Day 14
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Day 14
Two weeks is here! Yeah! I am happy that I made it this far, but I know that the timing coming up is always the most difficult period for me. PAWS and just longing for the high and forgetting the negative things that substances did for me.
Compared to previous times I feel the best I have ever felt and the most motivated going into this time period. I must stay sober for myself and I must stay sober to have any shot at keeping my family together. I am motivated! I am dedicated to this! But I absolutely do not want to forget how bad the first few days felt and how badly I hurt my family when the truth came barreling in. I must always remember that it is one day at a time.
Thank you for everyone that listens to my posts. I hope my post a day is not bugging anyone. I have decided that I am going to post everyday for 45 days on this forum and then after 45 days I will switch to posting every day for another 45 days on the 24 hour site.
Thank you again for everyones support!
Compared to previous times I feel the best I have ever felt and the most motivated going into this time period. I must stay sober for myself and I must stay sober to have any shot at keeping my family together. I am motivated! I am dedicated to this! But I absolutely do not want to forget how bad the first few days felt and how badly I hurt my family when the truth came barreling in. I must always remember that it is one day at a time.
Thank you for everyone that listens to my posts. I hope my post a day is not bugging anyone. I have decided that I am going to post everyday for 45 days on this forum and then after 45 days I will switch to posting every day for another 45 days on the 24 hour site.
Thank you again for everyones support!
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Day 16 for me - stay with me
Well done. You can do this.
I wrote down a whole list of all the crappy excuses I used to make why I drank (mostly blaming everyone and everything - it wasn't really my fault was it? Yes it was). Then I wrote a list of all the sneaky things I used to do to hide my drinking from my loved ones and other people. I look at this list everyday and feel ashamed and angry.
But I also have a list of the attributes of the kind of woman / wife / Mother I want to be. I have a to-do list of things I can try / join/ continue to help me on the journey some I will start now others I will get to later, but I kind of have a plan.
It is easy to beat yourself up but I bet also inside you is some really good stuff, focus on growing that side too. Have a vision of what you would like your life to be like in say 5 or 10 years - it helps me to stay strong and be so so very proud of myself for EVERY day that I DON'T drink!! Day 14 good for you. Big hugs x
I wrote down a whole list of all the crappy excuses I used to make why I drank (mostly blaming everyone and everything - it wasn't really my fault was it? Yes it was). Then I wrote a list of all the sneaky things I used to do to hide my drinking from my loved ones and other people. I look at this list everyday and feel ashamed and angry.
But I also have a list of the attributes of the kind of woman / wife / Mother I want to be. I have a to-do list of things I can try / join/ continue to help me on the journey some I will start now others I will get to later, but I kind of have a plan.
It is easy to beat yourself up but I bet also inside you is some really good stuff, focus on growing that side too. Have a vision of what you would like your life to be like in say 5 or 10 years - it helps me to stay strong and be so so very proud of myself for EVERY day that I DON'T drink!! Day 14 good for you. Big hugs x
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