I can never make it to a week sober off anything whether it’s alcohol or drugs… how do you do it?
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You do it one day at a time. You wake up in the morning and only worry about doing the next right thing. If you have a craving you call someone. If you get bored you call someone. You get plugged into a program, there are lots to choose from: AA, NA, The Luckiest Club, Tempest, Sober Faction, SMART Recovery, Recovery Dharma, Refuge Recovery, Celebrate Recovery, Recovery Elevator. Your goal for the day is to get your head to the pillow sober. Make it your job for that day to be sober. Nothing comes between you and that goal of sobriety.
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Thank you for the advice been to some AAs but I think I do need a sponsor
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I did this for the longest time too. How I finally stopped is got into a program, I would go everyday and others strength was inspiring to me so I finally got to 30/35 days and the obsession with alcohol was gone and finally you feel free. You can do it!
Vic, i feel like I get your struggle. I just emerged from rehab a few months ago and relapsed. This disease is a monster and it takes control for sure. I mean, step one is admitting we are powerless right? There’s no simple solution to fighting relapse, you need to find what works for you. For me, I’ve distracted constantly, started putting puzzles together and knitting blankets like I’m 200 years old. If you aren’t going through physical withdrawals, distract distract distract. The mental obsession and cravings do go away it just takes time. Be patient with yourself. Hope this helps
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Yup, sounds like me. I just got sick of the stupid stuff when I drank. Forget stuff, problems with my health, wife moved out.
36 days now sober. Things are getting better.
Just find a healthy distraction for the times yhat you used to party.
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Fight!
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Conviction and God
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Except the things you can’t not change have the courage to change the thing you can and the wisdom to know the difference your already doing what u can but it take one thing you accept it and fighting tho the pain because after we do recovery it get better day by day it seem impossible or u may think the no life with out it at frist then one’s u get ur life back the pian turn into a life your life trun into a joy that was always there but block by a drug or alcohol that seem impossible so keep trying jus like u are different things no mater what or how many time u relapse it fine but feel those feeling about ur relapse do what work for u and ones u do keep doing it because if nothing change notting change!!!!
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