Thanks to everyone who lent their wisdom and support yesterday. I was in a dark place and even though I’m very emotional and scared today I feel better. I see now that I have to be absolutely serious about my approach to sobriety in order to get myself back on track. This is why I’ve been slipping. I need a plan. So, onward for me. I have a new therapist I meet tomorrow who is jumping into this with me 
so that is one of my building blacks lining up right there.
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Something an old timer told me years back that has always stuck with me even when I’ve had relapses. When in a hard core treatment facility I was jammed up and ready to quit. He said something that was basic and simple. Never take anything serious in life but your recovery. Click! Such a simple statement. Without sobriety, nothing else matters in life. At least for us with addictions. I’m back to that simple philosophy. Still get beaten down by life, yet, staying sober I know it won’t win. Keeping sober is only thing that matters. Family, treasures, relationships, money, etc., always have a back seat to staying sober. Without it, nothing else will matter. Eventually everything cared for in life will be lost without sobriety first and foremost. Simple. Just don’t use and you control the future.
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