Only my life is unfair?
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Only my life is unfair?
Finished day 8 and recognized another crazy voice that pipes up often during the day. Whenever anything uncomfortable or stressful happens to me the voice tells me that my life is so unfair, only I have to deal with this kind of stress, its always going to be this stressful, uncomfortable, frustrating etc and therefore, doesn't it make more sense to 'get away' from the stress by drinking? That way I can pretend I'm there and coping but not really be there at all.
Today I realized that it's not just my life that isn't 'fair.' Everyone has to deal with stress in different ways, and forcing myself to really be there and cope was scary but in the end, a hundred times better than 'escaping' only to return to a situation made twice as stressful by adding alcohol into the picture.
Today I realized that it's not just my life that isn't 'fair.' Everyone has to deal with stress in different ways, and forcing myself to really be there and cope was scary but in the end, a hundred times better than 'escaping' only to return to a situation made twice as stressful by adding alcohol into the picture.
Secondly, I do that all the time. I'm also working on getting those voices/thoughts to shut up. Or, at least, working on ignoring them 
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Any thought that suggests the future use of alcohol should be regarded as your addiction speaking and not you. Separate yourself from those thoughts and you'll have a good thing going!
Well done on this breakthrough.
Well done on this breakthrough.
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