Reasons for fighting

Life in Recovery
599
  1. I looked my dad in the eyes for the first time in years.
  2. My girls don’t make comments about how many beers I have had.
  3. I am still working on getting my health back
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600

  1. Giving up on baby steps has always been a mistake. Baby steps are the best.

  2. I’ll be spending my whole life with me, might as well make her cool.

  3. I want others to look up to me.

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601
  1. I like knowing I can take care of my girls
  2. I have a challenging week at work
  3. I am amazing myself with what I can get done
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602

  1. Ay let’s go another round of Is This Therapist a Keeper?

  2. Quitting is a promise you make to yourself.

  3. I can choose between two worlds. I can’t NOT decide.

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603
  1. No hangovers
  2. No guilt
  3. More patience
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604

  1. I keep getting reminded that people care about me. I’m not always a burden.

  2. Distracting yourself from pain only works if you work up to actually doing something about the pain.

  3. If I’m going to be so scared of losing highs then I need to not do things that make me crash.

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605
  1. My kids
  2. My kids
  3. I want to be proud of myself
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606

  1. My brother and his wife are coming for thanksgiving.

  2. I had a bad night yesterday but I handled it like a pro.

  3. Gonna Skype with my best friend maybe, wanna be clean.

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607
  1. My girls
  2. I made it so much farther than I thought I could (today is day 100)
  3. I feel bad when I don’t read and like @ShamedPuppet post everyday. (Your thread and knowing your out there has really helped).
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608

  1. I don’t like messing up my body chemicals, they weren’t really super to begin with.

  2. Since my mother’s death it’s been like the end of an era. I’d like the new one to be great.

  3. Goals are attainable. Sometimes I need to remember that.

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609

Awesome job!! :smiley:

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610
  1. I can except the challenges of my job
  2. I am creating a home my girls deserve
  3. I am seeing progress in myself
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611

  1. So long as I keep making the same choices nothing will change.

  2. My moral compass gets shot whenever I give in.

  3. Family in town. Gotta handle that like a pro.

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612

  1. I feel like this addiction symbolizes all the ways I’m stuck and I HATE IT

  2. I hate how it affects me physically.

  3. I fall deeper into other bad habits with this.

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613

  1. Change has never been my enemy. It’s always been staying on the same bad course. I need to change now.

  2. My brother and his wife think I’m good. I’d like to not dispel that.

  3. I can make myself into someone new.

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614

  1. The addiction is a dead end road.

  2. I still have people I don’t want to disappoint.

  3. I’m sick of it being a crutch and being intrusive and taking over everything.

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615

  1. I got a new scarf. Don’t want negative associations.

  2. I want to enjoy the rest of break.

  3. I want my last day with my bro and his wife to be good.

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616

  1. Sick of the shame

  2. Want to taste success just a bit

  3. I’ve got expectations to live up to.

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617

  1. If anything else, just to spite the judgements of my grandmother (haha what a fun thanksgiving)

  2. The fact that I’m falling into this mess means I’m failing myself as my own therapist. I can’t do that!

  3. I’m sore. I don’t want to do a dumb thing and make it worse.

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618
  1. My family needs a responsible adult.
  2. I enjoy being sober now, I don’t want to have to restart and loose that
  3. I am finally making memories on vacation, not just drinking in a new location.
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