Hey. You're NOT an idiot.
 

You're not stupid. You're not hopless. You're not a failure.

You aren't a moron. You aren't a low life. You're not scum.

You aren't "too far gone". You're not unlovable. It's not all over for you.

You aren't dumb. You're not worthless. You're not a piece of S***.

You're a human being. You have emotions and weaknesses and fears. We all do.

Your way of dealing with Being Human and responding to emotions and weaknesses and fears has been through numbing and bolstering and chasing them away with alcohol and / or drugs.

And you've been doing it so long you don't know what else to do. It's hard to get out of that rut. It's an awfully powerful cycle. But you're here, you're taking steps, there's a YOU inside that knows "this is not the life I want".

That's the YOU you really are.... YOU are not the drugs, YOU are not the alcohol. YOU are not the mistakes, the failures, the fears, the shame, the regret....

YOU ARE NOT AN IDIOT.

Stop beating yourself up.

Start living for that YOU inside.

#soberliferocks

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Awesome post Freeowl

We aren't dumb people gettin smart.
We're sick people getting Well.

Awesome post! I was feeling all these things this week. Just for listening to AV saying "you can really just have one drinks with co-workers" WRONG. I can't because I'm an alcoholic. I was pretty down on myself. Thanks for the post!

Love this post Freeowl ! :) :hug:

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Really nice post FreeOwl, thank you for sharing :)

Thanks for this post. I needed it. I'm new here as of today.

Thank you for posting that right when I needed to read it. I'll definitely be rereading it many, many times.

Great post Free Owl

Thanks

Powerful. Empowering. Thank you!

Great post free owl, encouraging

Thanks FreeOwl. Great post. Hard to not be down on ourselves sometimes.

Thanks for that! Needed to hear it today . :tyou

Thanks, FreeOwl.

Nice post FreeOwl!! :scoregood

Really nice and positive, thanks for sharing

Perfect timing FreeOwl. I really needed to read that today. Thank you!

Valuable and helpful, FreeOwl. Sometimes I still need convincing. Thank you so much.

:thanks FreeOwl :)

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Beautiful!
Thank you, I really need to hear that sometimes, too!
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Thank you.
I really needed to read this today.

I need it a lot too....

I actually cried a bit re-reading it.

I realize how frequently I am cruel to myself....

And how wounding that is.

In sobriety I've been learning to be kind to myself. To be my friend. To comfort the hurt me inside.

We all deserve that. Beating up on the hurt us inside only leads us to feel that isolation, that loneliness, that desperate, deep sorrow.

I'm worthy and I am deserving of love and support....

And so are You

Love it x thanks for sharing :)

Thanks FreeOwl. I've been beating myself up with guilt, regret, and irritation at my bad decisions. These feelings seem to often go hand in hand with addictions. Your post was helpful to me and I'm sure to many others here.

I agree with FreeOwl: you (yes, you) are not an idiot, a loser, or a low life. You are a human being with worth.

This is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. :)