Where to start hmm.

[Crispy]

This is one hell of a ride were on guys/gals. Nothing can be taken for granted when in recovery. We often reach out for help when in need, but yet dont reach to others to often when on top of the world. Dont take this the wrong way but try to post more positive days when u get them so others dont feel hopeless when on the rollercoaster of ups and downs. We all know we will have good and bad days, but the reality of it doesnt hit till you think you have been clean for so long u cant get anymore bad days. This is a set up for abig fall or a jolting memory of addiction/addicts. Lets be here for the bad but also lets be here for the good. I know we all lead diffrent lifes and we have day to day stuff that needs to be done. But lets try to keep more positive up so the negative doesnt well feel like hell.

[girlybuff]

Come on people.  No one is starting a war  It's a conversation.  No one was nasty.  if I was, I apologize as it certainly was NOT my intention.  I am just having a conversation.
Honestly everyone... we all can't agree on everything and there are always many points of view.  That's why this is a public forum... If you wanted everyone to always congratulate you on what you say and tell you how right you are without any input on another way to look at things then you shoujld go stand in front of a mirror.
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[sadinmichigan]

I was there too.. but saying something postitive every now and again is not making light of anything..I posted about dying the first time ..this is way out of hand..i don't get it..crispy wasn't trying to start a war..we all all struggling and nobody has the corner market on that..

[girlybuff]

you got it!

[lonelyinCA]

I've had a string of great days lately and feel a little awkward posting it in a new post (as I read how much others may be struggling).  However, I completely agree and will do my best to spend more time documenting these good days. As much as I'll need them at some point in the future.

The first 30 days of getting clean are the most important to recognize your good days.  As you get further into sobriety, you forget the changes - how bad things where and how good they got - so I agree, please share with everyone!

I'm on Day 25 and have a tremendous amount of energy. I'm back to riding my bike 2 hours and running 7-8 miles. I have no problem cleaning, cooking, running errands (I love to get out now - vs. before) --- all the things I thought I needed pills to get done. It's a bunch of trickery. When you are on your game, and clean, you can REALLY be on fire.  

Keep it up all.

[confused456]

girlybuff......THANK YOU for putting it into words that I was unable to find. Very well said!!

[girlybuff]

The Having a Good Day posts belong on the social side if that's the sole reasn for the post.  If you are in a post and share about how your life has changed for the better with the hopes of helping someone, then that's just what this forum needs more of.  
Let us not forget that addiction, for most people, is a matter of life or death.  People who come here to get help and then leave when they don't need that help anymore are probably the very people that need to stay here the most and help someone else because they thknk the journey of sobriety ends when the physical part is conquered.  
In program speak we say that "I came here for me and I STAY here for you".  In regular everyday terms it's paying it forward.
There is nothing wrong with talking about things in a positive light, but if you want to chit chat about what you had for lunch and what you happened to do that day, start a thread on the social side.  Most of you weren't here when it was started.   It was started because general posts becamae conversations betweem 2 people with the majority of posts dealing with work and taking the garbage out and what their kid did that day, what their favorite movie was and so on.
There is a social side, a private message system, that wasn't here when I first came around, and a way to leave quick notes, which also wasn't here then.
People who are on the brink of death and who really think they are dying don't need to think about how to spin their post in a positive way when they are begging for help and trying not to give up and die.
So for me, this place has been a matter of choices.... LIVE or DIE..