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Old 10-20-2010, 05:11 PM
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Yes, I struggled with horrible guilt and shame for a long time when I stopped drinking. I hurt my family and I wasn't the mother I wanted to be. I had to learn to forgive myself and believe me, that's not easy. Nor did it happen in one fell swoop. It's something I had to do over and over again.

When I was really struggling with this, a wonderful person here at SR suggested that I journal about my feelings. I really didn't want to do that. I didn't want to see the words written down. Finally in desperation, I began to write and I kept on writing for most of a year. As I wrote about the feelings, they lessened. It helped. And, when I was finished writing, I burned the journal.
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