Any Excuse to Give Up
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Any Excuse to Give Up
That's what my AV is looking for. Any excuse to stop working on having a happy sober life and go back to drinking.
I used to settle for any excuse to stop trying to be sober, too. Funny how I would only do that when it came to pursuing my goal of a happy sober life. I set goals every day and never get derailed, but with drinking it was different.
For example, yesterday I needed to get to work. My truck was stuck in the snow, but I didn't let that stop me. I had Mrs. Nons take me. The normal route was closed to traffic, but it didn't stop me. We found another road that was open.
It used to be that I had the goal of living a happy sober life and I would start toward that goal. Then I would hit an obstacle and I would just give up.
This is too hard.
I am a failure.
I can't do it.
One day I decided NOTHING was going to stop me from reaching this goal. Other people were doing it. That means I can do it, too. I will hit obstacles. I might fall flat on my face a bunch of times, but I am not giving up. I will persist until I find a way.
I found the way.
You can too.
Decide to do it.
Don't let anything stop you.
You can do this.
I used to settle for any excuse to stop trying to be sober, too. Funny how I would only do that when it came to pursuing my goal of a happy sober life. I set goals every day and never get derailed, but with drinking it was different.
For example, yesterday I needed to get to work. My truck was stuck in the snow, but I didn't let that stop me. I had Mrs. Nons take me. The normal route was closed to traffic, but it didn't stop me. We found another road that was open.
It used to be that I had the goal of living a happy sober life and I would start toward that goal. Then I would hit an obstacle and I would just give up.
This is too hard.
I am a failure.
I can't do it.
One day I decided NOTHING was going to stop me from reaching this goal. Other people were doing it. That means I can do it, too. I will hit obstacles. I might fall flat on my face a bunch of times, but I am not giving up. I will persist until I find a way.
I found the way.
You can too.
Decide to do it.
Don't let anything stop you.
You can do this.
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,198
Originally Posted by Nonsensical 
Other people were doing it. That means I can do it, too. I will hit obstacles. I might fall flat on my face a bunch of times, but I am not giving up. I will persist until I find a way.
I found the way.
You can too.
Decide to do it.
Don't let anything stop you.
You can do this.
I found the way.
You can too.
Decide to do it.
Don't let anything stop you.
You can do this.
"Other people were doing it, this means you can too" is a great observation. Thank you for this post Nons.
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