Thankful, grateful…

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#1

I am honestly just blown away by the kindness, honesty, lack of judgement and support from strangers here. I have never felt so heard and supported in my life until I began my sobriety journey.

I was so scared to take this step and to admit that I had a problem. I was in denial for years I think.

I grew up with this. My dad is an LCDC and has been for 26 years. I saw that Big Blue Book in our house since I was 8 years old. I vowed to never be like those people my dad dealt with. Oh the irony. Then right before my 33rd birthday I was going to a treatment facility that was highly recommended by my father and then also later completing the same IOP he did. Life is wild. Now I go to meetings with my dad.

This journey has brought so many wonderful people in my life through various ways. I finally have met people who think like me. I don’t feel as crazy and Im not the only one with certain stories.

This is by far the best recovery app I have found and I just downloaded last night. I was having a very rough weekend and I don’t even remember how I came across this app last night. :heart::heart::heart:

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#2

It’s so easy to isolate, pushing past that is so difficult. I’m struggling with that currently. There’s times I give my boundaries with people a chance because I know I’m isolating too much… but it often makes me feel worse because either they don’t understand how toxic on every level an abusive partner can be, and how even after a divorce processing the trauma can be. This app is a god-send for me, finding people who relate helps me get out of my head. I’m so glad you’re here.

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#3

:pray::heart:

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#4

Isn’t it amazing how the complete surrender, brutal honesty, and the willingness to be vulnerable and bare your soul is not only accepted in this inclusive/‘exclusive’ club, but encouraged?
You truly won’t find it anywhere else in society, ever.

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#5

Rebecca, I’m very good at isolating. The last few months I’ve really learned how to set boundaries especially with my son’s father and that has brought even more issues. He was always used to me giving in and conceding because it made my life easier but that wasn’t right. I have a long way still to go with processing a lot trauma from during pregnancy and up until now. It’s been really rough. It’s hard to imagine it won’t be like this forever since I’ve lived close to 19 months.

Wishing you healing and peace on your journey too. :heart:

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#6

It is pretty amazing!

#7

I agree, this app is like the antithesis of Twitter in that comments are all kind and supportive since we’re all managing the best we can with similar issues. It’s very refreshing and hopefully more people can benefit from it.

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