ForestRunner

Feeling defeated and dejected. Any advice for how to get the motivation back? What I am having a hard time mentally with is that I planned for a sober year but a sober 2014 is a loss now. I can say that I was running a lot and feeling great! What sunk me was I got an awful cold and had to stop running for a week. With my depressed system, I caved and caved easily without much thought. I've read through my old posts, been on SR a bunch, and feel if I can just get a few days under my belt I can get on a new roll. Just need some inspiration...

least

What's always been told to me is: forgive yourself, learn from it, and move forward again.

Pedro1234

Get straight back to it. I waited too long after my last relapse.

Dee74

nonsense!

I got sober in April 2007 - 2007 was not a loss to me

It's never too late to start again. It's never too late to start making each and every day of our lives count

This time you can throw in the lessons you learned this time and make your recovery better - version 2.0

D

adee

One day at a time will get you to 49 and beyond again in no time, FR. You've learned that running alone isn't a strong enough sobriety plan for you. Build on that. It's a lot like logging miles and building running fitness. Setbacks do not have to be total losses as long as you get back to it keep moving forward. Imagine if you were training for a race and something happened that you fell behind your training schedule. Would you write off the entire year? Nope. You'd find the next race, the next goal. Get back to sobriety the way you'd get back to running.

Glad you posted.

Dee74

This is a great point
Think about what else you could do for your recovery - or what you're prepared to do FR

D

Goldcoastgirl

Gosh, it sounds like a few of us slipped this last few days. Reading everyone's positive posts really help me. I think each time I slip the slip makes me more resolved because I know I got to 30 something days and I know I can keep going, I don't want to go backwards. I found this quote I copied off someone's post - I keep a word document with all the quotes that strike a cord with me and read them when I am beating myself up yet again. I really like this one - it gives me hope. Let's all of us that slipped take care of each other.

You need to give up the life you have in order to have the life that is waiting for you.

Hevyn

Don't worry about the calendar ForestRunner. All that matters is you're back and trying again. You will get on a new roll - you've already started it by coming here & posting. Don't kick yourself - you haven't given up and that's what counts.

ForestRunner

Thanks, all.

SoberLeigh

Look no further than those 49 sober days for inspiration; they are an amazing accomplishment, ForestRunner; look to all of your SR friends for support.

Betterlife1

At the end of this year saying "I only drank once in all of 2014" sounds pretty good to me!! You fall, get back up and brush yourself off!

gleefan

Aww, Forestrunner, sorry you slipped. It sounds like you know what sparked your slip up, feeling physically sick. You learned something important.

jw1969

Forestrunner,
I had just made the first ~49 hours before I slipped up. Congrats on 49 days. Folks like you are my inspiration..

ForestRunner

Jw1969: if I can do it, you can! We owe it to ourselves. In my book, we may only have this one life. Let's make it great!

tornrealization

My slip was six weeks in and epically bad. That just means we are going start over.

FreeFall

Just make your year start today instead of 1/1. You can still have a year of sobriety, and more!

warrens

All we ever have is today.

Get up, do it again. That's all.

Joy,

Warren

FreeOwl

you can measure a sober year starting any day. Today even. Get back on the path.

savarna

49 days wow good on you a slip is not the end it's another beginning get back on the horse start again you can do it again but this time you will not slip

LadyinBC

This is exactly how your AV wants you to feel. Tell it to F*&* off.

You have 49 days sober that no one not even you or your AV can take away from you. You did it before and you can do it again.

You can do this!