Jumped head first off the wagon. A new day one starts now.
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Jumped head first off the wagon. A new day one starts now.
Well I had 9 good days clean and sober and jumped off the wagon. I don't use fell off the wagon as that implies an accident .
No I jumped off. I am thankfully starting day one again. I hate relapse, It takes so much out of me.
asixstringnut.
No I jumped off. I am thankfully starting day one again. I hate relapse, It takes so much out of me.
asixstringnut.
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Originally Posted by asixstringnut 
Well I had 9 good days clean and sober and jumped off the wagon. I don't use fell off the wagon as that implies an accident .
No I jumped off. I am thankfully starting day one again. I hate relapse, It takes so much out of me.
asixstringnut.
No I jumped off. I am thankfully starting day one again. I hate relapse, It takes so much out of me.
asixstringnut.
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Not trying to kill you here because you drank, but we often have to acknowledge some harsh realities if our goal is to remain sober. Your experience may help other people who are struggling with sobriety.
Any time those of us who accept that we have a problem with drinking and/or that anything can happen once we start drinking, then we are more or less willingly placing ourselves and other people in danger. There's no reason to obsess over it, but it's even more dangerous to just move on from it without giving it our attention. There's a wide gap between obsessing over it and brushing it off. It never has to be one or the other.
Jumping in "head first" may be taking responsibility for what you did, but only retroactively: Since you did drink, you were too late. And some day, the consequences may be much more serious than you can imagine. The expression "head first" suggests another expression, that you were "all in" when you decided to drink. It might help to check out what you were thinking when you made your leap, and what it was that countermanded your desire to get or be sober at that moment.
Drinking while trying to stop isn't the end of the world. But it could be. I learned that drinking is not "just" something. It's always dangerous, and not only for me. Having survived a drinking session with little or no obvious damage while attempting to quit isn't a silver lining or a learning experience, and it certainly doesn't promote growth and change. It's nothing more than dumb luck. I'd not be at all comfortable, or perhaps even sane, were I to put my health and well-being at risk with a roll of the dice.
Any time those of us who accept that we have a problem with drinking and/or that anything can happen once we start drinking, then we are more or less willingly placing ourselves and other people in danger. There's no reason to obsess over it, but it's even more dangerous to just move on from it without giving it our attention. There's a wide gap between obsessing over it and brushing it off. It never has to be one or the other.
Jumping in "head first" may be taking responsibility for what you did, but only retroactively: Since you did drink, you were too late. And some day, the consequences may be much more serious than you can imagine. The expression "head first" suggests another expression, that you were "all in" when you decided to drink. It might help to check out what you were thinking when you made your leap, and what it was that countermanded your desire to get or be sober at that moment.
Drinking while trying to stop isn't the end of the world. But it could be. I learned that drinking is not "just" something. It's always dangerous, and not only for me. Having survived a drinking session with little or no obvious damage while attempting to quit isn't a silver lining or a learning experience, and it certainly doesn't promote growth and change. It's nothing more than dumb luck. I'd not be at all comfortable, or perhaps even sane, were I to put my health and well-being at risk with a roll of the dice.
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For me when the plan wasn't working I needed to change up the plan, continuing to do the same things but simply hoping the results would change never worked.
Go at things again, but tweak your plan, you can do this!!
Go at things again, but tweak your plan, you can do this!!
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