drink a lot because I (thought it) felt uncomfortable and (thought it) took much energy to be sharp and to entertain all the time. Last I had a multiple day event. It took me almost zero effort to not drink. You will even enjoy it, enjoy that you can do these kind of things without booze and wake-up sharp the next day.
I trust you Riley, nobody knows how to look after you more than you, I believe in you and whatever comes, you’re on this path, and there’s only one direction this path leads, no matter how challenging or how often we wobble, our lives are better already. I read that if someone offers you a path without challenge, it’s going nowhere, so imagine where we’re going! And we are all with you 🌻
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Wow I am never up late enough to see these when they go up!
I should be asleep because I have the big cycle I've been training for tomorrow (or today actually!), but my brain has other ideas 🤷♀️
Good luck with the cycle!! I hope you still can catch some sleep.
I really couldn’t be more grateful for everyone here, I’m grateful for the opportunity to offer support, to receive support, to feel connected to amazing people who want the same as me, a better life. I have so much admiration for strivers!
That’s a lovely way of putting it Brighter! Thank you for your positivity! 🙏IWNDWYT 💗
We have got this brighter! One day at a time!
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one. ~ Baltasar Gracián
😂 nice quote
Grateful for my health and my work at the moment.
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IWNDWYT. All. Day. Long. 🌻
Morning gr8day, I’m grateful for your positivity 🌻
Coffee, sun, sobriety. I will not drink with you today!
Attitude of gratitude! What a great simple and powerful reminder. Thank you! I WNDWYT.
IWNDWYT - I’m grateful for my husband and all the support he has given me through this journey so far.! I couldn’t have gotten to three weeks without him
Badass... congrats on 3 weeks!
Great work on your 3 weeks sober mon ami !
Day 119…I will not drink today.
IWNDWYT! almost made it a week and finally feeling a tiny bit of momentum
Yes. You. Can! IWNDWYT
Today I’m grateful for otc medication. I’m feeling sick, not covid but I think the flu, and I’m grateful that I live in a time when there is readily available over the counter medications that will help me feel better.
And I will not drink with you today!!
God yesterday was tough. I had no idea I was so close to ending it. I love the fact the my doctor is advocating for me to see someone, but it is taking forever.
Thanks for doing the check in LF.
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I’m grateful for my sobriety. I’m pretty stoked to wake up not hungover tomorrow. I’m going out with some friends soon, they’ll drink and feel like shit in the morning. I think I’ll go for a walk when I wake up.
First week down! Last Sunday I woke up with the idea that it was the last time I woke up after a night of binge drinking, blacking out and throwing up. I'm happy to say it is Sunday and the first week is done.
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Back for Day 2. IWNDWYT. Homebrew fridge failed (must be a sign) so I dumped around 50litres of homebrewed beer.
iwndwyt friend
Grateful for this beautiful day. It’s just about summertime. I’m going to swim and eat some cake with friends. I am loved by my family, even if sometimes we don’t get to choose how we are loved! I’m grateful for my health and that I’ve been able to improve everything in the past few years. IWNDWYT 🌊
IWNDWYT!!!! ❤️💕
Day 224, nice to meet you 🤝
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Big day tomorrow 👀!
IWNDWYT..!!
Happy day. IWNDWYT
Grateful to have weekends where I don’t wake up feeling like hot garbage. I’m actually productive! IWNDWYT.
Thanks for hosting this week LF 😊 I will not drink with you today in 🏴😊 have a great week
Right now I’m so so grateful for modern medicine and the obnoxious beeping on my phone that woke me up when alerting me my child’s blood sugar was urgently low. I’m grateful for my sober self, because drunk me would have never woken up.
Checking in. So much to be grateful for. It’s a habit I can appreciate. My car broke down last week. Bad time, bad place, but I got it sorted. As I was walking in the rain all I could think of was how grateful I was to have my cosy waterproof work jacket on and to be outside. Made me chortle 🤭 helped me deal with the stress. Most grateful to have finally stopped drinking. It’s like a gift every day. We’re doing it team. IWNDWYT
Ha ha, hello Foxy! Good to see you. I’m grateful for the power of medical science helping my friend.
Woot Woot. Another weekend successfully navigated.
Great work on your 2 month sober, you really are a clever cookie 👀🍪🤣.
First! Thanks for another hosting week
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I will not drink today. Grateful for everyday!
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Thanks for taking another week of hosting Lavender- you’re keen!
Nothing beats a fresh pair of trail kicks! Hope you enjoy the first few runs breaking them in Feeb! Also the perfect time for a new look patio, warm weather has arrived again 🙌👐.
Day 329 checking in!
