Good morning everyone. Checking in on day 8 and feeling hopeful.
I'm sorry to read that there are some struggles going on at the moment. Something I've been thinking about recently is 'if not now, then when?' I have been finding this thought useful so I thought I would share.
My health had been increasingly affected by my drinking over recent months/years and I think I accepted that I would have to stop drinking at some point or I would die prematurely as a result. This sounds pretty logical doesn't it but it's taken a long time to sink in. Before this I think I was in the 'just stop for a while until things get better' camp.
So, on the (if not now, then when?) basis that I would have to stop at some point , the remaining question had been if I don't stop now, when will I? My AV is a seasoned procrastinator and always responded that tomorrow, or on Monday, or when I'm on leave from work, would be the best time but the time was never now. At some point, there had to be a 'now' and it was never going to be welcome. But if not now, then when?
For those Julyers who are struggling, July can still be your now.