Feeling feisty tonight.
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Feeling feisty tonight.
And I have decided to declare a truce with myself.
I'm through with beating myself up over a recent relapse.
Guilt doesn't make me sober. Guilt was what got me and kept me drinking. What happened a week ago is just water under the bridge (perhaps literally?) The only thing I want to be concerned with is what I'll do tomorrow that'll be different and better than what I did before.
If I don't get just a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger because of what happened, then that's a real reason to kick myself.
I think I'm riled up because I've had "I Will Survive" stuck in my head all day long.
I'm through with beating myself up over a recent relapse.
Guilt doesn't make me sober. Guilt was what got me and kept me drinking. What happened a week ago is just water under the bridge (perhaps literally?) The only thing I want to be concerned with is what I'll do tomorrow that'll be different and better than what I did before.
If I don't get just a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger because of what happened, then that's a real reason to kick myself.
I think I'm riled up because I've had "I Will Survive" stuck in my head all day long.
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What I like about this turnaround is that, while the mistake depressed me for a couple days, I feel like I'm over the emotional hurdle of it. Last time I slipped I beat myself up for weeks. It does no good to do that. Just admit that it was a mistake and muster determination to stay sober. I'm back in the driver seat again.
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Originally Posted by Isaiah 
And I have decided to declare a truce with myself.
I'm through with beating myself up over a recent relapse.
Guilt doesn't make me sober. Guilt was what got me and kept me drinking. What happened a week ago is just water under the bridge (perhaps literally?) The only thing I want to be concerned with is what I'll do tomorrow that'll be different and better than what I did before.
If I don't get just a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger because of what happened, then that's a real reason to kick myself.
I think I'm riled up because I've had "I Will Survive" stuck in my head all day long.
I'm through with beating myself up over a recent relapse.
Guilt doesn't make me sober. Guilt was what got me and kept me drinking. What happened a week ago is just water under the bridge (perhaps literally?) The only thing I want to be concerned with is what I'll do tomorrow that'll be different and better than what I did before.
If I don't get just a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger because of what happened, then that's a real reason to kick myself.
I think I'm riled up because I've had "I Will Survive" stuck in my head all day long.
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Fear and concequences simply didn't phaze me anymore.
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For me, I was sick of it...couldn't do life anymore.
God helped me.
Sober today...2 1/2 years later..that's the ticket...
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Originally Posted by sailorjohn
We will neither regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it................... Beg to differ, guilt doesn't keep you drinking, you do. If you're like all of us here, that was just the excuse we used, poor me, I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm scared, whatever. Never needed an excuse to drink, though I loved to use them. IMO-none of them are humble, if they were, I wouldn't offer them-the only thing you have to concern yourself with is today. Don't drink today, and you will have had a sucessful day.
Thanks, Sailor. I always look forward to your posts. Especially, now, when self directed.
One day at a time, for sure.
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