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Thanks everyone....I have gained a lot from what you have all written and I appreciate the time...it really helps me think about my attitude and perspective...it's easy for me to slide quickly into the negative, punitive way of thinking and losing focus on what I am really grateful for...
And there is so much to be grateful for. I got a job today!! That's a house and a job this week...I really was trying to just let it unfold and it all came together..
Now I have two and a half weeks to rest, walk and focus on meetings/groups/reading and trying to lay the strongest if foundations to build on. YAY!!
And there is so much to be grateful for. I got a job today!! That's a house and a job this week...I really was trying to just let it unfold and it all came together..
Now I have two and a half weeks to rest, walk and focus on meetings/groups/reading and trying to lay the strongest if foundations to build on. YAY!!
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Merry Christmas to you all and an MASSIVE THANK YOU for all your support, feedback and encouragement this year! I think you are all amazing and I am very grateful ❤️❤️
I am also so grateful for the way this year ended...an opportunity for a new sober life in recovery...a new way to live and a new way to be myself in the world....I couldn't have asked for anything more..
I am also so grateful for the way this year ended...an opportunity for a new sober life in recovery...a new way to live and a new way to be myself in the world....I couldn't have asked for anything more..
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Congrats Gabe!
Regarding post-rehab, well, what's the one thing you shouldn't do? You can guess.
Also, locked rehabs don't work very well (for me), locked as in literally locked, you can't get out. At one I just signed myself out, drank some vodka and ended up on a boat for whatever reason.
The two most successful I've been at, have been "open" (as in not feeling imprisoned) - I've still done post rehab mistakes - one, two, three weeks after.
There was one successful time where I felt like the king of the world after I left. NO cravings. Absolutely none. I did bypass a liquor store and told myself "ah, a bottle won't hurt". That's were I was wrong.
Regarding post-rehab, well, what's the one thing you shouldn't do? You can guess.
Also, locked rehabs don't work very well (for me), locked as in literally locked, you can't get out. At one I just signed myself out, drank some vodka and ended up on a boat for whatever reason.
The two most successful I've been at, have been "open" (as in not feeling imprisoned) - I've still done post rehab mistakes - one, two, three weeks after.
There was one successful time where I felt like the king of the world after I left. NO cravings. Absolutely none. I did bypass a liquor store and told myself "ah, a bottle won't hurt". That's were I was wrong.
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Originally Posted by Surrendered19 
All such great news Gabe. I recall you like to get out and doing some hiking. Spend the next two weeks setting personal distance records on the trail!!! Merry Christmas and a sober and healthy 2022!!!
Up and out this morning...six miles in the countryside and I loved it ❤️
Merry Christmas to you too and to you Poloroid! Lock in rehab worked for me and life now is all about supporting that commitment not to drink every....single....day
Plus, I can only afford to do it once!! Xx
Hope everyone has had lovely Christmas break xx
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Morning! So ...in general, doing really well. My emotions are a bit up and down but I'm just trying to let in come and go...
I feel my mind trying to pull me back into obsessive patterns....not so much about alcohol but about the other key suspects; food, shopping, checking and searching online...then I just try and breathe, see it for what it is and let it go. Let go the need to control and just do my best today.
Love you you all today ❤️
I feel my mind trying to pull me back into obsessive patterns....not so much about alcohol but about the other key suspects; food, shopping, checking and searching online...then I just try and breathe, see it for what it is and let it go. Let go the need to control and just do my best today.
Love you you all today ❤️
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