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Originally Posted by monalisasmile
Thank you for your response, you are right sometimes being found out can be liberating. I think in her case it could be very shameful for her. I think she is a fabulous t and I feel sad that she is letting her problems get in the way.
Sounds like you have a good understanding of alcoholism and the difficulties that it brings. Do you drink anymore?
I would like it if my t could get help, she is so good at helping others. She really has so much empathy I can see why she would start drinking
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I've been sober, this time, just over 60 days. I have had longer periods, the longest being 2 and 1/2 years. It's hard, cuz I've still got some major triggers that I have to deal with daily. But I keep trying and I keep going back to getting sober, after a relapse. I know I need to be sober, that it is what is best for me, and the only way I will be able to be happy at some point.
I think, for your T, tho, that shame could be what she needs. If she is having substance problems, shame can be a powerful motivator. For some people it takes guilt or shame, for some extreme fear, and for some, like me, it takes having reality slap you in the face. It wasn't shame or guilt, and it wasn't fear, it was the realization that I was killing myself and letting those that "drove me to drink" win by continuing to abuse myself.