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Addiction & Recovery

Rhiannon12866

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11. Acceptance is often still hard for me even after more than 12 years

Reply to GPV (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 19, 2021, 02:54 AM

Nov 2021

What's helped me is to realize that I've only got to make it through the next 24 hours - or less - and to remember to breathe. Times change and I can, too. Talking to someone who's been there also helps and that's exactly what you did. Good going!

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Two weeks, no purging. All the other stuff is still happening, but not the purging. [View all] GPV Nov 2021 OP

Hang in there GPV jpak Nov 2021 #1

Thanks! GPV Nov 2021 #6

Take care,GPV gademocrat7 Nov 2021 #2

Thank you! GPV Nov 2021 #7

You will win! The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #3

Thank you! GPV Nov 2021 #8

Doing your best is a BFD. Good on you irisblue Nov 2021 #4

Thanks so much! GPV Nov 2021 #9

Good for you, GPV RainCaster Nov 2021 #5

Thank you. Yes, acceptance is a hard one for me. I keep insisting that the universe should work my GPV Nov 2021 #10

Acceptance is often still hard for me even after more than 12 years Rhiannon12866 Nov 2021 #11

Sometimes the next minute or second is agonizing, and I have a ton of distorted thoughts like, GPV Nov 2021 #12

I've found that's when talking to someone who's been there helps Rhiannon12866 Nov 2021 #13

I say the "Serenity Prayer" ..many times a day..I cannot control this, or that...or this thought or Stuart G Dec 2021 #14