recovery sucks
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Originally Posted by LindaLou 
Yep, recovery does suck. But the alternative sucks even worse.
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No it dosen't if you stick at it,I would not give up what I have today for one lousy drink.
I have never known anyone drink again and come back saying how wonderful it is.Their life always gets worse.
I have never known anyone drink again and come back saying how wonderful it is.Their life always gets worse.
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You know you don't mean that teardrop. And you know the fate that awaits you if you go back to drinking. Having said that, only you can choose your fate. If you choose sobriety you have a chance to get better. If you choose to drink you guarantee yourself more pain, more shame, and potentially a lot of really, really bad things.
I hope you choose the former.
I hope you choose the former.
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Hey Dave
you know there are no answers back there - wherever the answers are, I think the key is doing different things, trying different approaches to what you've done before.
Hope to see you here again soon
D
you know there are no answers back there - wherever the answers are, I think the key is doing different things, trying different approaches to what you've done before.
Hope to see you here again soon
D
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I think there's a difference between not drinking and recovery tho. I've done not drinking - it made me miserable, angry and sorry for myself.
Recovery is for me, not drinking, and finding a way to be happy about that.
That meant change - changing a lot of things about me, and about my life.
It meant working hard to not think negatively like I was used to doing.
I had to force myself to look for the blessings in my life, but there were there.
I'm sure they're in your life too, teardrop.
Whatever problems you have, drinking won't solve them, and it certainly won't make you any happier - that idea is a dead end
I get the sense you're almost daring us here to find reasons for you not to drink.
You need to find those reasons yourself tho- that's the only way they'll have meaning for you.
do you get me?
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Recovery is for me, not drinking, and finding a way to be happy about that.
That meant change - changing a lot of things about me, and about my life.
It meant working hard to not think negatively like I was used to doing.
I had to force myself to look for the blessings in my life, but there were there.
I'm sure they're in your life too, teardrop.
Whatever problems you have, drinking won't solve them, and it certainly won't make you any happier - that idea is a dead end
I get the sense you're almost daring us here to find reasons for you not to drink.
You need to find those reasons yourself tho- that's the only way they'll have meaning for you.
do you get me?
D
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Originally Posted by Dee74
I think there's a difference between not drinking and recovery tho. I've done not drinking - it made me miserable, angry and sorry for myself.
Recovery is for me, not drinking, and finding a way to be happy about that.
That meant change - changing a lot of things about me, and about my life.
It meant working hard to not think negatively like I was used to doing.
Recovery is for me, not drinking, and finding a way to be happy about that.
That meant change - changing a lot of things about me, and about my life.
It meant working hard to not think negatively like I was used to doing.
I don't know if this is the same for you, teardrop, but for me putting myself whole heartedly into recovery is scary because then I am investing all of myself into it... and honestly it kinda means that then I'm SERIOUSLY not going to drink. It's kind of scary to say... very final. Sorry, that was a rant and I'm not sure if it made any sense whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by teardrop
its all bollocks ive tried for 4 years ? so how longs this short time it sucks?? cause i did 4 half month once still was sh!t
You have some issues you need to work on, we all do. Drinking doesn't allow you to work on them. It's not rocket science....drink and things will get worse, that's a 100% guarantee. Stay sober and you have a chance to work on your life for then better.
Life is not easy, and its even harder if you drink as an alcoholic.
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Originally Posted by teardrop
oblivion so i dont know what the f is going in
you can sit int he garage all day it wont make you a car.
if nothing changes nothing changes. what have ya done to change you?
its your choice, but I can say for me putting in the footwork to change me and my attitudes was well worth it.
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The problem with oblivion is we need to keep re-dosing ourselves to stay there - we can't do it forever...and meanwhile, our problems are still there, waiting for us to deal with them...and our lives, and our loved ones lives, fall apart.
Feeling sorry for myself was really addictive too - I get it - but my advice to you is to not drink, take a deep breath, be the man you want to be - and start thinking about positive ways you can deal with your problems.
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Feeling sorry for myself was really addictive too - I get it - but my advice to you is to not drink, take a deep breath, be the man you want to be - and start thinking about positive ways you can deal with your problems.
D
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