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1,108 days sober 1 day no MO

Good stuff @Percival . We devotees are all fully aware of what you’re talking about. The indescribable pain of temptation. I suppose alcoholics and drug addicts have exactly the same pain. We will never know how deep the pain is that we each suffer, but we all have a pretty good idea and it’s...

Just checking in with you, mate. I know you’re probably ok, just want you to know that I and many others have got your back. Now and always.

1,107 days 0 days no MO - just had to…..

1,105 days sober 65 days no MO

1,103 days sober 63 days no MO Getting trickier on the no MO front but manageable

1,102 days sober 62 days no MO

Cheers pal. I won’t downplay it. Just over three years. Happy days (remember that show? Epic).

Good work @harpoon - we have missed you, pal.

Hey @DIMA-NBA (aka Dimmers to me) - so easy to read yours and just “like”, but you wrote some big stuff down. Not going to give you the old man sage advice speech but I will say you’re doing great. Your new strength will allow you to handle competing stresses, but be serene in your decision...

1,100 days sober 60 days no MO

Thanks @Phineas 808 - I didn’t know which bit of yours to highlight so I did the lot! Good stuff. You write so well. I completely understand. I moved on from the shame and guilt within a year. However my wife’s slower progress has brought that back to the surface a few times and I have to remind...

Thanks @Blondie - amongst other extremely kind words, I do think the urge to MO is the so-called elephant in the room. We men all sort of learned it when we were 12-15 years old and then many years later trying to unpick that habit is, very understandably, difficult. Thanks again for your kind...

Awesome number. Don’t let porn back in your life. It steals part of your soul.

Well gentlemen, today is 3 years sobriety for me. I don’t actually have some erudite essay to give you because 1,096 days is just one more than the day before. But a few things I might say: The lessons learned both from my personal struggle, my journaling, and my weekly SAA meetings: 1. You...

1,095 days sober 55 days no MO

Cough, cough, cough.

Mate. You don’t need advice. You know precisely what to do. Complete honesty. She shouldn’t judge you based on your income. She may do a bit, because I realise we all do that a bit - don’t worry, I wasn’t born yesterday - but the alternative is to tell an untruth and deceive her accordingly...

1,093 days sober 53 days no MO Two of my (grown up) children are home. Wife is very happy about this. A little bit of me thinks/knows that they bring more joy to her life than anything. I am quite comfortable with that. It’s not all about me. I suppose that’s one of the more subliminal lessons...

Thanks for remembering, pal. I am not low today, but were I, you would have lifted me up. Love to you and yours.