Originally Posted by
Mizz 
the journey is not linear for a lot of people. We dont just quit and never look back. Its a series of moments and lessons. More moments and more lessons and then hopefully you find yourself at the end of that journey ready to start a new chapter.
That's how it was for me. I have a good friend who describes his recovery as "just decided to quit," but I can't believe he hadn't been processing the situation for a long time. Like when he got shot on the street in a drunk altercation. Surely, that must have factored in to his "quitting." I think I should press him on this some more. I think he would be happy to talk about it. People just "deciding to quit" are how it often looks to an outsider who has no actual knowledge of what had been taking place in the person's mind before the actual event. Granted there is an actual brief moment where quitting actually occurs, but each of us varies in the amount of struggle it takes to get there.