Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of September! It's the middle day of the month, good time to review your progress so far and remind yourself of your goals for the rest of the month. 
As usual, some discussion ideas:
- How is your September going so far?
- Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
- Do you have any goals or plans for next week?
- Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
- If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
- Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?
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Good luck with your goals! 
alcohol cessation/drugs/sobriety
Kept up my alcohol sober streak, this is my first time being over a month dry this year
Being using kratom over the last week or two and it's helped me a lot but I think I'm gonna try to take a couple days not taking any to avoid a tolerance build up or psychological dependence, it helps me with the booze cravings sometimes when I get stressed out but I can tell I have the propensity to find something that makes me feel better and overdo it
Been really busy and working on a bunch of household maintenance type stuff that I've put off for awhile and gotten some important ones like a bathroom deep cleaning and washing bedding done lately but I haven't slept well in awhile and am constantly running on fumes and fatigued and irritable
Set some fitness goals for a target weight but haven't been able to get my exercise in the last week and feel kinda crappy about that. Have been trying to eat better though and I've been working on reducing my snacking and have been trying to eat vegan more often (I'm mostly vegetarian but my home isn't so meal planning and groceries can get tricky sometimes)
I want to get back into playing music after a long hiatus, so I'm thinking of taking the money I'm not spending on booze anymore and putting it toward a new amp or a modeling interface or something and start practicing guitar more and set some goals of learning a certain number of songs a week and practice to the point of memorizing them and being able to play along to the recording in time cleanly but I'm sure I'll be rusty and likely get frustrated with myself
Also want to update my wardrobe but I hate shopping for clothes, so I might make a goal of rounding up stuff I don't wear anymore and donating them to a thrift store to justify ordering shit I've wanted online instead of having to shop for clothes in person because I hate doing that and it exhausts me and makes me really uncomfortable
Spending a lot of time taking care of my cats and it's been incredibly rewarding and improved my mental health a lot
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