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Old 04-28-2017, 12:29 AM
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highlonesome
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Originally Posted by fini View Post
highlonesome, welcome.

stuck for things to say, since they'd likely be along he lines of crap to newcomers. which you are, though maybe not new to trying to get and stay sober?

there are some more or less usual things that people experience while trying to decide, or new to sobriety, and it can be helpful to get a heads up.
I hear you on not wanting to ask what to do or how to do it, and i do have some personal experience with that very attitude. which made my life much tougher than it needed to be
Thanks for your words! I am good at having an attitude and making life harder than it needs to be. I'm not new to addiction, but I am terrible at quitting. I quit smoking pot a long time ago, but cigarettes and alcohol are so entwined with my idea of self that I feel like I can't win the quitting game.

I made it 11 days sober last month, the longest I've made it in over a decade. I know I'm killing myself, I know I'm failing, I know I am being selfish.

Seriously, how do people ever quit?
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