http://www.addictiontreatmentmagazine.com/recovery/recovery-tips/facing-yourself-after-relapse/ Addiction Treatment Magazine covers the latest stories on addiction treatment, research, and rehab options for drug addiction, alcoholism, process addictions, sex addiction, gambling addiction, and related issues. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.addictiontreatmentmagazine.com/recovery/recovery-tips/facing-yourself-after-relapse/#comment-12 brian Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:57:22 +0000 http://addictiontreatmentmagazine.com/?p=151#comment-12 i am very early in my recovery and thought i had messed up and really didn't feel like facing myself or anyone else who was/is invested in my recovery. i don't even have a sponsor or home group yet but i have a lot of determination to succeed in my quest for sobriety. i have to remember 2 weeks ago i had six stems lined up so i would have to wait for them to cool down, at 46 i was playing russian roulette; just the realization that i was so desperate and my self worth was at a point of passive suicide this article really spoke directly to me. i had a slip with a lesser substance but my goal is completly clean (i now know why NA makes no distinction between substances) i was feeling very depressed & keeping to myself, feeling i let myself down feeling i let down people in my NA group. just by reading this article i had turned a corner and plan to go back to a meeting tomorrow. i went for a walk even though it is night and i live on a dark road i put on a white shirt at reflective sneakers it cleared my head. you can be sure i will reread this article; though i don't think i will relapse again because it didn't feel good. i want the gifts and success that will only be mine once i maintain complete sobriety even its its one day at time. this article also helped me realize how fortunate i am to have sober friends and a therapist and an NA group i feel comfortable in it feels right and i am with people like me working on the same thing overcoming addiction and succeed at it!!! i am very early in my recovery and thought i had messed up and really didn’t feel like facing myself or anyone else who was/is invested in my recovery. i don’t even have a sponsor or home group yet but i have a lot of determination to succeed in my quest for sobriety. i have to remember 2 weeks ago i had six stems lined up so i would have to wait for them to cool down, at 46 i was playing russian roulette; just the realization that i was so desperate and my self worth was at a point of passive suicide this article really spoke directly to me. i had a slip with a lesser substance but my goal is completly clean (i now know why NA makes no distinction between substances) i was feeling very depressed & keeping to myself, feeling i let myself down feeling i let down people in my NA group. just by reading this article i had turned a corner and plan to go back to a meeting tomorrow. i went for a walk even though it is night and i live on a dark road i put on a white shirt at reflective sneakers it cleared my head. you can be sure i will reread this article; though i don’t think i will relapse again because it didn’t feel good. i want the gifts and success that will only be mine once i maintain complete sobriety even its its one day at time. this article also helped me realize how fortunate i am to have sober friends and a therapist and an NA group i feel comfortable in it feels right and i am with people like me working on the same thing overcoming addiction and succeed at it!!!

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