I knew those words would come
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 6,902
All you can do is stay sober, one day at a time. Read, listen, learn, and find the willingness to try things that are suggested to you by people who have the sobriety you want for yourself (even if you think it sounds pointless).
Things started making much more sense to me once I understood that my drinking was just a symptom of my alcoholism. That my thinking and way of dealing with life was actually fairly dysfunctional. Once I realised that I became more willing to try what people suggested, and that's when I started to recover.
Just keep it in the day. What can you do right now to start this healing? Well, not drink for a start off. Make sure that youre taking care of any HALT triggers that may be rattling you (Hunger-Anger-Lonely-Tired). Make a plan would be the next thing. There are some great links on here. This is one... http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ery-plans.html
You don't need to preoccupy yourself with failure. You can succeed.
Things started making much more sense to me once I understood that my drinking was just a symptom of my alcoholism. That my thinking and way of dealing with life was actually fairly dysfunctional. Once I realised that I became more willing to try what people suggested, and that's when I started to recover.
Just keep it in the day. What can you do right now to start this healing? Well, not drink for a start off. Make sure that youre taking care of any HALT triggers that may be rattling you (Hunger-Anger-Lonely-Tired). Make a plan would be the next thing. There are some great links on here. This is one... http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ery-plans.html
You don't need to preoccupy yourself with failure. You can succeed.
~sb
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 15,964
1200 meetings a week near you. Or come out to Maryland....
Private message me if you want to know where a meeting is. They are free and in my experience, something more than seeing a therapist....at least for me they were and are!
You can stay stopped, too!
Private message me if you want to know where a meeting is. They are free and in my experience, something more than seeing a therapist....at least for me they were and are!
You can stay stopped, too!
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: illinois
Posts: 907
My kids were easy on me verbally, but they saw some stuff I regret. It was stuff like yours, not absolutely the worst but cringe-worthy.
They express pride in me dealing with it and fixing it. I do too.
I really think that they will (hopefully) lean on my example if they run into substance trouble. My mother took the train straight to an early grave. I view myself as doing my very best to break this ridiculous cycle.
Wishing you the best.
They express pride in me dealing with it and fixing it. I do too.
I really think that they will (hopefully) lean on my example if they run into substance trouble. My mother took the train straight to an early grave. I view myself as doing my very best to break this ridiculous cycle.
Wishing you the best.
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