Today I successfully completed residential (30days) & I feel so accomplished. I stuck it through despite the moments, I wanted to leave. Freedom feels so good and I am feeling so grateful. Sending love to those still sick and suffering and to my day ones at Riveroaks, miss you guys already!
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Congrats 
now letās take it one day at a time and hit support groups
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I went for 30 days to a menās recovery program and I learned SO much. Iām grateful for that knowledge today, it helps me in ways I couldnāt have imaginedā¦BUT not long after I left the āaquariumā and went back into the āoceanā I got wrapped up in lifeā¦and day by day I got further away from my program, my battle plan, my support system. No sponsor, few meetings, lots of stress. I stayed sober for over a month in the real world but my reservations and fears caught up with me and I relapsed for months. It was as if those life changing 30 days didnāt happen. Insanity right? Now let me wrap up by sharing that Iām 42 days sober now and itās the greatest achievement of my life. Iām all-in w/ my fellowship, work the steps with my sponsor, and go to meetings regularly. IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT, it sucks if you donāt. Congratulations on starting your new life:)
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Thank you, for your experience, strength and hope.
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Great job Brittany!
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Thanks everyone for the feedback! I really appreciate itā¦ right back at ya. I come here to share, give love and support to those who need to hear it and want it as bad as they did when we were surrendering !
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Well done! I'm on day 10!
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Hang in there, it gets better and Iām glad your here. Keep me posted and keep sharing!
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Congratulations
Awesome 
!!! Stay Strong 
Congratulations 
. Now build your recovery team. That will definitely keep you going.
Congrats Brittany! Whatās your game plan?
Hey great job!
Keep it up and donāt look back! Youāre inspiring to those is us still trying to find our way!
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Way to go. Now donāt be me. Back in late Nov., after getting drunk as a skunk on Thanksgiving Day and wandering out and making a total fool of myself in front of my then-partner of more than 19 years, our respective extended families and our sons and their Moms, my drinking āissue,ā aka gold-medal winning drinking problem, resulted in my final seeking professional help. 10 days later I walked out of a detox (I thought it that was rehab) and was sure āIām cured!ā My goodness, what I would not give to know then what I know now. It took 4+ more years of drinking and a near-death car accident that very nearly cost me my left arm from the elbow down, before my multitude of failed efforts at sobriety turned into real recovery and not just short-lived periods during which I managed not to drink, only to lapse or relapse again and again until besides my physical life, I managed to lose/destroy an essentially wonderful life, family, marriage and career. Happily, if you donāt give up it does eventually stick and if you are not the āIāve got thisā and āI can out smart thisā person like me, you need not take 4+ more years of agony to learn how to achieve real recovery. While there is not one right path or even one obvious path for any person, there are common elements to most peoplesā success in achieving and maintaining their recovery. First and foremost, as others here have already suggested, find others who are striving to and achieving recovery, whether in a 12-step program, a psychology-based program (like SMART: Self Management And Recovery Trainingā), an intensive out patient program or combo thereof, connecting to and with others in recovery is the first most important step in my experience. It is often said by those in Recovery that āconnection is the opposite of addiction.ā Personally I buy that. It is one of the reasons Loosid is such a great tool to have in your recovery tool box.
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Nice one Brit! I needed that time away and with walls around me to get clear headed enough to hold it together on my own. Onward and upward!
Keep going to meetings and using ur coping skills seriously! I had to make sure I read to JFT write in my journal everything I was doing in rehab. And if u canāt get to meetings there online just google virtual NA or AA meetings, or they have MARA for MAT meetings as well.
Congrats Brittany! So happy for you!
Congrats keep moving forward