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Coming up on 3 weeks - doing well

LostGirl99
LostGirl99

So when I started again... I wrote this letter. Perhaps it will help someone today.


Dear Alcohol, When we met, you were wonderful and brilliant, you gave me the ability to forget all the horrible things in my past and be one of the crowd.  But then you changed, you began to control me and instead of being happy and friendly I began to use you for stress, anxiety and I lashed out atthe  people I loved... Yet still I stayed with you.  Now you are damaging my health and you control my whole life, my being, you make me hate myself and yet my thoughts all day long are about my battles with you...I make deals with you...trying to get back some of who I was, some of the control over my own life.


You have robbed me of who I wanted to be...I now take that back. Our battles are over. We are done.


Sincerely, Not a victim

1is2many
1is2many
3weeks is awesome
LostGirl99
LostGirl99
oh and for added effect - I rolled up the letter and put it in the last bottle of wine (which I dumped out) and then I wrote Suicide across the label - I have the bottle on my bed stand - it reminds me of what I am really fighting for.
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
Love this.
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
Love this post! Writing a letter to alcohol was one of the things we did in treatment. It brings out the reality of it all. I don't remember what I did with the one I wrote as it was over 8 years ago, but I remember reading it to my group and some of the women began crying so I stopped reading and the counselor told me to continue. When I finished reading it, everyone in my group commented on it. Everyone there could relate in some way. It was all good!

Thankyou for posting!

God Bless!
seaQ
seaQ
I've passed 2 weeks, coming on 3 weeks also. We wanted it badly enough and figured out how to power past the drinking
LostGirl99
LostGirl99
Congrats seaQ - it is getting easier... but I still read the letter when I feel tempted... a week ago I carried the bottle everywhere with me to remind me of the burden of alcohol - whatever it takes.
mechengr55
mechengr55
You are right, lostgirl!!! WHATEVER IT TAKES!!! This is working for you. Reminders of the past are some of the strongest help! I love the message in a bottle! Thank you for sharing that one!!!!
Keep it up, lost---you are doing great!!!
msmermaid
msmermaid
Great letter. I journaled a lot in my early days and it hgelps me to read them occasionally. I hear how desperate and out of control I felt. At a little over 6mo I feel serenity and calm again. I never want to go back
LostGirl99
LostGirl99
thanks for all the kind words - I am keeping faith...
stickywick
stickywick
great post. I wrote alott in my first years of sobriety. Loved too. I write less now; but miss it. Your post is inspiring:-)
LastAcorn99
LastAcorn99
I’m so happy and proud of you, LostGirl99! You got this! Sending you hugs.
LostGirl99
LostGirl99
So new focus - i am running a half marathon in a week... keeping things positive and moving forward. Thanks for the support!!!
mechengr55
mechengr55
I copied out your letter to a Word doc on my computer desktop, right next to 'Goodbye my liquid friend', which someone posted a few weeks ago. These files are inspirational to me, and remind me of what was, but will never again be. Thank you for sharing it!!!!
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
Awesome to have that inspiration. I have a friend who just took 6 years and he wrote a letter to his then girlfriend "alcoholina". After 35 years he broke off that relationship. I still get chills when he tells that story.
LostGirl99
LostGirl99
I am going to remember "goodbye to alcoholina" that made me smile. What would be a good name for break a breakup with your alcohol boyfriend... not so easy... glad I kept mine gender independent. Happy Saturday everyone!
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