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Mental Toughness

Last night I had another drinking dream.  It was odd.  I vaguely remember that I was kicked out of a program for drinking and then I went to a liquor store and bought a fifth of vodka, after which I went to my elementary school and walked around trying to keep the...

Trust

They say trust is easy to lose and hard to regain.  In fact, there are many different sayings that have to do with trust and forgiveness: I'll forgive, but I'll never forget; you have to trust to be trusted; etc.  The truth is that for my recovery it is a topic...

Home Sweet Home

I am now out of treatment and back into the real world to begin my recovery.  On one hand it is a scary concept, but one about which I am excited.  At first all I felt was anxiety and nervousness.  Most people would imagine that I would feel excited and happy to...

2 months in

Well I'm 72 days in and my motivation has gone down.  Recently I got a thought of how great it would feel to have a few drinks.  Just to be able to relax a little bit.  Although I know that there is no way that I would be able to just stay relaxed.  I would get drunk...