Tips for getting back
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Tips for getting back
Hi SR, I think many of us feel extreme shame, loss, and unhealthy after a relapse. I was thinking we could make a thread about how to get back after a relapse. So for me my first step today was brush teeth, shower, eat. I’m going to challenge myself to get my bottle of water and do a small workout. Next get good food for my fridge. These even smallest things feel like huge things right now.
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I think that all of the above are super-important..... 
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And I know you did all of these things dear mariposa. 
xx
I would probably make sure the workout was more of a walk today, on day 1.....I wouldn't want to get too physically stressed....that would trigger me I think.
sAnd I know you did all of these things dear mariposa.
xxI would probably make sure the workout was more of a walk today, on day 1.....I wouldn't want to get too physically stressed....that would trigger me I think.
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I'm sorry you drank mariposa but I'm glad you made it back.
I agree mundane things are good to do in the early days - they reinforce normality and help prevent anxiety.
Hope you'll be able to turn this experience to your advantage and come up with a really good recovery action plan
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I agree mundane things are good to do in the early days - they reinforce normality and help prevent anxiety.
Hope you'll be able to turn this experience to your advantage and come up with a really good recovery action plan
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Don’t drink and make sobriety the no1 priority above all else. Fit life around your recovery program rather than the other way around. Remain teachable and willing to live according to certain principles laid down in recovery programs.
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Don’t drink and make sobriety the no1 priority above all else. Fit life around your recovery program rather than the other way around. Remain teachable and willing to live according to certain principles laid down in recovery programs.
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Originally Posted by Abraham 
Or cherries. They can work the same magic.
Also blueberries, which are ripe for picking in my part of the world also right now.
Healthier choice than ice cream too
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Stay as active as possible in your recovery post on here as much as you need go to meetings whatever it takes. This is the longest I have ever had and it is because i have been actively participating every day instead of just being a passive observer.
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These are all excellent suggestions. I highly advocate for taking walks, showers and prepping healthy food as you can tolerate it.
My suggestion? Keep how terrible you feel at the forefront of your mind. Any time you want to drink now, or anytime in the future, conjure up this day. You don't ever have to be like this again.
Remembering how downright sick I was the last time I drank, anytime I think of a drink, helps me to stay far away from it. I was dying but not fast enough and when I finally had had enough I stopped and did the opposite of what I wanted, or felt or "needed" and sought rest, and nourishment of both my body and my soul.
I decided to be done and I finally meant it. I relapsed a bunch. I really became sick of myself relapse after relapse.
I learned how to stay stopped through the support of others and I took action. Single greatest thing I ever did. Most important. Most encouraging. Made me very strong where I was once all feared up and consistently weak.
You can not even believe how much better it gets when you recover. And sometimes it sucks. Such is life. But its never as bad as vodka made it for me. Ever.
You can do it!
Keep posting. Be very accomplished in every moment you stay sober. As you accumulate days and months it just becomes magic. Promise.
Jules
My suggestion? Keep how terrible you feel at the forefront of your mind. Any time you want to drink now, or anytime in the future, conjure up this day. You don't ever have to be like this again.
Remembering how downright sick I was the last time I drank, anytime I think of a drink, helps me to stay far away from it. I was dying but not fast enough and when I finally had had enough I stopped and did the opposite of what I wanted, or felt or "needed" and sought rest, and nourishment of both my body and my soul.
I decided to be done and I finally meant it. I relapsed a bunch. I really became sick of myself relapse after relapse.
I learned how to stay stopped through the support of others and I took action. Single greatest thing I ever did. Most important. Most encouraging. Made me very strong where I was once all feared up and consistently weak.
You can not even believe how much better it gets when you recover. And sometimes it sucks. Such is life. But its never as bad as vodka made it for me. Ever.
You can do it!
Keep posting. Be very accomplished in every moment you stay sober. As you accumulate days and months it just becomes magic. Promise.
Jules
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Thank you all for the replies and yes getting in here and posting has helped so much. I made a bad situation much worse by drinking about it. I told myself I can’t do this sober, and I was right. Self talk is important, i can do this 100% sober.
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