98 days and I drank
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98 days and I drank
not happy and did not stay connected with you folks who have helped me tremendously. I should of checked in and helped back to the peeps that helped me. worse feeling in the world
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Thank you both. I am devastated. I had been reading the posts but did not contribute. Thank you everyone. I am so grateful to have this site. Bad details to follow but I do not feel like typing them out Good news is I had an angel looking after me. A miracle how lucky I am right now.
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You're back with new resolve, that's what matters. I did reckless things at the end of my drinking career. Further proof that we can't allow it to be part of our lives. Maybe this is the motivation you needed.
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Originally Posted by faith823 
Thank you both. I am devastated. I had been reading the posts but did not contribute. Thank you everyone. I am so grateful to have this site. Bad details to follow but I do not feel like typing them out Good news is I had an angel looking after me. A miracle how lucky I am right now.
Sounds like you know where you went wrong too, maybe start posting a bit more and get involved? That sense of belonging can help. I found myself I had to throw EVERYTHING at this to stay sober, it's not easy but life can turn around quicker than you think if we do the right things
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Originally Posted by faith823
I need to set it to 2/4 . I had a drink today. Not sure if I can stay sober tomorrow. So hard to get back on track.
Faith, I obviously don’t know you, but I do remember many of the words you wrote. You were sounding stronger and stronger as the days went on. You were pleased with your new job, sending incredibly supportive texts to other SR members, and sounding truly proud of yourself. I want you to get back to that Faith. I really like her.
i know it is so, SO hard to get back on track, as you called it. All I can say is I know you can do it, because if I can, anybody can. And I promise you, it does get easier. MUCH easier. Last year I relapsed at 4 months. I was so frustrated at myself. I don’t know if I can even call it a relapse given that I jumped off the wagon to see if I could drink moderately (and it turned out I wasn’t a special snowflake so couldn’t, which I should’ve known beforehand). Anyway, it took me a year to get back on track. I really don’t want that for you. A year of the only life I have. Today I’m at 9 months. And I can’t tell you how much easier nine months is than 4 months. I hope to be saying the same thing to you when I double this sobriety time. Try to think of this relapse as a good thing. It taught you you really can’t drink. So, you ran the experiment, now back to the hard work.
You can do this. Millions of people who were addicted to drinking have quit successfully and gone on to live happy, happy lives. There is no reason you can’t be the next person. 💛
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And Faith, the first 98 days are a hell of a lot harder than the next 98 days. And those are harder than the next 98 days.
So, if you could make it 1-98 - which you just did - I know you can do that again and then keep going as it gets easier. You’ve already proven you can do it. You CAN do it.
So, if you could make it 1-98 - which you just did - I know you can do that again and then keep going as it gets easier. You’ve already proven you can do it. You CAN do it.
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Thank you for sharing, it takes courage to admit when we fall down. I truly believe that each time we fall, we DO learn something from it. It's part of the plan. Do what you need to do to get out of the water and back on to the wagon; we're right here 
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