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I am starting my recovery today. Advise and support would be appreciated. I always start out with good intentions but somehow talk myself out of it. It feels like I have a split personality and the one who wants to drink always wins. I also forget all the reasons I wanted to stop drinking and don't remember the until I start drinking again. It is crazy. Part of me has to be on guard so the other part does not talk me into doing something stupid. Anyone else have this problem?
Welcome teresac8
I think most of us can identify with that
I found support really tipped the balance for me - coming here to SR really made a difference for me.
It was much harder for me to apply the same old rationalisations for drinking when I was posting my own story daily and reading everyone elses as well.
Seeing it all in print and using the great support I found here seemed to change the game for me.
I know we can help you too - it's good to have you with us - welcome!
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I think most of us can identify with that
I found support really tipped the balance for me - coming here to SR really made a difference for me.
It was much harder for me to apply the same old rationalisations for drinking when I was posting my own story daily and reading everyone elses as well.
Seeing it all in print and using the great support I found here seemed to change the game for me.
I know we can help you too - it's good to have you with us - welcome!
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Hi
I'm very very new to SR, and it has really helped me so far. It's good to know that it's not just you.
I totally understand your split personality notion - It has always been my experience - but check out Cognitive Therapy & Rational Recovery. You may find it sounds a bit weird, but it's working for me on many of my problems.
Birch
I'm very very new to SR, and it has really helped me so far. It's good to know that it's not just you.
I totally understand your split personality notion - It has always been my experience - but check out Cognitive Therapy & Rational Recovery. You may find it sounds a bit weird, but it's working for me on many of my problems.
Birch
Welcome teresac8!
You've come to the right place. I agree with Dee, support was paramount for me. When the "other personality" starts playing in your head, why not write down all the reasons you want to drink and the reasons you don't. Sometimes it helps to have it in black and white.
Of course reading and posting here will keep some of those thoughts away.
Best Wishes To You!
You've come to the right place. I agree with Dee, support was paramount for me. When the "other personality" starts playing in your head, why not write down all the reasons you want to drink and the reasons you don't. Sometimes it helps to have it in black and white.
Of course reading and posting here will keep some of those thoughts away.
Best Wishes To You!
Welcome, teresa! Totally. That is exactly how I described myself before I made some changes and started to stay sober. I used to feel like a dual personality.
Anyway. I don't feel like that anymore now that I've put down the booze. It's so much better now.
Stick close.
Much love.
Anyway. I don't feel like that anymore now that I've put down the booze. It's so much better now.
Stick close.
Much love.
Hi, Teresa. It sounds like you are separating the voice that wants to be sober from the voice that wants to get hammered again, no matter what. There are a lot of us around here that have found our way to sobriety in exactly this way, just like Birchgreen.
Check out the SR forum called Secular-Connections, and also this thread addictive-voice-recognitionfor some opinions and more information about this.
Check out the SR forum called Secular-Connections, and also this thread addictive-voice-recognitionfor some opinions and more information about this.
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I am now on day 2. I am not doing too bad. I am going for a long walk to quiet the jitters. I also plan on researching Rational Recovery more. It helps to know the addictive voice is not me and I don't have to listen to it.
Welcome teresa - glad you decided to quit drinking!
I felt like two people when I was drinking, too. At the end of my drinking, the sane part of me was barely detectable, but day by day it got stronger and the alcoholic voice got weaker. So hang in there - it's worth it!!
I felt like two people when I was drinking, too. At the end of my drinking, the sane part of me was barely detectable, but day by day it got stronger and the alcoholic voice got weaker. So hang in there - it's worth it!!
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