A shout out to the serial relapser
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Nice post. I'm definitely one who falls into this camp. Everything in the OP rings true for me too. The shame from falling off the wagon can be overwhelming. Thankful SR is there to lend an understanding hand.
Congrats on a year!
Congrats on a year!
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Cali
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Very encouraging thoughts Jeni !! Today is my 4th day sober. I have been through relapse multiple times myself...but with SR and great people like you, I feel that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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Join Date: Jan 2017
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Great thread, and I can relate to what the OP said. My situation is more like being I limbo, where I can pull back the reigns and get into relative moderation so nothing advanced, more like it can become a nuisance if I don't keep myself in check. Complete abstinence automatically means serious sleep problems and even my longest period of time, 2 years back to back nothing changes in the sleep problems.
I got involved in aa when I was quite young, when there was no solid indication I was fully alcoholic, but seeing the people who were out there, their stories of dysfunction, seeing what happens if you go late stage, it has helped me take note of any of their patterns starting to show in my life.
My version of relapse is a 6 pack at night, getting a buzz, not exactly drunk at all but not fully sober either. I see so many stories of people that once they start, its this non stop binge, they enter into a nightmare, stark contrast to moderation or sobriety. I am using a different program partially, and working with my own system to get back to drinking to lose its appeal entirely again, its became a non issue in the past, I just got bored with it.
I got involved in aa when I was quite young, when there was no solid indication I was fully alcoholic, but seeing the people who were out there, their stories of dysfunction, seeing what happens if you go late stage, it has helped me take note of any of their patterns starting to show in my life.
My version of relapse is a 6 pack at night, getting a buzz, not exactly drunk at all but not fully sober either. I see so many stories of people that once they start, its this non stop binge, they enter into a nightmare, stark contrast to moderation or sobriety. I am using a different program partially, and working with my own system to get back to drinking to lose its appeal entirely again, its became a non issue in the past, I just got bored with it.
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