Originally here as Mindy, name my family calls me, since ‘24, deleted the app yesterday morning. Posted Sunday evening the I WAS drinking but embracing sober living again on Monday. Spoke my truth, didn’t sugarcoat anything and was met with mostly negative responses:
“You’re rationalizing drinking to recovering alcoholics”
“Let her figure it out on her own”
One individual responded with crying laughing emojis
“You’re posting on liquid courage”
Just a few of their responses that stuck with me.
It was almost like the ppl were attacking me and laughing. I felt anger, disappointment and downright shock at their responses, all very triggering for an alcoholic. Saw my therapist yesterday. She told me No! to get back on and speak about how that affected me. So here I am on Sober Day 2! They did not break me. This is a forum for SUPPORT and I hope the people, you know who you are, reconsider what you have to say and how it affects others. Have a great sober day! 
Welcome back! I saw that thread, and posted a supportive response. I agree that people need to be a little more mindful of what and how they say things. OTOH, we also need to learn how to “reframe” negative comments… and not let them get us down. So much to learn in recovery, but it’s all for the better! Congrats on Day 2!!
Actually, I was shocked that you decided to come on a recovery platform and say you were planning on drinking (intentionally). I didn’t say anything at all, but I was thinking how selfish that really was and the “ego” had taken control. Why would you plan out your relapse and announce it on a recovery platform?
It didn’t make sense to me, but I stay in my lane and your recovery is your road to walk. Each of us do it different so while I thought it was a great reminder of the disease we carry, it was not necessary. Just my 2 cents and that’s not worth much.
It didn’t either come out the way I meant it or you misinterpreted what I was saying. I’ve been on this platform since ‘24 and had 7 months under my belt before I relapsed. I wasn’t saying I plan on drinking, I Was drinking at the time. I would never be that insensitive or careless to do such a thing as I am in my own battle along with everyone else here on the forum. It must’ve come off wrong bc I’ve never had that degree of ugliness since joining. I apologize to anyone who thought my intentions were anything other than sharing my decision to start over again. That was my Only intention.