Well, over 20 years of drinking heavy, 5 detoxes, 2 rehabs and I think I am done with counting sobriety days or picking up chips. I know that I am not supposed to feel guilty about relapsing but I sure as heck am not proud of it! Having said that It makes me feel indifferent about time sober. I associate days sober with times I failed to maintain sobriety. It just is what it is and I need to be ok with it all.
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DONT DRINK. Not sure if I understand but it sounds like you are giving up. No matter how often you relapse please get right back at working on sobriety. Remember how good you feel every morning you wake up without the shakes. Or every morning you wake up and do not have to be embarrassed or ashamed of what you did yesterday. Please just keep trying. Learn your triggers and learn what tools will help you. Reach out to me via this site and I will be here
I maintained sobriety when I stopped counting the days. I know people will not agree with that approach, but it works for me and that’s all that matters. Whatever works for you should be good enough. AA works for some and then for some it doesn’t. Nobody is right or wrong. If someone thinks the way I keep my sobriety is wrong then they aren’t very open minded. I use self improvement to keep my sobriety. AA did not work for me and I’d rather do it my way. Too bad for people that disagree. I don’t know the exact number of days I’ve been sober but it’s been over a year. So obviously I’m doing something right🤷 just do whatever works for you man. Screw what everyone else thinks.
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I hear that. I have way more failures on my resume than that but all that matters is the time is sticks and you want to recover more than anything. That's when I finally got sober and have stayed sober. If you keep at it eventually you'll get it to stick. Good luck
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I'm not counting days (this app is tho) or even calling it sober... I'm healthy and continuing to be healthy... if I get sick I lick my wounds and keep doing my best to stay healthy... good luck bro I'm here if u need someone to shoot the sh.it with!
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