I find it difficult to quit these habbits when I have just started again, I think you need to think of a day in the near future in your head and say that IS the day I will stop and prepare yourself everyday coming up to it.....goodluck and I know you can do it!! :)

I relapsed after 24 years. The problem that I had the second time around is that the first time I hit bottom. I could no longer live with alcohol. The second time around I was quitting before it got me into emotional trouble. I kept relapsing after a few months. I even made a year and later a year and a half before relapsing. After I found mindful meditation that I have been able to quit for good. I have 3.5 years now.

If you fail try, try, try again

Thank you for this post. The last few months have been difficult for me and I found myself thinking a few times about having a drink. I have been sober 5 years. This is a good reminder to me to lose the stinkin thinkin.

Blueviolet, it's not worth it, trust me! I cry myself to sleep every night! I feel so worthless!

Firstly don't beat yourself up. I took a look at your profile and you are dealing with a lot. OCD, Depression, Anxiety. I am also dealing with those very things too. That is a LOT to deal with. I am exactly like you. I also had some trauma and stress late last year and that knocked me right off the wagon. You are NOT defeated. You are dealing with a lot just with the OCD etc. You WILL stop drinking again and so will I. Please don't feel bad and you are not alone.

Start again, is what I did. I had 15 years sobriety, the first 8 with AA, the last 7 largely on my own. I blew it, and blew it again, and blew it again - finally, I got back to meetings. Now I'm 8 years sober. What had to happen for me was, I had to accept my alcoholism. I wasn't a 'problem drinker' I wasn't in my own special category, I'm an alcoholic, and alcohol is 'out'. Well, it's pretty much life and death for me - which makes it easier.
I take psych drugs, and combined with loads of alcohol could be lethal. Also, I get suicidal when I'm drunk and in despair.
What I want to say is, start again - you never know how good your life can become in the future, if you put the drink down. You'll be able to learn from this relapse, and have an even stronger recovery. And - you'll be able to feel good again.

your not defeated and your not alone, it happens to the best of us something traumatic happens and we pick up a drink, I have done the same thing and the worse thing u can do now it beat yourself up for slipping, u got sober before and u will again, be patient with yourself and think of how u felt when u were sober and how life was easier to manage with a clear head, you will soon find the will to stop drinking it is just a matter of time...hang in there all is not lost

Hi. Everyone makes mistakes....pick yourself up and dust yourself off and start again. You will do well my friend.

I feel for you. I had PTSD, anxiety and panic attacks for years when I was drinking and when I stopped. The program I found treated all of these things with nutrition and some changes in behavior. None of these are an issue for me now. When you have a screwed up bio chemistry in your body and mind life can be pretty miserable. I am following a 7 step program that heals this stuff. It is online and it is free. It can help you get sober and stay sober and address your other issues as well. It has been a miracle for me. I have been sober 10 years now. Radiant Recovery is the name of the program and they have been a lifesaver for me,

Laura

I had a slip after 4 years of sobriety when I went through a divorce but It dawned on me that drinking is what got me in trouble to begin with so I stopped.

You will stop too!

God Bless!

Try and try again! As long as your alive and here to post, you have another day and another chance - when you are ready. My counselor says slips/relapses are "gifts" because of what we learn from them. I know you maybe can't see that right now, but hold onto that thought when you are sad and scared, and BREATHE. I am pulling for you!
Hugs,
Audrey