by Rob M. » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:32 am
Hi,
"It works til it don't" is what they used to tell me. And what that means is that we can continue staying sober on our owns but that eventually it will not work any more. There's no need to feel shame, you just had to learn the hard way that there are requirements to staying sober. Addiction is always compared to a disease in the sense that there is no cure, but there are steps we can take in order to recover and live healthily. The first step is accepting that living a happy/sober life will require action that has to be taken, not forever, but just one day at a time.
We've all played the Dr. Jecklle Mr. Hyde and hid our addictions from our friends and family and made it seem like everything was all okay.
I'd recommend getting to an AA meeting ( I personally don't like NA meetings but i am an addict as well), and approach a woman who really knows what she's talking about. A woman who has something that you want. And ask her what you have to do to get it.