Day 1
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 24
NOT A LOSER! A FIGHTER!!!
Take another step forward....then another...and keep going! It's easier to put yourself down than it is to pick yourself up....pick ONE REASON to do so and start there!
Good luck!
Take another step forward....then another...and keep going! It's easier to put yourself down than it is to pick yourself up....pick ONE REASON to do so and start there!
Good luck!
Lost
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 32
thank you
Thank you so much- tearing up right now- embarassing- but your reply meant so much--makes me feel like I am so alone in this nightmare
I have been there, a few times, but it's never too late to start afresh. I'm on day 5 now and more determined than ever. You are here, that's the important think, still trying, asking for help and moving towards the solution. Keep going! Sending lots of love x
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: NC
Posts: 257
Ur not alone!!!! Sounds like you slipped so regain your balance and move forward... with ur head up. U had enough strength to try, maybe ur confidence is shook a little . That will come back too . Keep moving forward!!
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: ON
Posts: 766
you are most definelty alone. I thihnk we have all felt EXACTLY like that.
did something specific set you off. Do the opposite and never give in.
You are stronger than that.
Nothing and no one is worth your sobriety.
did something specific set you off. Do the opposite and never give in.
You are stronger than that.
Nothing and no one is worth your sobriety.
I quite 4995 times before it stuck.
That's not an exaggeration.
You are not alone. You are not a loser. You have a disease.
Do you think people with diabetes are losers ? Cancer ? Cerebral palsy ?
Well, neither are you.
That's not an exaggeration.
You are not alone. You are not a loser. You have a disease.
Do you think people with diabetes are losers ? Cancer ? Cerebral palsy ?
Well, neither are you.
Ive had hundreds of day 1's and i'm 28 years old. Now I have 12 days and have hope because unlike before, I'm working my program of recovery differently then ever before. I know for myself, I'd have hundreds more Day 1's if I kept buying into the lie that I could save myself if only.....
Lost
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 32
Help!!!
Hello all,
I have been off line for a few days, so sorry for the delayed response, and first of all would like to thank you all SOOO much for your support and kind words. You are all awesome!
Unhappily, off-line means being at a friend's cottage where I have had drinking weekends with all my friends since I was 18.
I did drink, but happily kept it under control, but now my AV is telling me: "see- you can do it!"
Deep down I know that I CAN'T do it and sooner or later my drinking will be out of control again- but I am struggling to get back to that line of thinking and commitment to my sobriety.
I'd love to hear advice from any of you as to how I might get back there without having to get to another crisis point again...
Funny- as I write this, I guess my advice to myself would be to simply remember the multiple crisis points that I have lived through in the past, and why on earth would this attempt at moderation be any different?!
Once again, would be so grateful for any thoughts/advice.
Thanks xoxoxo
I have been off line for a few days, so sorry for the delayed response, and first of all would like to thank you all SOOO much for your support and kind words. You are all awesome!
Unhappily, off-line means being at a friend's cottage where I have had drinking weekends with all my friends since I was 18.
I did drink, but happily kept it under control, but now my AV is telling me: "see- you can do it!"
Deep down I know that I CAN'T do it and sooner or later my drinking will be out of control again- but I am struggling to get back to that line of thinking and commitment to my sobriety.
I'd love to hear advice from any of you as to how I might get back there without having to get to another crisis point again...
Funny- as I write this, I guess my advice to myself would be to simply remember the multiple crisis points that I have lived through in the past, and why on earth would this attempt at moderation be any different?!
Once again, would be so grateful for any thoughts/advice.
Thanks xoxoxo
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