Encouragement.. It does get easier
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Encouragement.. It does get easier
At first it seems impossible to not drink at all.
Then it seems impossible to imagine NEVER drinking again.
It's overwhelming. How can I do it, you think.
I'm here to tell you it IS possible. It gets easier. and it actually becomes what you WANT. You just have to allow the time, for your mind and body to heal, and to get back to it's normal state of not wanting to be poisoned.
There's a reason it's called addiction. I know that sounds ridiculously simplistic, but it's amazing how we can fool ourselves into thinking drinking is something we want or need in our lives. Think back to when you were a kid, hopefully a happy kid: Did you long for alcohol? Did you feel deprived that you didn't have it? Did fun and happiness and joy seem impossible without it?
You can get to that place, space and time again.
I'm now at 10 months, and I know that may seem a eternity. But more and more now I realize I"m not thinking about alcohol. I don't pine for it. I don't miss it. In fact I am grateful to not be in its grasp. It's incredibly freeing. Once it's gone, it leaves room in your life for all kinds of new feelings, experiences, joys ... Life OPENS UP.
You can climb out of the hole, the dark room. Real life is waiting!
Then it seems impossible to imagine NEVER drinking again.
It's overwhelming. How can I do it, you think.
I'm here to tell you it IS possible. It gets easier. and it actually becomes what you WANT. You just have to allow the time, for your mind and body to heal, and to get back to it's normal state of not wanting to be poisoned.
There's a reason it's called addiction. I know that sounds ridiculously simplistic, but it's amazing how we can fool ourselves into thinking drinking is something we want or need in our lives. Think back to when you were a kid, hopefully a happy kid: Did you long for alcohol? Did you feel deprived that you didn't have it? Did fun and happiness and joy seem impossible without it?
You can get to that place, space and time again.
I'm now at 10 months, and I know that may seem a eternity. But more and more now I realize I"m not thinking about alcohol. I don't pine for it. I don't miss it. In fact I am grateful to not be in its grasp. It's incredibly freeing. Once it's gone, it leaves room in your life for all kinds of new feelings, experiences, joys ... Life OPENS UP.
You can climb out of the hole, the dark room. Real life is waiting!
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