Overwhelmed.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
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Overwhelmed.
I'm completely overwhelmed. I tried to start cleaning up my apartment. I've collected all the empty beer cans and wine bottles and put them in one place..I washed the dishes.. but that was enough to make me cry. I'm either going to drink, or go to bed. I'm just not sure I know how to actually take care of myself anymore. Can anyone relate to that?
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Yes, I felt totally lost, too.
My advice would be just take it easy. Do what you can, and that's it. It might help to make a to-do list and cross things off, so you can see that you are accomplishing something each day. I found that it was important to me to make and keep my house clean, tidy and comfortable. It helped me to relax and feel safe and to regain some of the control I had lost.
My advice would be just take it easy. Do what you can, and that's it. It might help to make a to-do list and cross things off, so you can see that you are accomplishing something each day. I found that it was important to me to make and keep my house clean, tidy and comfortable. It helped me to relax and feel safe and to regain some of the control I had lost.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lost in the midwest
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Can totally relate! I started ripping apart and cleaning out my cabinets! Now everything sits on them and I don't know what do with it all...... Ughhh. If I didn't have 2 dogs, I would so leave it all there and deal tomorrow! But I can't do that, so back to the grind I guess!!!
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
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I understand, too. I have taken the slow road to organizing, but in 8 months, I have one closet and my desk/office area left. It does get done, a little at a time.
Stay stopped! You are worth it! Give time time and be gentle on yourself.
Stay stopped! You are worth it! Give time time and be gentle on yourself.
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: royal oak michigan
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I totally know where your coming from. I go on cleaning binges all the time or if im having a bad day I will lay on the sofa and watch disney movies just to make sure I dont go to the store. Tonight I had to put a couple extra dollars in the tank just to make sure I didnt have enough money to buy any alcohol. When I cant take it one day at a time Ill take it 5 minutes or an hour at a time.
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: West Bloomfield, MI
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The same was true for me.....and it didn't just go away with the passage of time even though I hear it does for many ppl. The good news is that it, that constant uneasiness, forced me to dig deeper into recovery and to look for a better solution. So, in a way, those nasty feelings were the best thing that could have happened to me.
Maybe you're getting the same nudges?
Maybe you're getting the same nudges?
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