I need to come back but don't know how to start to stop
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I need to come back but don't know how to start to stop
I've had long periods of sobriety and realise now that i need to do things differently but can't seem to get the incentive to start stopping..... I need to get day 1 and day 2 under me belt but fail every time..... I promise myself l have a couple then the usual nonsense follows and I wake up feeling shite..... I need to not drink for one night again . ... it easy before
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When I viewed stopping as a process the process continued.
When I realized it was a specific point , I just stopped.
I’d say your AV holds the process point of view , and doles out the promises of a few . IT doesn’t want you to get the point.
When I realized it was a specific point , I just stopped.
I’d say your AV holds the process point of view , and doles out the promises of a few . IT doesn’t want you to get the point.
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Originally Posted by Hendrix 
I've had long periods of sobriety and realise now that i need to do things differently but can't seem to get the incentive to start stopping..... I need to get day 1 and day 2 under me belt but fail every time..... I promise myself l have a couple then the usual nonsense follows and I wake up feeling shite..... I need to not drink for one night again . ... it easy before
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hey hendrix - don't listen to the lies - you've stopped before, you can stop again. make it day one.
if you have to put yourself under house arrest do that.
if you're worried about withdrawals and you need to see your dr do that....but make a commitment to day one.
making a commitment to 24 hours sober should not beyond any of us ...but if it really genuinely is beyond you, then maybe you're going to have to think about some kind of impatient rehab?
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if you have to put yourself under house arrest do that.
if you're worried about withdrawals and you need to see your dr do that....but make a commitment to day one.
making a commitment to 24 hours sober should not beyond any of us ...but if it really genuinely is beyond you, then maybe you're going to have to think about some kind of impatient rehab?
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Originally Posted by FreedomCA
It’s so baffling how impossible it can seem to get day 1 after relapsing. And then once we get those early days again (if we do), we forget how impossible they were to get.
Hendrix, I bet one you set out to make day one happen the drive and realization you can do it will hit and over ride the difficulty. You just have to start, give a go and see what happens.
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Hendrix,
the nonsense starts long before. beore you even promise yourself to have a couple....which is of course also nonsense for you and me.
it is hard when you don't have the incentive; what gave you incentive in the past? and is that incentive still valid even if you don't " feel" it?
the nonsense starts long before. beore you even promise yourself to have a couple....which is of course also nonsense for you and me.
it is hard when you don't have the incentive; what gave you incentive in the past? and is that incentive still valid even if you don't " feel" it?
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