Change happens when the pain of change is smaller than the pain of staying the same.
Start journalling. What happens in your head and heart on day 3 or 4? It’s not the numbers that are tripping you up. It’s the function alk has in your life becoming active. We’re all alkies and druggies for a reason, it fulfilled an important function in our lives. It numbed us from pain and and made intolerable experiences + feelings tolerable. Work on making this function conscious and start fulfilling your own needs yourself, without relying on the escape. This is the long haul plan.
In the short term, get your sober muscles pumping by immersing yourself in recover content. Resources for our recovery
Pick three and stick w them. After a few weeks, mix and match.
Become active on here. Read read read. And stay accountable. Checking in daily to maintain focus #56
And take guidance from the ppl who’ve walked the walk before you:
Your #1 tip for sobriety (over 2 years sober)
Welcome. You can do this. Only you can do this.