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I really hope not.
I don’t have another recovery in me.
Doing the work has taken the need for a drink away.
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I agree 100%.
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Relapse does not have to be a part of anyone’s life who is in recovery…
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25 year bender was enough for me. I think a relapse might be the end of me.
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I can’t. Too effin old. Fifty-four years of altering my brain, my entire teenage adult middle age and elder dude life. ENOUGH! enough no relapse for me I just cannot
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It will not be the end of you if you remain sober and this might in fact be the new beginning of your life. If I can do it so can you…
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And with that attitude you won’t. The whole idea that relapse has to be a part of recovery is bullshit. Carry on with growing confidence and the best version of yourself awaits.
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52 days and counting my friend. I need to stay sober for me and my motherless son. He saw me at the absolute worst and I can’t let him see me like that again.
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52 days is awesome! Give alcohol a one finger salute into the Fuckit Bucket of eternity. It is a one way road to shitsville. It isn’t our friend and never was. GOOD FOR YOU!
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Throw a pile of cocaine into the mix and it’s Shitsville with a ruthless dictator as the mayor
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Oh yeah…I did blow a few times to take the edge off my alcohol buzz. Those hangovers felt like I got runover by a train…Glad all that is a distant memory now…
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Ive not relapsed on this journey and dont intend to but i do have compassion and understanding for those who do and the reasons why, ive relapsed in the past but i think that was because i wasnt truly ready to be sober, this time is very different because im doing it for myself…currently 49 days so its my 50th tomorrow 
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Relapse is not in my list of expectations for what life has left for me.
I try to remain vigilant against it, keep aware and do my best to keep it from happening.
If I dropped this guard and expected it to happen as part of life maybe it would have by now?? Who knows.
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Thinking like that is the fasted route to a relaps. I don’t know we’re you got that quote from, but in my opinion it’s total bullshit and not helpful in any way. Relaps is part of the addiction and not recovery.
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Two absolutely brutal long term relapses in my past. I had a chronic condition called terminal uniqueness in which I thought I was different or I would be the exception to the rule. Figured since I was “smart” that I could do recovery my way I’d be fine.
Turns out I’m run of the mill. What worked for millions of people before me would work for me as well. Once I got my ego out of the way and was actually able to follow suggestions it’s been a much smoother ride. The only thing my relapses “taught” me was that being homeless sucks, but I already knew as much.
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