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Addiction & Recovery

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5. Look at it this way

Reply to kozar (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2019, 12:14 PM

Dec 2019

Being sober is like building a wall brick by brick. If you have a relapse, it's like knocking a few bricks from the wall. You still have most of it left. Build it back up from there. It's not like starting over. The wall represents all the tools in your arsenal.

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Im here,, [View all] kozar Nov 2019 OP

Sometimes Kozar, I get 5 minutes and that is a big damn sucess irisblue Nov 2019 #1

You did not fail. You fell back a day. Sobriety is not a fixed goal, its a victory each day ... marble falls Nov 2019 #2

A misstep is not a failute. Karadeniz Nov 2019 #3

The holidays are always tough Rhiannon12866 Dec 2019 #4

Look at it this way bif Dec 2019 #5

ty all kozar Dec 2019 #6

Please, Please, and Please...Do Not give Up...I posted my comments earlier in the wrong post.. Stuart G Dec 2019 #7

checking in with you koszar Skittles Feb 2020 #8

one day at a time kozar Feb 2020 #9

excellent Skittles Feb 2020 #10

Please, Do not give up. If Recovery From Addiction was "easy" then it would be "easy" Stuart G Feb 2020 #11

ty Stuart kozar Feb 2020 #12