What a monumental task it is, getting one’s self back again. It’s the brave souls who will admit they need help, then do the hard work to get there. 
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What a monumental task it is convincing people that they are worth the hard work when their disease has convinced them otherwise.
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Your profile makes me think Loosid should have a sober job board.
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Craig, that’s a great idea!
Hard work is correct. 33 total days in a inpatient facility in which I had to literally rip myself apart mentally, emotionally and spiritually just to put it all back together in a short amount of time so I could see my two sons and be apart of their lives again. It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life but came out the other side healed. Luckily I never acquired any health issues from drinking all those years(organs) compared to other people Ive known. To be perfectly honest it was the People(Therapist/Workers)at treatment who are the true unsung hero’s and or did the heavy lifting for me. Would not be who I am if it wasn’t for them breaking through my hard shell, picking me apart, and helping me realize a lot of things that simply was not my fault.
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That would not be a bad idea
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Josh, congrats on the 33 days! I did inpatient as well and it is not easy, a lot of ups and lows and just sometimes numbness even. I bet your boys are so proud of you and happy to have you back 
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Hey Lauren, yes its a great life now and been out of treatment for a little while now. Gotta say or my opinion on treatment its like going to war(inside your head/addiction)coming back home and unless you have been there or through it…people just dont get it
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I have been trying all day to get a lifelong friend of mine to try 1 meeting. She can easily enough admit addiction, but she’s hung up on meetings. She thinks she needs top of the line insurance to pay for $20k rehab but she won’t go to 1 meeting for free and doesn’t see the disconnect.
One of my earliest memories in my life is this girls mom bringing her home from the hospital. So to say I’ve known her all her life is the honest to god truth. But I can’t get her to see what is so clearly right in front of her. I’m sad.
She asked me about sponsoring. I was like, you go to a meeting and you ask a woman to help, because that’s what works.
Ah I’ve been your friend before ha. Im sorry… she may not be at her rock bottom yet. Just out of curiosity are the meetings AA? Maybe suggest a SMART Recovery or Dharma meeting. I go to AA because I have friends already in AA but my line of thinking and what helps me the most are the other two honestly.
Your line of thinking changes… your dialog changes… you change. It’s hard to express that to someone who hasn’t been through it, I agree. There’s a rather large disconnect unfortunately. Even if everyone wants the same end goal of sobriety— there is just a gap.
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I didn’t even suggest which meetings. I’d encourage her to go to anything. AA NA SMART Dharma, Greg, whatever. She’s using money as the excuse. Not god or trauma. I’m team whatever works for you. 12 steps works for me so that’s what I can describe but I’d go to a shaman or do breathing exercises or whatever if it would help me. But I remember how scared I was. I remember being unwilling to let go of the bottle.
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Lol let me know where this Greg meeting meets.
I hope she gets there… I would hate for you to lose a friend and another future be claimed by addiction. It’s such a future robber. It’s devastating.
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Well it’s not at H‑E‑B but everyone else seems to be
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My struggling friend just told me that she’s down to 94 lbs. she’s always been tiny. But I’m scared.
all you can do is offer support. Just make sure you’re taking care of yourself in the process, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that 
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Leave a big book on her coffee table next time you see her. Don’t say anything about the book. Leave subtle hints around her with paper message. We as alcoholics don’t like to be told what to do.
We as recovering alcoholics can help by planting that seed in them with little messages and showing them how our lives are manageable and peaceful.
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