Thank you for all your kind words and helping me through this journey of recovery ❤️🩹
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Ur clean time is UR clean time, everyone’s recovery is different. But don’t get dependent on the alcohol bc it’s known to happen even to drug addicts.. plz be careful 🩷
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One day at a time. A relapse doesn't mean you lost the fight. Keep going.
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Yes start over! Please don’t beat yourself up!! You can do it!
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If you think it will weigh on your conscience, I'd put it behind you and start again.
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We can’t erase yesterday. That day is in the books. All we can do is work on today.
You haven’t lost anything but a number.
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Relapse is apart of recovery. It was apart of mine too. Pick yourself up dust yourself off you know you can do it that the best part. It’s ok to not be ok but it’s not ok to do anything about it.
The best part about this is u told on yourself and your honest . Pick yourself up get yourself to meetings and talk about it .
Thank-you, Amanda, for pointing out this crucial concept. Never let someone else dictate your clean time. This is a highly personal question that hinges on self-honesty and self-acceptance.
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No harm, no foul. Don’t look back and get back on track!
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Hello Lauren, staying sober could be considered starting sobriety anew, and we carry everything with us from our past to now. I think I would evaluate why I slipped, decide what to do to avoid it, and keep on keeping on with a sober focus.
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Yes.
Begin again. Just don’t drink or use one day at a time.
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Hello Lauren, I am extremely sorry to hear about your relapse. Especially with it being narcotics! That is a very slippery slope and dangerous path these days. I know all about it. Perhaps you need a new platform. I know for me this was the case. And a as much as it helped was just not enough to prevent the occasional relapse given my situation. If you have not heard about SMART Recovery I highly suggest you look into it and atte d a few meeting be it locally or online. I found there approach much more beneficial in giving me the tools necessary to prevent relapse. I will pray for your strength, resolve and dedication. Be well!
Hey Lauren, love your honesty. Now you just get back up dust yourself off and move forward. It’s that simple. Don’t over think it, don’t complicate it. As you move forward you will figure out if you need to repeat anything or start anything over. If your in AA maybe you need go back to a certain step. A wonderful part of AA is it will meet you wherever your at. This lapse is now just part of your recovery is all. Q
“Q” is typo
Probably the healthiest and most encouraging way to look at it. Getting down on ourselves tends to lead back to repeat offenses, further relapse.
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I can’t talk about this on meeting because I’m in a recovery home, and there are girls in my house that attend the same meetings as I do, I have a lot to lose if it gets out.
I was in a first date and was nervous
, he was drinking so I joined in… at least that part is over and it will not and cannot happen again
I didn’t relapse on a narcotic, it was a few drinks. But my choice of drug is not alcohol but as they say in NA meeting, I cannot afford to mistake alcohol not being a drug 
I’m in NA not AA, on step one. The problem is I have to keep this to myself because I live in a recovery home… my sponsor, house manager and people in the meetings I go to cannot find out about my slip 🥹