It is not enough to want it, you have to need it
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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It is not enough to want it, you have to need it
Read that this morning and realized that yes, I do need it! Never felt that before when I was trying to quit. It was always just a want.
Thinking of all of you and praying you need it too.
Thinking of all of you and praying you need it too.
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it was opposite for me.
if i got sober when i needed it, i would have gotten sober 20 years before i did.
its when i truly,honestly,sincerely, whole heartedly wanted to get sober and was willing to do whatever i had to do that i was able to get and stay sober.
if i got sober when i needed it, i would have gotten sober 20 years before i did.
its when i truly,honestly,sincerely, whole heartedly wanted to get sober and was willing to do whatever i had to do that i was able to get and stay sober.
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Both. I relate to what tomsteve said- I definitely needed to (physically and otherwise) long before I wanted and chose to. At the end- 162 days ago- I finally HEARD my liver doctor and took that need to seriously; I was also mentally and physically exhausted from my disease and there came the want to, and the decision to. For a long time, it was damn the warnings and the consequence in all ways. Then, I got it. And I wanted sobriety more than I dismissed all the impairment and self-harm.
A Smart Bug is a Sober Bug!
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Hot and Muggy South Florida
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Maybe I got it backwards - I have been reading for hours and maybe it got jumbled in my head! But now that I think about it I both need and want it. So maybe I will be successful this time!
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