#soberlife

[moss-gender]

I'm happy that so many people have benefited from my post. I got to 500 something days before I had a lapse. And then I had a period of ambivalence for a month or so due to living in an unsafe environment. Unfortunately I am still in that environment, but I recently hit 60 days sober and hope to continue my sobriety despite living with someone in active addiction.

This is your reminder that relapse is part of recovery. Mindset is important. It's important to not give up. I know there's a lot to be upset about in society right now. It's easy to feel alone. But you can control being sober. That's something that is in your control.

On another note, it's very important to have a sober community. I have a sobriety group chat and a discord that I am a part of. It's a very small community, but if you feel like you could use a sober space online please dm. I have a few screening questions but I would love to include more people in this space if they feel like they could benefit from in.

addiction recovery tips

1. Protect your space. You don’t have time for bullshit anymore. Cut out the people you’ve been meaning to cut out. Make the most space for the people who have chosen to believe in you. Spend less time on social media. I’ve deleted my facebook and instagram apps. It doesn’t have to be permanent but you need to avoid triggers and to an emotionally sensitive person like many addicts are due to Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome social media is full of triggers. It’s shown that social media makes you compare your lives to others leading to a lacking mindset rather than one of appreciation for what you have.

2. Find a recovery group. The important part is making community outreach a regular part of your week. Some people go to meetings everyday. There are plenty of meetings out there. AA, NA, DRA, SMART recovery, recovery dharma… if you don’t like the meetings you have available I recommend going anyway to connect with people. Take what resonates and leave the rest behind.

3. Take it a day at a time. You don’t have to commit to being sober for a lifetime, though hopefully you get there eventually. Just be sober today. 24 hours. And then do it again tomorrow.

4. Be as open about recovery as possible. Shame is a normal part of recovery but the more people you’re open with the more chances you have for increasing your support network. Outside of meetings, a support network is very important. No one is an island.

5. If you need to, “kill” yourself. Kill the old you. You have a blank slate. You’re starting fresh. You aren’t defined by your past. Reinvent yourself. Dare to dream big. You’ll need to have hobbies and goals to distract yourself when you get urges. Because you will get them. And sometimes it will be very bad. It helps to have a routine activity you enjoy to engage your brain and tap into your rational mind.

[electrokittyy]

oh hey there

[mrsfitzgerald]

2 sober years! 🎈🥹

I can't believe it! the first year was so unbearable and I didn't want to live anymore and I couldn't even get out of bed and it felt like I was dying, but now I'm enjoying every single day and thanking myself for trying to stop and I succeeded!

before I quit, I was drinking 24/7 for about 10 years, if not more. I haven't had any sober days at all and I'm surprised im still alive. so right now im very very very proud of myself and it's a real miracle 🥰

* also look at what a pretty candle I bought uwu 💖

[spoopieoopie]

vertical labret yes or yes

[therealcocoshady]

By the way y’all… I don’t have a lot of people with whom I can share it so I thought I’d say it here…

YOUR GIRL IS 5 MONTHS SOBER TODAY 💕

[cosmicportal]

[soberscientistlife]

[hardcorecook]

[thedomesticanthropologist]

180 days sober today

It's still hard

I still think about drinking and smoking daily

I do miss it

I've read more books, drawn more pictures, joined more groups and tried more new things this year than before I quit

I'm struggling with my weight more, now

I'm kinder to the people around me, and much less self centered. Perspective is easier than it was.

I'm.... tired. It's not easy

Haven't given up yet.

[life-as-gwen]

The Tunnel

Imagine you are looking into the opening of a long dark tunnel. You can see no light at the end, you only hear the voice of your teacher. You must enter the tunnel. You must walk through the darkness. You follow the voice. For the tunnel is not straight, it has many corners, and as you round the last corner you see your teacher, standing in the light, waiting for you.

When I entered rehab I was confused and desperate. I had made the most important decision, to get help, but little did I know that things were going to get a lot darker before they got better. The journey of exploring my fears, insecurities and trauma was about to begin.

In the first few weeks I remember wanting to hide in my room. I wanted to be alone. Now I was being asked to be in the presence of other people while I was at my most vulnerable. I was raw with emotion, puffy eyed and overwhelmed.

As time went on, I was to face many painful realities while exploring the history of my addiction. Some of these realities I had never accepted. Some were secrets that I thought I would take to the grave. Over and over again I was broken open, spilling out all the ugliness I had been keeping inside. Each time I believed there was nothing left to frighten me, no more to expose, but each time I was wrong.

I had no choice but to trust that I was in safe hands. I had made a conscious choice to trust my counsellor and made the decision to do whatever he asked of me. He tasked me with the nearly impossible over and over, and each time I came out the other side a stronger person. I had an understanding of myself that I had never had before. I was on my way to a life in recovery.

I am forever grateful.

[mymercyprevailss]

43 days. 43 days without stepping outside of myself. it's hard to find the words to explain how it feels to not have to fill yourself so full of vodka and pills that there's no room for yourself within yourself.

i never thought i'd feel comfortable enough to say i'll be okay without it forever. but i fill myself with love, with warm baths, with finally remembering what the cool air feels like on my face. with feeling.

everything is new. i am 26 and everything is new. i am relearning the world, a day at a time. i am learning how to walk again, without stumbling over myself. how to eat without second guessing it because it'll fade my drunk or make the pills weaker. learning how to talk again, and know what i'm saying.

i can see the sun after years of only seeing darkness after 5 pm and waking up in the morning trying to figure out what i did and how to fix what i broke. only to break it again that night when the lights inside of me went back out. like clockwork. like a broken clock stuck at the same time, day after day.

43 days. learning to live again, a day at a time.

[ryjkowiec]

Hey today it's my 6th anniversary of sobriety and I'm very proud of myself. That's all. I'm proud of myself.

[electrokittyy]

perfect piercing set up

[cleanaf]

[spoopieoopie]

I want pasta and strawberries