Everyone of us who are living a sober and clean life reached
a point in our lives, whether sooner or later, younger or older,
realized that alcohol caused more harm to us than good.
We all reached a point where enough was enough. We became
sick and tired of being sick and tired of how we were feeling, tired
of trying to stop and start, vowing to never pick up or buy
alcohol or drugs again to only fail one more time.
We get angry, frustrated, pizzed off, resentful. We cuss, we hit
things, harm ourselves, harm others all because we dont know
what to do. How to stop the insanity of this addiction.
All we want is off that crazy Ozzy O. train. so to speak.
There have been many here in SR who are suiting up
and showing up here, posting and taking charge of their
addiction recovery everyday. They begin with one single
day at a time, coming here to learn how to remain sober.
Learning how ask for help, suggestions on what to do in
any and all situations in life. Helpful, healthy solutions instead
of driving to the store for poison, alcohol or grabbing a drug,
a controlling toxic substance that would only set them back
where they once were.
We all can get mad and pizzed off all we want and it wont
keep us sober unless, you accept that addiction is a problem,
our own problem and that we, you, me, us, need help.
Asking for help doesn't make us weak. Make us less of
a person. Asking for help to keep us alive takes courage.
And that is what I got from your original post. You had the
courage to find SR and courage to post that you need help.
SR is just one of many helpful tools to use in helping you
or us achieve sobriety a day at a time. If you need more
help, there are other avenues to seek and take.
Ask us where to look. Were to find them. Who to look for
and ask for. Whether it be recovery meetings like many
of us use daily, coming here to SR, your physicians, being
extremely honest with them letting them know about your
addiction and recovery.
Addiction is a sickness and yes it is treatable. Even without
meds, like myself and others. And yes many of are successful
in our recovery lives because be take care of it, protect it, care
for it.
Throw away the poison and pick up a recovery program
as a guideline to live by for the rest of your life.
Once you get some sober time behind you will understand
more clearly where many of us are coming from. But you have
to get the poison out of you system and out of your life to see
the beauty of what is around you.