slipped......
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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slipped......
well-day 5 and i've slipped-i feel so horrible about myself-i held up the best i could and in the end i just didnt have the resistance to fight it-i feel almost guilty for coming on here-like a liar or something-am back in that dark place and it seems like it was all for nothing
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: somewhere, SD
Posts: 177
It seems to be going around lately.
Unfortunately.
All I can say is..get right back to it. Believe me, I know how you feel.
But you're alive..that means you have a chance again.
It can be the last time you ever feel this way.
Keep coming back!
Unfortunately.
All I can say is..get right back to it. Believe me, I know how you feel.
But you're alive..that means you have a chance again.
It can be the last time you ever feel this way.
Keep coming back!
same planet...different world
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Butte, America
Posts: 10,946
joey -
if you came on here and said you were doin ggreat and hadn't slipped - THEN ou'd be lying. and ultimately - that's between YOU ...and the Infinite.
You never know how many lurkers ...
are watching you ... and maybe they selipped as well.
There's nothing wrong with struggling.
Ain't none of my beeswax.
We don't shoot out wounded, hon.
We're here to help you get right back in the saddle,
maybe examine what happened ... and move always forward.
if you came on here and said you were doin ggreat and hadn't slipped - THEN ou'd be lying. and ultimately - that's between YOU ...and the Infinite.
You never know how many lurkers ...
are watching you ... and maybe they selipped as well.
There's nothing wrong with struggling.
Ain't none of my beeswax.
We don't shoot out wounded, hon.
We're here to help you get right back in the saddle,
maybe examine what happened ... and move always forward.
Fighting the good fight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 309
No worries joey, glad you came back... it's not easy, just look at how many people struggle with this - you're ok, you came back, and you've got more knowledge about what happened.
Welcome back!
Welcome back!
Looking For Myself...Sober
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Where the heart is
Posts: 10,209
I have slipped more times than I can count.
But with every one of them I always learned a little more and it brought me closer to longer recovery.
Just keep trying. And dont let it get you down.
But with every one of them I always learned a little more and it brought me closer to longer recovery.
Just keep trying. And dont let it get you down.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Michigan -- Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posts: 325
Joey..... I've missed you the past few days. My computer has been down and I'm "borrowing" ... (stinks)
Anyhow, I'm so glad you're here. Please take the positive out of this (you're here, your human, you're HONEST) and keep coming back... I will pray for your strength and confidence and light... but no matter how much time it takes, please don't leave us. I've learned from you, and from so many...
You will never have any idea how much you are loved, until you love yourself... Please be as gentle, forgiving and compassionate with yourself as you would be with ME -- or anyone else here -- if we were the ones making the post at the top of the page. Because, when it comes right down to it, I have the same disease you have and I'm just as likely to be making a similar post... And I believe you would reply with kind, loving, support and respect -- and if I would deserve it, then you most certainly deserve it!
HuGGGGGGGGGGGGGGs
~C
Anyhow, I'm so glad you're here. Please take the positive out of this (you're here, your human, you're HONEST) and keep coming back... I will pray for your strength and confidence and light... but no matter how much time it takes, please don't leave us. I've learned from you, and from so many...
You will never have any idea how much you are loved, until you love yourself... Please be as gentle, forgiving and compassionate with yourself as you would be with ME -- or anyone else here -- if we were the ones making the post at the top of the page. Because, when it comes right down to it, I have the same disease you have and I'm just as likely to be making a similar post... And I believe you would reply with kind, loving, support and respect -- and if I would deserve it, then you most certainly deserve it!
HuGGGGGGGGGGGGGGs
~C
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Newark,DE
Posts: 404
Hey Joey,
You didn't lose anything. Very few get it right the first time, keep trying, reading, learning. I dont know ya, but I'm sure this problem didn't develop in just 5 days, so count on a little longer than that to fix it.
I have been having some "stinkin thinkin" going on the last few days, posts like yours serve as a reminder of what will happen to me (or anyone) if I'm not careful. So you have helped me today, and probably countless others who lurk here to know 1) We're all human and 2) Be careful.
Take care, Pal!
S
You didn't lose anything. Very few get it right the first time, keep trying, reading, learning. I dont know ya, but I'm sure this problem didn't develop in just 5 days, so count on a little longer than that to fix it.
I have been having some "stinkin thinkin" going on the last few days, posts like yours serve as a reminder of what will happen to me (or anyone) if I'm not careful. So you have helped me today, and probably countless others who lurk here to know 1) We're all human and 2) Be careful.
Take care, Pal!
S
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,537
Everone's right, Joey
It's all part of the journey you are on. I just messed up terribly after the holidays, but this is Day 18 and I'm stronger & more determined than ever after my last battle. You've proven you're determined by posting and then telling the truth when you slipped - these are the best people in the world, and you can always be honest with them. You are going to do this. Love, Joanie
Bring Laughter Wherever You Go
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 357
Joey;
PLEASE don't feel quilty about coming back. I am struggling the same way as you are (we all are). I too have 4 or 5 days under my belt and then slip. After my first slip, I thought about coming back on here and not sharing about my slip, but I decided to be honest....part of my disease is my dishonesty about it. Anyways, I keep saying, 'all I can do is try....trying is better than not trying'. So Joey, as long as you're trying.....slip or no slip....keep trying and keep coming back here. One day you and I will get past 4 or 5 days and then get another and another under our belt. And those sober days are better than NO sober days at all. I've made it to day 6!!! today. It has been a LONG time since I've had 6 days. I may not have made it to day 6 if I didn't come back here, or if I lied to myself and you guys about my slips.
So, pick yourself up, join the rest of us, and keep trying.
PLEASE don't feel quilty about coming back. I am struggling the same way as you are (we all are). I too have 4 or 5 days under my belt and then slip. After my first slip, I thought about coming back on here and not sharing about my slip, but I decided to be honest....part of my disease is my dishonesty about it. Anyways, I keep saying, 'all I can do is try....trying is better than not trying'. So Joey, as long as you're trying.....slip or no slip....keep trying and keep coming back here. One day you and I will get past 4 or 5 days and then get another and another under our belt. And those sober days are better than NO sober days at all. I've made it to day 6!!! today. It has been a LONG time since I've had 6 days. I may not have made it to day 6 if I didn't come back here, or if I lied to myself and you guys about my slips.
So, pick yourself up, join the rest of us, and keep trying.
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