1 year
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1 year
in a few days, it will officially be a year since i touched a drop of poison.
longest i've gone since i was 15 (i'm 26 now)
life's not perfect..i still struggle with some mental health issues...which have really come to light since getting sober. i still get cravings every now and then...yet as time goes on, the fear of relapse grows bigger. it terrifies me. i couldn't handle another relapse
but on the plus side...my relationship with my family has healed tremendously. i work full time and i'm a functioning member of society (compared to how i was before...the complete opposite.)
i went to my first meeting after a long time last night. my social anxiety kicked in hardcore (red face, fast heartbeat, headache)., even though i didn't even share. this is why i love soberrecovery.com. no social anxiety from behind a screen haha...which sounds a little wimpy but whatever.
happy 24 everyone
longest i've gone since i was 15 (i'm 26 now)
life's not perfect..i still struggle with some mental health issues...which have really come to light since getting sober. i still get cravings every now and then...yet as time goes on, the fear of relapse grows bigger. it terrifies me. i couldn't handle another relapse
but on the plus side...my relationship with my family has healed tremendously. i work full time and i'm a functioning member of society (compared to how i was before...the complete opposite.)
i went to my first meeting after a long time last night. my social anxiety kicked in hardcore (red face, fast heartbeat, headache)., even though i didn't even share. this is why i love soberrecovery.com. no social anxiety from behind a screen haha...which sounds a little wimpy but whatever.
happy 24 everyone
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Hi froscow
Congrats on the year
I know you wanted me to remove the word wimpy for fear of causing offence, but I'm gonna leave it in cos I want to make the point there's nothing wimpy about having social anxiety.
I have it too.
Its about the best its ever been for me nowadays but it's never going to go away and it's not going to get better by me comtinually putting myself in rough situations - its not that kind of beast.
Thats doesn't mean I should avoid all tough situations - sometimes the things I dread most are good for me in the end....
but it does mean I have the right, like anyone else, to choose which situations I tackle and which ones I leave for another time.
Nothing wimpy about it man
D
Congrats on the year
I know you wanted me to remove the word wimpy for fear of causing offence, but I'm gonna leave it in cos I want to make the point there's nothing wimpy about having social anxiety.
I have it too.
Its about the best its ever been for me nowadays but it's never going to go away and it's not going to get better by me comtinually putting myself in rough situations - its not that kind of beast.
Thats doesn't mean I should avoid all tough situations - sometimes the things I dread most are good for me in the end....
but it does mean I have the right, like anyone else, to choose which situations I tackle and which ones I leave for another time.
Nothing wimpy about it man
D
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