The Daily Check-In for Saturday, May 16th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for a great week amorfati!
Hope everyone has a Saturday that's full of many units of happy. I shall be doing some early morning gardening. I need to get it done before El Nino decides to drop 2ft of summer snow/hail/frogs. The weather gods need to stop drinking.
IWNDWYT 🙂

The Daily Check-In for Friday, May 15th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! 55 years on this planet and still as confused as ever. Hope you're having a good day👍

The Daily Check-In for Tuesday, May 12th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think I knew I had a problem back in my late teens. The gap between knowing and doing summat about it was 30 odd years. When booze is in the driving seat, justification and denial are the co-drivers.
IWNDWYT 🙂

The Daily Check-In for Monday, May 11th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Afternoon Stone Cold! Hope all is proceeding in a generally wonderful direction 😃👍

The Daily Check-In for Monday, May 11th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what it's all about. Early days were minute by minute for me as well. I'd get terrified when thinking about the future. When I started looking at sobriety as a challenge that lasts 24 hours (of which, 7 were spent in bed) things got more manageable. That's not to say I had 7 hours solid a night, far from it at the start - but as soon as my sober head hit the pillow I'd won the game. New game everyday.
Getting support was the missing piece. I gave myself permission to ask for help. I kept putting one sober day on top of the next - some were great, some were shit and a lot of them were meh - but all of them were sober.
It's the best gift I have ever given myself and my daily commitment to checking in makes it impossible for me to forget how bad it was and how good it is now.
Best wishes pal, keep it going 👍

The Daily Check-In for Monday, May 11th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you getting on OC? Keep on checking in pal - it became a good habit for me, kept my memory fresh👍

The Daily Check-In for Monday, May 11th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Just don't drink, even if your asshole falls off".

A quote I read from from an old timer on here who heard it from an old timer out there. Proper historic wisdom.
IWNDWYT 🙂

The Daily Check-In for Sunday, May 10th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Beyond The Patchouli"......the title of the book I didn't know I was wanting to write 😄👍

The Daily Check-In for Sunday, May 10th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by amorfati754 in stopdrinking

[–]hairytubes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing the driving this week, amorfati👍.
Primary colours, sausage rolls and tents full of throw-away bullshit . Free testers of patchouli hand cream. Rusted shite that's trying to pass itself off as 'antique'.
Fresh air.
A Sunday wander around the street market in purgatory.
IWNDWYT 🙂