Painful Times~

[dominosarah]

Many of us are going thru some very painful and devastating times on the forum.  There are so many questions and no easy answers.  These are the times where our addict brain goes into overdrive.  Our emotions are very foreign to us and we dont understand or know how to get thru the pain.  Our first thought is to use as we think this will help.  I can guarantee that this would only set all of us back and destroy us.  Using is NOT an option for us.  Nothing any of us are going thru is a reason to use.  We have to walk thru our grief, feel our emotions and place one foot in front of the other.  We have to stay close to those that support us and love us.  It is okay to feel things and i for one am grateful that i have been given another chance at life.  Together we will walk this path together~sara

[IBKleen]

What a beautiful post honey. It seems everyone I talk with is having a crisis right now. I want so much to reach out and help and sometimes I don't know how. It pains me to see the members I have grown very fond of hurting. I want to take that hurt away. I am going to stick real close here and talk with as many people as I can. Together we can all get through this. I can't, WE can.

[conhall]

Thank you for this post Sara:)
Using is not an option. One foot in front of the other one day at a time.
I get up each day and first thing I see in the mirror is a post it Note that says
"getting clean is the easy part (the physical WD) staying clean (mental part) is where the real work begins"
Each day my life has gotten better and somedays are hard very hard and I struggle but I do the basics remember that the pills will never change my problems they just make them worse.
Everyday that I am clean is a better day than any day I used. This time last year My life felt hopeless and now I am working on making positive changes each day in my life.162 days clean  Thank you for this Post! thank you for all the people on this forum that remind me that I am never alone God Bless you!

[Bkitty]

This is so true. I want to numb these feelings so bad. I am so scared right now and all I want to do is run and hide. Hopefully tomm will bring some much needed answers. Im saying a prayer for everyone on here tonight and Im asking God to hold us all real tight. Goodnight. (((hugs)))~Bkitty

[akitagurl12]

Thank you for posting this, Sarah.  

[dominosarah]

I know you want to run and hide.  It comes down to that "fight" or "flight" issue.  Flight is what we are used to and when our past thoughts comes a knocking, we dont answer as we dont live there anymore.  We stand and fight now cuz we are so worth it~

[Free2agoodhome]

Nicely put

During thoughts of temptation....some small voice says to me " Just for today.....i'll pass on screwing up my life up"

I hope that voice speaks to everyone during those moments , as it has for me.

Thx sara