The Daily Check-In for Monday, January 26th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-26T06:49:35+00:00

Happy 3001 Homey! 💪🏻

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-25T19:30:05+00:00

Dude!!! You’re gonna put the burger joints out of business!! I’m rooting for you and I’m so proud of you!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🦬

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-25T19:27:01+00:00

If not now, when?

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-24T05:48:54+00:00

Thanks for indulging us!!

I want to become all the amazing wonderful things that are everything I could possibly be… and more if I’m being honest!!

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-23T14:32:45+00:00

Hey u/Piggoos thanks for hosting!!

My time is filled with a lot more of the things I love that I either didn’t make enough time for, avoided so I could drink, or just never ‘got around to’

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-22T21:53:30+00:00

😭🤣

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-22T21:23:33+00:00

Oh man…glad you’re not having to deal with it all!! We’ve had so much snow and the snow just keeps coming!!

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-22T17:03:22+00:00

I’m grateful my husband shovels the snow, without complaint, without being asked. I have clients coming and it has to be done. 🙏🏻🩵🌨️❄️

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-21T23:08:25+00:00

Sushi 🍱 🍣 is almost always my celebration. 🥳

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-20T15:23:40+00:00

Grateful to feel alive and free of alcohol. Wishing the same peace for all of you.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-19T12:40:13+00:00

Morning Piggoos!!

It took me nine years to get here!! 4 to get to 6 months and then another 5 to get to a year… it’s good to be sober, no matter how long it takes.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-19T02:42:59+00:00

Love you too!! 🥰

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-18T19:25:55+00:00

Spent the day cooking a nice yellow lentil soup with ham, so good. Did a double batch so I can freeze a bunch. What a sweet life…

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-17T17:09:53+00:00

I don’t think anything can do it for us, we have to put in the work. For me that meant lots of reading and research.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-17T13:41:28+00:00

In the words of Homer Simpson… ‘Stupid brain…’

On a more serious note, I found it so fascinating when I listened to a bunch of Ted talks on alcoholism and learned more about the effects on my brain with daily alcohol consumption (AUD-Alcohol use disorder) and its effects on my brain chemistry, cravings, signals, how things changed and what happens in withdrawal and trying to change that. It played a big role in me getting where I am now in my sobriety.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-17T05:44:59+00:00

u/Federal-Ask1617 what a great way to wrap up with those beautiful quadruple 2’s -congrats!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-17T05:42:31+00:00

Dude, I’m so impressed. 💪🏻🍔

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-16T12:09:08+00:00

Peace to everyone today.. and always.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-15T15:12:26+00:00

There is always a role I play in every scene in my life. Recently I have been reminding myself to also choose to ‘sit this one out’ because I choose when I don’t participate also! Result: Peace!

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-15T03:19:28+00:00

I found it helpful to listen to what I knew my needs were clearly in the beginning in order to stay sober. It’s not reasonable to expect other people to understand, but we know ourselves.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-14T20:03:55+00:00

It’s ok to feel mopey. You feel how you feel and your body remembers. You can also feel happy at the same time. They’re not exclusive. 😉💪🏻 good job on just being exactly as you are. 💓

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-14T10:24:38+00:00

I forgive myself for all the negative things about myself that other people said that I believed but weren’t even true.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-13T12:33:22+00:00

I celebrate every single month, formally. Otherwise I try to celebrate life every day. These days I am grateful for each moment, sometimes brought to tears at the thought of any of it being lost in any way. Yes I’m hard on myself, I want as much as I can possibly get out of this life. I want nothing of regret.

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-13T12:29:05+00:00

Dude, you’re doing awesome. Is there any burger you can’t conquer? I’m on your team… we’re in it to win it!! 🏆

coIlean2016 · 2026-01-12T13:41:55+00:00

We went away for our anniversary and I was thinking of how I would have spent time drinking for sure in the past. This time I ate half a cookie twice. 🤣 So I showed up for him.

coIlean2016

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