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@milesofgray.bsky.social yooooo get me in on that discord, bsky says I can't message you, gdmit

Good news, still sober and yeah it sucks as much as it is awesome, and I'll take it

Which proves me to one core thing I need to believe: these incremental improvements have a future.

Treating my sadness with my addictions did not.

One path leads toward more and better things, the other was away from that.

So yeah this is hard for now, and that's ok.

#soberlife #recoveryposse

And honestly, it sucks. A lot. Feeling things through, and making peace with their existence, and why they exist, is fucking hard and joyless work.

But every time it gets just a teeny tiny bit easier. Every time I feel just a little less shitty after.

But now when I start indulging in shame and guilt patterns, and feel the urge to mute it, I try to sit quietly and focus on the feelings.

I observe where they are coming from, I watch where they go, what they do to me on their way, and respect them for what they are.

This has become my new refuge.

My emotion of choice that often (always) lead to my drink and drug of choice, has always been shame and guilt.

Sometimes deserving but mostly not, I would wallow in it and invite justification and escapism.

I drank smoked and snorted my way to a very temporary refuge.

#soberlife #recoveryposse

After an emotional event, taking the time to identify my feelings, resisting the urge to judge my judgements, resisting the desire to justify or condemn my thoughts and reactions, has been amazing for my recovery.

Identify, acknowledge, and let it go.

#sobersky #soberlife #recoveryposse

137 days sober.

Still lots of dreams of consuming. But the paradox of both feeling glad it is a dream, and sad that it isn't, is finally shifting in the right direction.

My mood swings are less severe and better managed, thanks to my therapist and active mindfulness.

#sobersky #recoveryposse

@edzitron.com Thanks for an incredible year of Better Offline, looking forward to your angry takes on the dystopian year that will be 2025.

Another first in decades: sober and not hungover on new years day. Me, the Real One and the kids are grazing on salty carbs and buttery sweets lazing about and enjoying having no obligations.

This is nice. I like nice things. And it feels pretty nice.

#nicethings #sobersky #recoverposse

I won't post pictures of my partner or my children here, but I will post my 5th and 6th reasons for surviving this year.

My two silly puppers.

#soberlife #sobersky #recoveryposse #dogs

I just finished The Sapling Cage by @margaret.bsky.social and I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, dialogue, story and the world she is building, and am excited to experience the tale she is weaving, so magically, indeed.

It's boxing day in Australia, and today I'm celebrating 120 days sober.

Christmas Eve and day was hard at times with friends and family enjoying responsibly, but I did ok.

Major plus: Enjoying Christmas morning with the kids, NOT hungover, was extremely reaffirming.

Community is important.

Fellowship is more than just support, it is a source of strength to draw upon.

115 days sober, mostly white knuckle, but now I found a rhythm and some people who know, and lived it, and it finally feels like it's all working for me.

#recoveryposse #sobersky #soberlife

Yeah I can feel the danger. The soft naivete of doing well lends to delusions of harmless social drinking. I have great support at home, and consequences if I drink that I cannot bear, so it passes. But I would drink given the opportunity. I need the internal strength that meetings give.

106 days sober. Every day is a new record, but holds its own place in space and time.

Last night I dreamt of drinking and fucking and drugs and woke up equally relieved it was a dream, and sad that it wasn't real.

I am sober today, and that is the win I hold dear.

#sobersky #sober #recoveryposse

These are all truths for me, and they came from other alcoholics mouths.

I attended my first meeting last night, and I came away with a connection I knew I needed, but no clue how bad.

I walked in nervous hunched and sweaty, walked away a bit lighter and stronger.

#sobersky #sober #recoveryposse

I dream of getting drunk.

I drank away a career, all of my belongings and most of my friends

I almost lost my family and my home, and will spend the rest of my life atoning for and correcting the damage I caused.

I drank away the fear of facing life sober.

#sobersky #sober #recoveryposse

If my life is a boomer shooter, my therapists are my duel wield shotguns, and group sessions are my armour.

#sobersky #recoveryposse

Zelda special editions

I'm a little nervous, but not entirely sure why.

First meeting found, Tuesday evening, a beginner friendly group close to home on a night that I won't be leaving The Real One too high and dry with the kids.

I don't feel like I am in danger of relapsing before then, today I am sober again, so I promise this isn't the case of procrastination.

Ok, so my math was a little off, yesterday was 90 days sober.

And today is another one.

So far I have stayed sober through the external guardrails of my family and circumstance, as well as my resolve, but I know that I need more.

Today I look for a meeting.

#soberlife #recoveryposse

#pixies on stage and killing it, omg

Double bucket list items being crossed off tonight!
#pearljam #pixies

Growing up in an isolated rural part of Canada far from most tours meant that I had to wait over 30 years to see two of my favourite bands, and I get to see them both tonight!

Feel like we're all missing an opportunity to call this scandal 'Watergaetz'

Period

The Real One and the girls filling our home with the spirit especially early this year, and I'm grateful to be present, hilariously uninvolved and demanding. They love my faux-grinch attitude, I swear.