I’ll just leave this here. (Link at bottom) If you are having a hard time with blaming yourself after a slip, you need to understand that you are not your addiction.
You are not unworthy of love or happiness. Recovery is complicated and so are you. Even so, it can be very difficult to love yourself going through it.
When we have slips, it feels like we are starting from the ground up all over again, especially if you’re experiencing intense feelings over what has happened.
Know with certainty that you’re worth that start. Every new start is actually a win, not a loss. Slips are part of recovery. You don’t have to be perfect, you just need to keep going.
Trust your process and keep putting 1 foot in front of the other. Change does not happen in one day. It is a series of one day at a time. And for today, I will not drink.
