Comments on: Relapse:The Warning Signs Were There

By: What Happened Before the Balloon Popped?

What Happened Before the Balloon Popped? — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:24:32 +0000

[...] “My balloon had been popped and what was left was not pretty. I started to feel overwhelming dread at the thought of going through the rest of my life without being able to get high at least one more time. I felt like all of the positive thinking I had done in my very early recovery wasn’t a reflection of my true feelings toward sobriety. I felt like I was lying to myself when I say that I’m grateful for a clean and sober life.~ Relapse: The Warning Signs Were There” [...]

By: wornout wife

wornout wife — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:22:04 +0000

Wife of relapser says, “Give a shit about the observations of the people closest to you and most familiar with your disease patterns. Just promise yourself to believe them when they tell you that your red flags are up, even when your fucked up brain swears that they are not.

By: Dwindle

Dwindle — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:37:12 +0000

I forgot, don’t feel bad. It’s a long road. As long as you keep getting back up and dusting yourself off, there’s no reason to be discouraged. If it was going to be easy, there wouldn’t be a group behind it.

By: Dwindle

Dwindle — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:34:39 +0000

Just hit the meetings. Again, the isolation deal. Look for non meeting functions, outings and the such. Does your group have a clubhouse of sorts at your disposal? Hell, go there, find some sort of artsy-craftsy thing to hang on the wall, and hang with whoever appears at the time.