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Originally Posted by Stewy84 
Too much going on, don't feel like I'm coping
Don't be fooled, Stewy.
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Originally Posted by Stewy84
Too much going on, don't feel like I'm coping
You've been drinking for several days now, please stop before you really lose everything. You, and only you have the power to get unstuck.
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You're not coping if you're drinking Stewy - coping starts when you put down the bottle.
The longer you let this relapse go on the harder it's going to be to pull out of it.
We can give you all the support and advice in the world - but you have to do the heavy lifting.
Why not make a bold declaration of your intent to stay sober and hit an AA meeting?
(I say AA cos they're everywhere but any meeting based recovery group would do)
that might just be the thing you need to pick yourself up and move on?
D
The longer you let this relapse go on the harder it's going to be to pull out of it.
We can give you all the support and advice in the world - but you have to do the heavy lifting.
Why not make a bold declaration of your intent to stay sober and hit an AA meeting?
(I say AA cos they're everywhere but any meeting based recovery group would do)
that might just be the thing you need to pick yourself up and move on?
D
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Done that so many times stewy. I'm not going to tell you not to feel bad about it because I always did.
Just don't give up. You can do it. Start now and and get some rest, re-group and get back at it. I know you will succeed my friend.
Just don't give up. You can do it. Start now and and get some rest, re-group and get back at it. I know you will succeed my friend.
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Asking for help doesn't mean anyone is weak.
When we are sick, having someone to help
us is comforting. Right?
You are right there with your parents. It's
okay to ask for them to make calls for you
to get you into a rehab facility.
Just to say, mom, dad, I'm sick with an
addiction and I cant do this thing on my
own. I need professional help.
I didn't do that till it got too bad. It was
my husband and his family who made the
calls because I tried to harm myself by
taking too many pills. They nor I didnt
know how bad my addiction and mental
state had gotten till I tried to stop the
insanity on my own.
Thank God it failed because I surely wouldn't
be here to share my own experience with
addiction and recovery with others struggling
themselves.
Because I was a danger to myself at that
moment, my family placed me into the
hands of those capable to helping me
understand and teach me what addiction
was and is all about and how it affected
me mentally, physically, emotionally and
spiritually as well as those around me.
Those closest to me, like family members.
Addiction is an illness. A sickness that affects
many many people every single day that it is
an epidemic.
Do this for yourself and go get that help
for this sickness so that you can begin
healing and growing strong and healthy
using proper coping skills, tools of a recovery
program as a guideline in your everyday
life.
I am grateful today that my family did
for me what I wasn't mentally, emotionally
capable of doing for myself 26 yrs ago.
Go with willingness, openmindedness and
everything you have and get well.
You are not alone as you have our understanding
and support right here in SR and will always
be here for you cause we're not going anywhere's.
When we are sick, having someone to help
us is comforting. Right?
You are right there with your parents. It's
okay to ask for them to make calls for you
to get you into a rehab facility.
Just to say, mom, dad, I'm sick with an
addiction and I cant do this thing on my
own. I need professional help.
I didn't do that till it got too bad. It was
my husband and his family who made the
calls because I tried to harm myself by
taking too many pills. They nor I didnt
know how bad my addiction and mental
state had gotten till I tried to stop the
insanity on my own.
Thank God it failed because I surely wouldn't
be here to share my own experience with
addiction and recovery with others struggling
themselves.
Because I was a danger to myself at that
moment, my family placed me into the
hands of those capable to helping me
understand and teach me what addiction
was and is all about and how it affected
me mentally, physically, emotionally and
spiritually as well as those around me.
Those closest to me, like family members.
Addiction is an illness. A sickness that affects
many many people every single day that it is
an epidemic.
Do this for yourself and go get that help
for this sickness so that you can begin
healing and growing strong and healthy
using proper coping skills, tools of a recovery
program as a guideline in your everyday
life.
I am grateful today that my family did
for me what I wasn't mentally, emotionally
capable of doing for myself 26 yrs ago.
Go with willingness, openmindedness and
everything you have and get well.
You are not alone as you have our understanding
and support right here in SR and will always
be here for you cause we're not going anywhere's.
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Originally Posted by Stewy84
Made it to work, feel totally ashamed and embarrassed I look terrible
the great fact is there are solutions for everything if you want them.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: MN
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Stewy! You need to pull yourself out of this bud. I know you made it to work and that's great. But maybe seriously consider about letting this be day 1? Don't go down that long ugly road again. Yuk. Its not worth it. Rootin for ya.
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