And here is Dee, always playing to strength.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.---M.A.
This was precisely my feeling when I undertook this whole 'stop this drinking cr@p right now, buddy' thingy. And that was weeks before I found SR and TU found me. SoberJennie also stepped up to wave the RR flag at me. Thank you, TU and Jennie, wherever you may be.
This is one of SJ's most recent posts, from last September.
I've even been told by people on this forum that if I leave this forum, I'll probably relapse! What's that about? Anyway... to each her own. Nothing anyone does or says is going to make me pour alcohol down my throat... only listening to my AV will do that.
Back to Marcus Aurelius. Attempting to convey the nut of this to others new to sobriety is part of the heavy lifting that goes on in the other forums, let me tell you.