I fear that if I continue on an addiction path I won’t be around to see my 6 yr old daughter reach her most important milestones as she becomes an adult herself. I want to be there for her always.
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I was the same about my daughter…she was 5 when i got sober…in the end my choice was simple…alcohol or her…because i could not have both…i chose her 633 day ones ago. You can do this you know…your love for your daughter and yourself can be stronger than your addiction 
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In early sobriety i was fearful that i might not stay sober but once i got on the program and started to do the right things i was told to do then fear left me and has for a very long time wish you well
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@Starlight14 Thanks Kelly, it’s definitely a challenge as a single momma. Alcohol was how I relieved stress after a long week of parenting and running a business. I realize how fragile my existence became and that everything could easily fall apart if I made the wrong choices. All it takes is to get behind a week or two and then you’re always playing catch-up from square one and that’s no way to live.
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@Ray_M_C_Laren I also had similar thoughts, like I’m not strong enough and I’ll just always be a drinker.
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My biggest fear is like urs, that ill end up dead and not be able to be around for my son. Near the end of my “using career” I truly felt like my time was coming. My son is a medical kiddo and he really needs his mom to be clean and sober. But not only that, healthy also. I need be present and attentive and there for him in all ways as he grows older, bcuz he has alot of obstacles to face. Hes also the reason why i am on a health journey to lose weight and get fit. So that i CAN be around to support him and love him thru everything hes going thru. But ya… death was and still is a huge fear of mine. Even at over 2years clean and sober
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My biggest fears are
- being dependent
- having deteriorating health with no hope of healing
- losing my loved ones as no one wanted to be around me when i was heavily sedated
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Honestly my biggest fear is losing my life and dissapointing my mother who has already lost her first child.
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My biggest fear is getting trapped in places I don’t want to be. Spending time with people I don’t actually like. It suffocates me and limits me.
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Dying too young due to alcohol poisoning, liver or kidney failure and leaving my kids to grow up without their mom.
That terrifies me so much.
How selfish of me to put alcohol ahead of them.
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My biggest fear is doing reckless and irresponsible things and to lose my husband and kids.
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My biggest fear is going back to the hopeless empty state i was constantly in. I prefer to live in technocolor with gratitude. Even shitty days sober are 100x better than a good day in addiction
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Dont have to be strong just willing ,effort, and desire . wish you well
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My fear is simple as that. I’m afraid to again lose myself and lose my important parts of my life. This is how years of childhood and teenagehood disappeared in traumas, addictions, disorders and full of darkness.
Even if I’m kind of nervous what will be with me in adulthood, I want to give myself this time in adulthood these important parts of it and not to miss it.
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