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zencat Bingo! Staying in addiction treatment come hell or high water is my goal/mission/key point of my recovery. I completely forget about my slips, trips and back flips because why? Because the progress I have made in treatment far outweighs the so called 'backsliding'. My addiction treatment is not up for comparisons or measurement or judgment or scrutiny...by my peers. I'm not going through treatment to win some kind of popularity contest. Nor am I interested in some kind of funky international standard of recovery that tells me if I'm a winner or loser. I'm in treatment because I say so and so are you because you have said so. And that is that and its all good.
You
ARE doing it Katie and good going dammit.
Thanks, zencat! I am going to be safe tonight, as the guy coming over here would NOT have it any other way. Nor do I want it any other way!
I start that treatment program Monday night. And that is that!