Where’s my sober as friends? Tough day yesterday. Bad client review made worse by internal interactions. So happy to have a program of sobriety and people to talk to, to keep my brain from fabricating it into a disaster. Back to the drawing board. Hope y’all are doing well.

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When I have a day (or month like this) my sponsor tells me all u got to do is ur best, not be the best ...and it sounds like u did just that, ur best - always helps me :)

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Right here my friend! Happy you posted this here . . . You did the right thing. Just think what today would look like if you drank yesterday? You didn’t and it’s all very manageable. We’re here for ya. Keep fighting the good fight!

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Go for a run if you can.

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I recently heard that cravings are just like feelings. They are fleeting things that we can feel, but they move through us. I have been trying to see it that way. Just like anger or anything else it eventually fades and moves on. I also keep replaying the agony of trying to exist, hungover every day. Trying to lead, trying to ideate, get dressed, not look red faced, bad client feedback, internal interactions - it’s all way worse when you’re hungover. We are here!

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Truth. I wish I could pull up my agency email-all list from ten years ago and send a mass apology. 😂. TBH I wasn’t even craving alcohol. Just to feel better. Which in the past when in my disease is what I was trying to saceive by the wrong means.

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