Miranda im really proud of you, 18 days
@HappyDays congrats on 3 days and 2 days!
I quit smoking and drinking at the same time too.
I had to they went hand in hand so i knew for me to really succeed in being sober i couldnt smoke.
I also would leave straight from work and go to your safe space, it does make being sober and smoke free a load easier when you really dont want a drink or smoke and being around it will just punish yourself and your mind will try to trick you into thinking its okay. Your doing great
@Butterflymoonwoman congratulations on your 216 days, i admire your strength towards sobriety and to life itself. Im just catching up here so hope all is well
@Hayleylujah congratulations on your 100 days, loving seeing your paintings your very creative its nice to see you showing us your talent, also your hair looks beatifull curly - i love the curls i have them too
@Bluekoolaid 6 days is amazing, breaking the viscous cycle is the hardest and you have basically done it. Give it a little bit if time and you will be feeling more positive and back to yourself.
You relapsed, and your getting over it, so say goodbye to all the feelings that came along with that relapse that your holding on too, let them all go because you dont need to be carrying those low vibrational feelings around with you.
Your 6 days sober now you dont deserve to feel all that crap. Once you throw those feelings off your shoulders see what your left with, usually anger or frustration we carry around is pointless because it usually comes from the past something we cant change, so throw those feelings off your back, anxiety now is more a feeling about how we feel about the future or what we worry about day to day, use this feeling to help you stay sober while its there, work out what feelings you need to hold on your back and what ones are dragging you down which you cant change or do anything about, get rid of those feelings. The ones you cant get off your back are because there is still something you can do about them, there is still room for change so use the feelings your left with to make the neccasary changes- this isnt going to happen over night but will only happen as fast as you let it too.
You got this, you have done it before, just because you relapsed doesnt make you a bad person or any less of what you acheived, it just means you need to learn where that weakness came from to use, and make sure you make that a strength.
I know you can do this, i watched you go through stuff a person shouldnāt have to go through, look at where you are now Trevor.
Look at where you are and look at it like this if it helps- your 6 days today thats amazing, look around you, be mindful of where you are and your surroundings, the way you can live now properly, look how far you have come and pat yourself on the back because its far.
And the thing you need to think of while your looking around at what you achieved you need to remind yourself that you didnt do any real damage this time your really lucky, and your on day 6 thats something to be feel really happy about, that everything you got through, everything you acheived is still there, you havent ruined yet. Theres so much for you to lose, that you didnt lose this time, theres so much to be proud of yourself for.