So difficult to quit
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You "can't stay sober" possibly because you were unprepared for How hard it is to stay sober.
It carries enormous gifts but the craving, antsy, tired and sad feeling lasts a long time and you have to find ways to cope with it. You downgrade life for awhile to rest and recover. You commit to a long process. Its like deciding to have major surgery on all your organs. would you feel 100% right away? No, you'd cut back on work and really scale back so you could rest and heal.
People have unrealistic expectations even when they know it will be hard. I think the level of commitment requires a lot more preparation than people give themselves. Psychological and physical preparation and cancelling celebrations and outings for awhile. It's not going to kill you to do that and it is NOT forever but you have to take the time to tame the addiction.
It carries enormous gifts but the craving, antsy, tired and sad feeling lasts a long time and you have to find ways to cope with it. You downgrade life for awhile to rest and recover. You commit to a long process. Its like deciding to have major surgery on all your organs. would you feel 100% right away? No, you'd cut back on work and really scale back so you could rest and heal.
People have unrealistic expectations even when they know it will be hard. I think the level of commitment requires a lot more preparation than people give themselves. Psychological and physical preparation and cancelling celebrations and outings for awhile. It's not going to kill you to do that and it is NOT forever but you have to take the time to tame the addiction.
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