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Jul 20, 2008, 07:12 PM
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I would appreciate any insight. One school of thought says relapse is a natural function of full recovery. Another says it is intollerible and a function of ongoing addiction. Are they both correct? Wrong?
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Jul 20, 2008, 08:51 PM
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Both are correct: relapse by definition is a condition of addiction as well as intolerable. Therefore, it is necessary to understand what triggers relapse in order to control your addiction rather than allowing your addiction to controll you.
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Jul 20, 2008, 09:14 PM
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It doesn't really matter what you call them. All I know is that relapses make a person feel lousy. Are you all right Bmoz?
The best way out is to pour out/throw out everything and start again. And call a friend. Talk about it. Type about it. Slippers |
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Jul 20, 2008, 09:14 PM
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Thank you for your response. Looking for more points of view.
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Jul 20, 2008, 09:20 PM
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</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
Slippers said: It doesn't really matter what you call them. All I know is that relapses make a person feel lousy. Are you all right Bmoz? The best way out is to pour out/throw out everything and start again. And call a friend. Talk about it. Type about it. Slippers </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Thanks for your concern. I have never been better. Thanks for your advice but I don't drink. Have many friends in and out of sobriety and would love to get to the bottom of it.
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Jul 21, 2008, 06:47 AM
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I have had several relapses but I keep thinking I always have a chance. a chance to choose, too... only sometimes I ignore it. I don't think I'm fully committed to recovery right now.
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Jul 21, 2008, 06:20 PM
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I had many attempts to stop drinking and many relapses, before I got serious about wanting sobriety. I think for me, it was because at the time the perceived benefits of drinking, numbing out feelings, outweighed the downsides. I had to lose my job and wind up in hospital before I was seriously ready to stop. Even after that I've relapsed a couple of times - the last time was November and I don't even recal what triggered it, it was so seriously not worth it. I've had to do a lot of work on underlying psych issues as well, which has made staying sober easier.
I know we disagree on a couple of points, in that I believe that alcoholism is a disease and so think that I'll always be at risk of relapse. But I know it's totally within my control to choose not to drink. The difficulty is I still want to occassionally so I have to keep reeminding myself of how bad the downside is of drinking versus the upside of staying sober. --splitimage
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Jul 21, 2008, 08:05 PM
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You are so awesome for your share. Sobriety is worth all our discomfort. Thank you
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