What a breakthrough I made for myself.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the middle of the woods, NJ
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What a breakthrough I made for myself.
One hundred and three pages of my memoir are written. Rereading over the past ten years of my life I can see right before my eyes how much alcohol and depression have affected my life. I am finally dealing with these painful emotions and feelings without running to the bottle to numb myself from feeling. Reliving these emotions are painful and anxiety provoking but I am finally facing these fears instead of running away from them. I find myself breaking down in tears as I try and make sense of these painful emotions and this is a real breakthrough in my recovery. I have a lot more compassion for myself now.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Austin, Texas
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That a very nice share. We all have our on history that we sometimes dwell on and read through - looking at how we change ourselves from our previous "worst" situations from the now what we can possibly call as "OURSELVES".
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Toronto Canada
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I needed to relearn how to treat myself with compassion and tenderness and to start being good to myself, before I stopped drinking. I think that this is a common thing with any addiction, our feelings of self worth take a real beating. It is a vicious circle, a positive feedback loop (and that's a bad thing, let me tell you). It is tough to break it, but it is worth your life to do it.
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