IWNDWYT - thank you for hosting this week Lavender Foxes. I grateful for the new opportunity I have been given now this year to semi-retire and eventually get back to my “small holding” from working overseas. In the meantime I can learn, travel, get fit and strong and just focus on some basics like - sobriety - it has to be be the mode for me otherwise this year will be a road crash of incidents and near misses. The rock and roll has to be the porridge and the walks this year. So I am grateful for a gift of time while I am serving notice to (sounds very hippy) but just do me for a bit after 14 years working overseas and 29 in the same job. Could be the best year if I stay sober or a wasted year if I get drunk.
Day 7. It was a rough week, but I am thankful that drinking coffee in the morning is having an effect on me again. I love coffee.
I am grateful that the sun shines and that I can get on my road bike today for a nice tour. Grateful that I did not have any urge tot drink last week despite being in situations where I usually drank most (couple business dinners). Grateful that I am coming up on a year 🤩 IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT. I'm grateful that I decided to stop drinking. Best thing I've ever done for myself and for the people who mean the most to me.
To be fair it has always be an issue for me to be grateful for anything in my life. I am mostly focused on voids, my troublesome past and things that should be different. Of course I'm aware this attitude is paralyzing and does nothing for my mental well-being. I'm taking your advice
Checking in.
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Not drinking today
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Wow early check in - I like! I’m in!
Grateful for :
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I will not drink with you today.
The other sober weekend, gonna pamper myself with delicious brunch 😊
I had my first really challenging cravings since I went sober again this weekend, thankfully I didn't give in this time 😊.
Checking in! Another weekend survived. Got a blood test tomorrow, fingers crossed it all comes back fine. Hope everyone here is good. IWNDWYT!
I am grateful for my family, my wife and children. For our health and the time we have together. Being sober helps me to appreciate these things for their simplicity and value in my life. IWNDWYT
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Happy Sober Sunday SD! I’m grateful for the love and contentment in my life, and that wouldn’t be possible without you good people showing me the way: thank you! 🙏
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You are stronger than this. You are better than this.
Was to a bar for best friend's birthday, had a virgin cocktail and enjoyed my night. Chilling in my bed now knowing I'm gonna wake up so fine!
Am grateful that I’m not compelled to drink poison today. IWNDWYT
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I am grateful for waking up sober again today, and I am very grateful for this amazing community, thanks to all of you I made it 30 days sober today. Have a great day everyone, IWNDWYT!
I have so much to be grateful for. I’m grateful that my big old doggo has outlived her cancer prognosis by several weeks and is still here with me - even though she is currently snoring her face off and keeping me awake when I want to sleep in lol. Grateful for beautiful weather this weekend, for my health, and for every single person checking in today - especially
Today will be Day 5 and I’m proud of myself…last night I was working in a bar, as a musician, which I was really nervous about - the setting is always a trigger for me for drinking/partying. But I made it through the whole show sober, and even hung out with a few pals after and was able to DD for them! I can’t believe it.
iwndwyt!!
I won't be partaking of the old poisonous drink with you today 💙😃💙
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I made it to day 7! My longest streak yet. Didn’t do anything out of the ordinary for me this weekend, I went to bars to see live music and dance with my partner, except I was totally sober and extremely hydrated. IWNDWYT
I am on day one of being sober. I just realized I'm about to become a serious alcoholic.
I'm getting used to these alcohol free weekends - I actually do stuff! No more, "well, can't go to this or do that because it's at 1pm and I won't be driving by then". Off to get a coffee and then a nice long bike ride.
New here day 2 scared but IWNDWYT <3
Good morning. IWNDWYT!
I am grateful for my faith. Having something to believe in . ✨God✨ He's my rock and my guide each and everyday . Iwndwyt 🫶SD
I’m grateful to be okay. I’m okay. Things are not feeling great at the moment but I am okay. IWNDWYT.
Day 63. I am grateful to be waking up sober, fresh and clear minded.
Day 7 checking in. I’m loving being able to clearly hear my body’s messages to me, knowing what it needs and responding, in the same way that I would if my kid told me he was hungry, or thirsty, or tired, or needed a cuddle.
Thanks for hosting the DCI this week,
Grateful to my wife for being such a rock. I sometimes can't comprehend how she has stuck with me despite all the shit I've pulled.
(6) I will not drink today
Guess who's been sober for a month! For the first time ever! I did it. And I'll keep going.
IWNDWYT xx grateful for family xx💕
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Good shopping and housework, but no drinking! IWNDWYT
I am grateful to have woken up sober on a Sunday. It might not sound much but it hasn't happened in a while. Yesterday I told myself that just for 1 day I wouldn't drink. Even when I was handed a beer at a children's birthday party, it was tempting, but I passed it over to my wife and stuck to my promise. That technique worked so I'm gonna do the same again today. IWNDWYT
IWNDWYT 🌟 but I will pick up my daughter from college and bring her home for the summer. 😍
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Good morning everyone!
Hello friends, IWNDWYT 💜
Day 26 for me!! I'm all in!!
