How To Get Over The Devastation Of A Relapse And Get Back On Track
Use the following mindsets to stop using, stop feeling sorry for yourself and recommit to sobriety.
I hope you don’t think it’s a bit dramatic to compare relapsing to trying to get your car out of a flood, as pictured above. Because that’s what it really feels like: a life or death situation that leaves you in ruins, wondering how you’ll manage, or if you’ll ever get your life back.
I remember Russell Brand explaining in Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions, how every time he would pick up again after a period of abstinence, he never knew when he would come back to reality, if he would beat this disease, or if he would damn well die this way.
That’s how I felt. One night turned into 6 weeks of drowning, trying to get my car out of the flood water, and when it finally came out, it was broken in pieces that only a professional could put back together.
YOU are the professional in your recovery and you MUST get sober again. You can fix this and I promise you, the relapse-induced depression doesn’t last forever.
It all starts with changing your attitude.
