It's just a slip. You had 122 good days... Keep going.

I am sorry to hear that. Please do not beat yourself up, and realize that you are only human. You can get back on track!

Hi BB,

No one can ever take those 122 wonderful days away from you. Thank goodness it was for only one day. Don't worry about the status of accumulating sober time. Just remember each day we don't drink is a day we can't die from alcohol and are coming closer to being the best we can be, although we are never quite sure what that is.

You made a mistake. We all do that every day. It's just in the scheme of things for habitual destructive drinkers like us it can turn out to be a pretty big one. You realize that and move on like you are doing.

Maybe think about it this way. You took 122 steps forward and 1 step back...

Im with Zachary18... his posts were spot on...122 days forward, one day back....Today is a new beautiful summers day, perfect for Day #1 :-) So dont beat yourself up, brush yourself off and carry on, you'll be of great help sometime for someone in your same position....Hugs....DD

BB,

I don't know if you've heard of urge surfing. You might want to google it. I found it very effective.

Sometimes talking about an urge, or fighting it only intensified it for me as I was entertaining it that way.

No, you didnt blow 122 days you drank. Now stop immediately and don't entertain another minute of self pity as it leads (at least it did in my experience) to more shame which often leads to drinking. There is nothing GOOD about shame.
Don't examine why you drank, not now. Now just dust yourself off, if there is any booze around you throw it OUT...and move forward. Its a day at a time. Don't pick up that first drink today. Instead vision yourself going to be sober, and happy with a sober day, tonight.

Can / do you want to talk about it... The trigger? The thought? Maybe by identifying what happened you /we can learn , and not do it again?
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I totally agree with other posters that said it is a slip. I also got completely hung up on counting days rather than making my days count.

If I add up the number of sober days I've had over the past 6 months, they far out number the days I've been drunk.

Hang in there.
((( hugs )))

Welcome back. I've heard that slips are a part of recovery. I don't know if that is a positive attitude. However, there is a lot to be learned from a slip. One of those is that we are powerless over alcohol.

Surround yourself with positive support..

Hugs

Anytime you use substances, it increases your chances of returning to your drug of choice. If you continue attending NA you'll here that message consistently. A great aspect of NA is that they talk about the disease of addiction where alcohol is just another drug. It helps people who are trying to find the RIGHT drug for them. They don't care which drugs you used; only what you want to do about your problem and how they can help. NA saved my life.

122 reasons to not try - but DO.

You want this, you need this - and your life could depend on it.

That's the urgency we need to address our addictions with, and the irrelevancy we need to give to moments of lapse.

Even the ratio wins 122:1 --

Sgt