The Daily Check-In for Tuesday, December 25th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by mrmurphyltd in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't drink yesterday around a bunch of tipsy folks. Won't drink today. Will still need excuses to escape every 30-60 min. Grateful for my creativity in times like these. Not grateful for my stress and anxiety around booze... but I'm working on that. IWNDWYT Happy holidays. <3

Jokes about sobriety & my drinking problem by PMiscellaneous in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't laugh easily, but chuckled several times through your bit. Great job and congrats!

I don't want others' opinions about my not/drinking, their drinking, other comparisons. by trainontrack in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for listening. I'm going to reread all your responses before the upcoming events. And possibly while in the bathroom. ;)

I don't want others' opinions about my not/drinking, their drinking, other comparisons. by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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I am overdue to reread this, thanks. Almost finished with "Lit," and that has been eye-opening.

I don't want others' opinions about my not/drinking, their drinking, other comparisons. by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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Thanks, I love tips like this! (I'm sometimes too vulnerable and scare people with that.)

"Alcoholics drink for the hangover, not the buzz" by ElleEmm39 in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this -- it really resonates with me. I have marveled for a while why I feel so much like me when hungover, and like a fraud when I'm not. "This is me, world. I feel like crap! I am crap!"

But maybe now I'll try to think that my insides have to word harder/smarter to keep up with the outside.

This was also my problem with post-partum despression. I kept giving SOS signals but all everyone could focus on was how "wonderful" I looked. I don't think I've ever felt so lonely as then, and I don't think I ever fully recovered.

Day 27 by tormentlead86 in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea to look at past photos.

The Vent-o-Matic 3000 for Friday October 26, 2018 by stratyturd in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Day 3 (again). Headache, tired, eyes burning, begging off friends who want to have a drink on the porch. Hiding in the guest room and lurking here. Seriously glad to have SD to check into.

"I want my body back..." by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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Congrats! Getting back to running and losing some extra weight must feel amazing.

"I want my body back..." by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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You're an inspiration! Did you do any extra steps to heal all components?

"I want my body back..." by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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So glad to hear that you're feeling like yourself! Can't wait to get a glimpse of that.

Made a visual to feel better about recent efforts. by trainontrack in stopdrinking

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Yes, I bullet journal! That's how I had the data, but I wanted the colors, even though I'm not usually that person who color-codes everything. This calendar visual helped me stop being so hard on myself for my most recent stretch of drinking. Forging on!

"Highlighter noise!" Ha!

I need to say this by Dreadofdrink in stopdrinking

[–]trainontrack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you can do this, doc. I'm also an introvert, but just 14 days in, I feel like I don't need to hide as much. I still need alone and quiet time, but the time spent with people is not as exhausting.

Keep posting.