Hi, friends. It’s the first day of August. A handful of wonderful TSB stories you might have missed from the month that was are linked below. We have a Zoom recovery meeting today, all the info is here.
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The perfect length is 150-300 words. Here’s a great one from last month.
In January I hit the 3 year sobriety mark. Frankly, I thought things would be easier by now. I mean, I’m doing okay but I’m still fighting urges which is incredibly annoying. Two years ago at this time I was fighting breast cancer so I suppose trying to get my mind off of crisp white wine on a spring day is better but c’mon, does this end?
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