cardinals jusrpt pulled off a miracle, maybevi can too ;-)

[BeyondScrewed]

Just poppin in to say hi. Stayed away for a bit cause i was too ashamed to show myself around here.
This may sound cheezy, but my team, the stl cardinals, just oulled off a series victory against all odds. Maybevif i can ever get my head right, i can do it too

[Nursey7]

There is absolutely no reason to be ashamed!  We are addicts; it is a disease!!  This part is so frustrtating for me; do people think we really made this crazy *** choice for ourselves???  I just keep comparing it to any other chronic disease-heart, kidney, diabetes, whatever.  It takes behavioral changes, lifestyle changes and a life long committment.  Never should it be put on the back burner, thinking we got this.  Always, always keep your guard up!!  That little devil tries to butt in with his ugly self and tell you that you are worthless, you should be ashamed, you can't do this.  There should be only one voice you listen to and that is whatever your higher power is and for me it is God!!  As for your Cardinals they knocked out my Braves in the wild card game.  I had tickets to the Braves that next Sunday for the playoffs :-(   You got this, now get back up and go for it- maybe your team can do it 2 years in a row-now that would be a miracle  ;-)

[smiles4eva]

I agree, it saddens me when people relapse and then don't come back because they are ashamed.  It happens,  most of us have done it and the important thing is you are still trying.  I don't know about you but for me since I made the decision to quit 6 months ago using just isn't the same.  Have you been able to take as prescribed and is it working out with your sis holding them?  Wishing you all the best and we will do this!

[tim9944963]

You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, I have lost count of the number of times I have relapsed . The trick is to (a) as Otoh says Dont dwell on it and dont use it as an excuse to keep using TRY again. (b) each time I relapsed I tried to learn a little more about myself. I am now 46 days clean, doesnt sound alot but its the longest for me in 12 years and I am starting to feel good and alive again. Yes it was bloody hard but now worth every second of discomfort. Please try again everyone will be here to support you and I promise you it will be more than worth it. Good luck and god bless Tim.

[otoh]

we have all relasped... the only shame in that is staying in it. pick yourself back up, and do it again. we're all right behind you with this. thax for posting.