Relapsing (seems to be a popular topic of late...)
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Relapsing (seems to be a popular topic of late...)
Hello, everyone. I'm not trying to stir anything up, but I'm curious:
Is there anyone out there who had problems with relapsing but found a way to quit without group help? Anyone with a personal program or method that led to a sober life?
I ask this because I don't do groups for a lot of reasons...I'm interested in hearing from those who walk to the beat of their own drum. What works for you and what doesn't? Individual therapy? Picking up a new hobby?
Anybody?
Is there anyone out there who had problems with relapsing but found a way to quit without group help? Anyone with a personal program or method that led to a sober life?
I ask this because I don't do groups for a lot of reasons...I'm interested in hearing from those who walk to the beat of their own drum. What works for you and what doesn't? Individual therapy? Picking up a new hobby?
Anybody?
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er..hi again Bam LOL
just me..and SR.
I had to nearly die to get here to SR tho...and I'm not being metaphorical.
Pretty much the sobriety part of my recovery is 'don't drink - no matter what, ever...no way, uh huh, no.'
How you do that when you're not at your mental and physical end, and you think you can probably stand a few more drinks, I dunno....I hate the idea that people have to reach their bottom, but for some of us thats true.
Hope it's not for you
again I wish you luck
D
just me..and SR.
I had to nearly die to get here to SR tho...and I'm not being metaphorical.
Pretty much the sobriety part of my recovery is 'don't drink - no matter what, ever...no way, uh huh, no.'
How you do that when you're not at your mental and physical end, and you think you can probably stand a few more drinks, I dunno....I hate the idea that people have to reach their bottom, but for some of us thats true.
Hope it's not for you
again I wish you luck
D
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
I hate the idea that people have to reach their bottom, but for some of us thats true.
Hope it's not for you
again I wish you luck
D
Hope it's not for you
again I wish you luck
D
Yeah, that scares me. But, if I let it come to that, I'm surely testing the fates (I know secular folk...don't smack me...)
Dee, sorry for being so touchy lately. I won't make any excuses (I don't like excuses, even though I'm guilty...)...I'll just own-up to being a butt.
6/20/08
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I've relapsed a couple of times. I've now gotten sober on my own.
The difference is, I know, in my gut, I will NOT drink. I will not go on a cruise and find an excuse to drink. I will not have a birthday and find an excuse. I will not celebrate the birth of a child and find and excuse (how sad is that!). I will not have a bad day and find an excuse. Not anymore.
I think another difference is SR. The reading here is phenominal....even if I don't say Thanks, for it!
I drank for 30 years. Maybe I'm a slow learner. But, I will NOT drink again.
The difference is, I know, in my gut, I will NOT drink. I will not go on a cruise and find an excuse to drink. I will not have a birthday and find an excuse. I will not celebrate the birth of a child and find and excuse (how sad is that!). I will not have a bad day and find an excuse. Not anymore.
I think another difference is SR. The reading here is phenominal....even if I don't say Thanks, for it!
I drank for 30 years. Maybe I'm a slow learner. But, I will NOT drink again.
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