I am grateful for cool mornings where I wake before my alarm and feel good. Hangover free mornings never get old. IWNDWYT ❤️💜❤️💜
Grateful to see you hosting again,
Gratefuk to be alive.... IWNDWYT
A circle around the sun sober! So grateful and y’all made the difference! Grateful for all of you SD. Goodness but I’ve not done this since childhood. Thank you my friends — we can do this together.
Have a great day! IWNDWYT
Very best wishes to everyone: IWNDWYT 💥
We’ve had issues with raccoons in our attic and finally caught one in our trap at 3:30am! Woke up to the weird barking noises they make. So much for a good nights sleep 😑 😴 IWNDWYT
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feeling grateful for being presented with yet another "growth opportunity" - somehow these seem to keep on coming... and IWNDWYT
Glorious sober morning soberniks! IWNDWYT
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Didn’t drink yesterday. Feel proud of myself.
I am immensely grateful that the drinking dream I had last night was only a dream!
I am especially grateful for family today. I get to spend the afternoon at a bridal shower for my oldest nephews fiancé. Family means everything to me. I’m grateful and fortunate that I have an amazing one.
Not today. 1 month today! I’m proud of myself. A big thank you to this community
Day 1,033. Thanks for hosting,
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Starting my Sunday off going to work real quick. Old me would’ve been in bed until noon and not got out the house til closer to 2 and the whole day would have been shot, wasted.
Good morning sobernauts.
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8 weeks, what what!?
Went to a wedding last night and had a lot of fun sober. This is a total win as two of the last bad lapses were during weddings. IWNDWYT
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I will not drink with you today! I will remind myself to be grateful today.
I will not drink with you all today!
Not drinking with you today!
Grateful for you for hosting us this week.
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I am super grateful for the rain today. It has been bone dry for over a week. Grateful, too, to say IWNDWYT.
Thanks for hosting Lavender_Foxes. I am grateful to be hangover free and enjoying my coffee.. IWNDWYT
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Gajillionth Day 1, but feeling confident I’m going to make it work this time. Simply tired of being sick and tired and I know for a fact that sobriety feels better than all the drinks I can drink. IWNDWYT.
Grateful for a good night's sleep and hot tea in the morning.
Good morning being grateful gets me through , so many things to be grateful for when I start my list IWNDWYTD
I've been struggling lately and need this check in. As much as I know it's normal to have cravings and bad days I feel like a failure for even wanting to drink.
Was wondering why my sober app only said 4 days, when it’s been 5… then realized it’s because it flips over at 8am, and here I am wide awake at 730 :) Today I’m grateful to be experiencing this beautiful, sunny, warm morning, listening to the birds outside, feeling peaceful. IWNDWYT 🪷
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IWNDWYT. Despite the crap that's going on. In spite of it. And to spite it i guess.
IWNDWYT, have a great Sunday!
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Grateful for friends and family. IWNDWYT
I am grateful that I made it through another weekend sober. I have found that just changing the way I think about my drinking has helped. I switched my thoughts from "I'm taking a break from drinking" to "I don't drink anymore"... this has been really helpful. I wanted to stay in bed longer this morning, just felt so tired! But I was able to get up and going after hopping out of bed, this would not have happened if I were still drinking.
Day 3. I will not drink with you today!
I will remain sober today.
Today I am grateful for a sober Sunday. And going to sleep knowing I won’t be anxious tomorrow
Great. Good for you ! I have made it one day now and woke up feeling decent but kind of jittery. Hopefully day 2 will be nice to me.
Thanks, Foxy, and happy Sunday to you and yours. I hope all is well with you today. I'm grateful for morning pages, I've been amazed at how helpful it has been to externalize my thoughts first thing in the morning. This morning I was amazed to find and address a resentment that was festering. It was brought on by a scene in a book I'm reading and an offhand comment from a friend, and it took me several attempts at asking what was eating at me to really see that it was this stuff. Curious! The morning pages are likely a key factor in getting un-stuck from life. Let's keep experimenting with shit until we find what works! Sober on, y'all!
Good morning Lavender and all of you fellow soberinskis.
Thanks for hosting Fox!!
I will not drink with you today.
I'm grateful that i realised i hate alcohol, and that I've been able to make a change. I'm grateful I've learned how much happier, calmer and more fulfilled i can be. Booze can get in the sea.
Checking in everybody. Another drink free day ahead of me.
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I'm grateful to love and be loved. I'm grateful for the spring weather, sunshine, and plant life. I'm grateful I have the comforts of fresh coffee, a warm shower, a working car and a few extra dollars to buy delicious donuts to take to brunch. IWNDWYT!
I frickin frackin made it through last night and I really wasn't sure I was going to. I got a full night's rest and now I'm dressed to get my workout in before the day starts. I'm more relieved than anything else. Another day, another chance.
28 days of not drinking. One month, if it was February. IWNDWYT
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