That includes not becoming a victim to life’s circumstances. But, inevitably, a bad day would sneak in there. I translated bad days into personal failures. If I still feel these horrible sobriety sucks things in sobriety, something is wrong with ME. It’s hard to face that stuff when you’re newly sober and it has hurled a lot of strong, well-intending people back into relapse. But if you know it’s coming, you can plan for it and increase your odds of getting through it.
Remember the Cost of Addiction
I cant relate to anyone inside the rooms of NA I was never that “Hardcore” I’m sick of not having sexual encounters with females. I’m sick of this “Good Boy” attitude I’m sick of the disconnection with people. I’m sick of a lot of things I could go on forever. I have 16 months under my belt and this has become a blessing and a curse. Sobriety is so over hyped and addiction is so shitty there has to be a happy medium somewhere?
- But I have no choice because I’ll die if I drink anyway.
- That includes not becoming a victim to life’s circumstances.
- But one day, you realize the clouds have lifted a little bit.
- That’s the trickier part of sobriety.
- You expect the world to nurture you, and when it doesn’t, you fall to pieces.
Drinking causes A LOT of problems.
It makes me feel like I am just an out-of-control person. Hi we’re Jack and Meredith and we’re alcoholics. We wouldn’t be alive without the help of our favorite twelve step programs, but that doesn’t mean recovery doesn’t fully suck too. When it seems like all you want to do is forget, to go get high or drunk and be gone, if only for a few moments, remember what addiction’s cost you. Remember what life was like when every moment was chaos and unmanageable.
Sobriety doesn’t solve your problems.
Those who have been invested in AA swear these promises are realized. Many newcomers wonder how long-time members can make these claims when sober members are still acting out. Even though breakups, job losses, and an unexpected death of a friend or family member, can be devastating, they will all happen at some point. And you need to know that you can make it through without relapsing.
- The actual recovery process of sobriety starts to get better around the 3-6 month mark, but the psychological recovery can take even longer.
- These unanticipated obstacles to wellbeing have the capacity to derail an otherwise smooth sailing recovery.
- The juice is completely worth the squeeze.
- Or maybe those crotchety old-timers like to complain about life.
How do you get better in sobriety if you have no idea where to start?
Prove to yourself that you can finish what you start and be reliable. Push through and show up, even on days you don’t want to. Whatever recovery path you take (and there are MANY), the main thing is to acknowledge that you don’t have all the answers and could use some help.
Programs
- Why do people, who have been sober for years, behave inappropriately with alarming regularity?
- Join Recovery Connection in sharing stories of hope and recovery.
- From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else.
- Sobriety has been one of my life’s most humbling and illuminating experiences.
Instead of reaching out for help, giving AA a shot, or opening up to friends and family, I tried to Google alcoholism treatment my way to emotional stability. It screws with our ability to make sound decisions, leading to risky and often embarrassing behavior. Occasionally, those bad decisions veer into the realm of irreparable damage to our relationships, health, or life.