Why do I even have this app. I go 10-30 days Every time then just keep relapsing. I’m in the process of getting my masters degree in clinical psychology…. How am I supposed to help anyone.
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You are capable of helping many people. Please do not give up on yourself.
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What works well for me is that I realize that there is something way more important than drinking
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I would say the best counselors or psychologists are the ones that can speak from experience. I think you are uniquely positioned to be of great help to many!!! Don’t give up! You can beat this! Put your sobriety first and always do the next right thing! I’m really rooting for you my friend!!
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Keep trying. You have to. You are worth it. Find a positive support system and reach out when the tough gets tough. I find this app so helpful. It sure helped me get through a dark time a few days ago. Keep trying. It's about finding what works for you.
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don’t be so hard on yourself.
Take some time for self care, go to a meeting to and challenge yourself to speak of your problems even if they are off topic
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We are not saints… keep trying… never give up… Go for your degree… many great things await you Jake! All will be well:+1:t2:
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The fact that you are being rigorously honest about being embarrassed shows that you will be a good psychologist I myself first coming in had to put everything aside and hit three meetings a day I was blessed to have that luxury at that time in my life there is a website that has meetings 24/7 every hour on the hour when you feel that urge and can’t get to a physical meeting check that site out it’s amazing I posted link below also pick up the phone call your sponsor or another alcoholic
This app alone isn't working get into a program.
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To heck with that voice that wants you to quit trying. You keep pushing and fighting it. We need people that can hear, understand, and guide us out of situations that we are in because they have been there themselves. If anything you are an inspiration to me. Keep it up
Jake, if you can stay sober for one day, then you are definitely capable of accumulating years. I attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings regularly. It's a 12 Step program similar to AA. Both are 24-hour programs. I stay clean a day at a time. Last Wednesday was 5 years for me! It can be done.
I use the AA fellowship to stay sober (not the program). It doesn’t have to be AA but you do need a support system.
Don’t give up on yourself, from my experience the best counselors are those who lived through some hard times, they get it.
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Your story is your strength.
Emotions are meant to be felt, to experience. I'm on the lookout for ways I self-care to soothe those emotions, to honor those emotions, not numb them. Emotions, are meant to be alerts of my thoughts. Being clean helps me to explore what type of self-talk is looping in my head; journaling helps me a lot to catch it, check it, and change it to a more neutral thought. When they are neutral, my feelings are more neutral.
Don’t give up!! You are getting stronger and closer I too would go 30 days and pick up a drink again I now am again 3 days clean however I have done this roller coaster since May but I am totally committed this time and that is why I added this app . I just lost my husband of 37 years in March of this year due to alcoholism and now I know my health is declining and I don’t want to leave this earth the way I saw him leave this earth don’t give up the fight please continue we can all do this! 
Please don’t that… don’t beat yourself up. We are here to help each other. I’ve relapsed twice this month badly. Praying for all of you.
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It took me over 15 years of know I had a problem to get to where I know I'm finally done with it. Working a program is the only thing that helped. Best of luck to u bro don't ever get down about falling back we all have been there.
I woke up thinking the same thing … although I relapse I have started to figure out my triggers and I will now have to work to find a way to deal with them … don’t give up you need to find your way and you will and help many people along the way … my therapist used to be an addict and it’s better than talking to someone’s who never would understand
I really can relate. I'm a social worker and kids are my clients but so many of them have seriously addicted parents. I have to keep myself from laughing when I hear the things that comes out of my mouth.