Originally Posted by
justinJustQuit 
Then I will start over again. Either way, I'm not going to the liquor store tonight. I totally appreciate the honestly.
Even though I failed I'm going to go to bed sober. And that's WAY more than I could have said about myself a month ago.
This journey is definitely not easy a lot of bumps along the way. Everyone makes mistakes along the way, heck you don't learn anything unless you make a few of them anyways.
Okay you drank, but don't forget that you do have 17 days sober that no one can take away from you. Concentrate on what kept you going those days. Learn from what happen and pat yourself for at least being able to walk away. That is progress. You are NOT a failure.
My dad was an alcoholic and when he quit drinking he would tell people that it was for example "it has been 25 days since I had my last drink." Maybe that is the way to look at it.
You are not restarting really, you are resetting
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