How do you cope without a support system?

Good for you on reaching out for help! That is the thing that keeps us grounded. Addiction is about isolating and having a “relationship” with our substance or behaviour. Recovery - and life in general - is about communicating and connecting and building things that matter. (Communicating and connecting is for all humans. Us recovering addicts have to learn these skills that non-addicts do on a regular basis! The good news is they can be learned.)

I don’t think any of us do it alone. Talking Sober is one space to find people. Another one is meetings, like online ones Online meeting resources or in person ones like www.SMARTRecovery.org or www.AA.org or other ones that you like (there are a bunch of different recovery programs where people connect and find the support they need - there’s a good list here: Resources for our recovery).

Keep it up and don’t give up. Take it one day at a time and you will find what you need :innocent:

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