Guilt!
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Guilt!
I'm trying to get sober yet again. Doing ok so far but how do I stop feeling guilty about the things I've done and the money I have wasted and taken away from my family. I find myself in tears when alone and this almost overwhelming feeling of guilt comes over me. Does it get easier?
You can't fix the past only the present. Keep moving forward. We all have had moment's that quilt us. But don't let that stop you from you course. Yesterday is not who we are today. That's what you keep your focus on. Not what you did but what your doing NOW! Stay strong!
The guilt can be hard but you eventually learn to leave it behind you and reference the past only as a tool to keep focused on the course ahead. As time passes, you will continue to heal and those around you will begin to take notice. I was a horrible boss while I was back to drinking for part of this year and it took a toll on my relationship with my employee. Now that I've been sober for awhile again, the relationship is starting to repair itself. It just takes time. Stay strong and keep moving forward!
Like you, I was overwhelmed by guilt and shame, too. I tried to muddle through it, but I realized that it was going to bring me back to drinking if I didn't do something to manage it. Someone here at SR recommended journaling and writing out those negative emotions when they hit. I was surprised by how much it helped.
If you stick to not drinking, it absolutely gets easier Adenough.
Most of us here were consumed by regret, guilt, remorse, you name it and we have felt it. With time, you are able to accept the past for what it is... the past.
You have one thing you can control and that is your today.
You're doing great. Stay strong!
Most of us here were consumed by regret, guilt, remorse, you name it and we have felt it. With time, you are able to accept the past for what it is... the past.
You have one thing you can control and that is your today.
You're doing great. Stay strong!
The more distance we put between our old life and the new Sober life we're building the more those feelings start to fade.
Hang in there, we can't change the past, but we can write the future!! A Sober, happier one!!
You can do this!!
Hang in there, we can't change the past, but we can write the future!! A Sober, happier one!!
You can do this!!
I'm trying to get sober yet again. Doing ok so far but how do I stop feeling guilty about the things I've done and the money I have wasted and taken away from my family. I find myself in tears when alone and this almost overwhelming feeling of guilt comes over me. Does it get easier?
Take a deep breath. It will be alright.
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