Has anyone else been caught in the cycle of drinking

Recovery
#1

Has anyone else been caught in the cycle of drinking even though you didn't want to?

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#2

Yes :frowning: so odd when it happens but you didn't even want to... Vicious cycle

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#3

Thank you for reply. Working on day 1, trying

#4

Happened to me for about a year straight! Finally realized if I didn't admit that I was powerless, I probably wouldn't be alive much longer.

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#5

Thanks. I will quit today

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#6

At the end I only continued the cycle to control the symptoms of severe withdrawal. There was zero pleasure from drinking at that point.

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#7

I would highly recommend going to an AA meeting today. I know it sounds daunting, but all it is is a bunch of people JUST like you joining together to beat this disease. Some will be on the first few days like you, and others will be 1,2,10,15,20 years sober. Each story shared brings value and will show you that this isn't as "crazy" as the world makes it out to be. It's really sad how many people are struggling with this disease merely because the world has put such an isolating label on it. The first AA book was written in 1939. It was the same disease then as it is now. That should tell us something. It is actually more normal than it isn't :woman_shrugging:

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#8

I have found so much of this to be mental. Reframing/ replacing our thoughts, habits, places, scenery and some friends help a lot.

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#9

Joshua you got this it took about 4 days. To start realizing that you can do this. Stay strong look forward never look back. demons in the past future in the front just stay strong and keep moving you got this.

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#10

How ya holding up??

#11

Yes, it was like that every day for me during the last 6 months I tried to stay sober on my own. I had to completely surrender and let the professionals teach me how to detox and then my recovery began with Intense Out Patient treatment for both substance use and than mental health recovery. Iā€™m here if you need to chat, I will hit 1,055 days at midnight tonight

#12

Yes I found out in the end it was because I felt alone and like no one understood me. I went to some NA meeting to support my brother for getting off fentanyl and heroin and sitting in the meetings made me realize I wasn't alone and that people out there do understand my pain and some share it.

#13

Still working on it and hopeful