Getting Honest With Yourself

[Meech]

Getting Honest With Yourself

Good post.
I do agree with being honest with yourself, you have to if there's any hope of living a life of sobriety.
However the times I slipped up this year, if I hadn't got some kind words (pik yourself up...) I would never have come back on this site again. And be digging a darker hole for myself. With the help of many people here I am getting better. Better than I've been in years.
Keep the good posts coming Phil and let's all be true to ourselves.

[catch22]

Getting Honest With Yourself

[QUOTE=hippie I know if I relapsed right now my nature as an alcoholic would be to not want to accept it had happened. 16 months of sobriety down the pan and back at that God awful Day 1 again? It would cripple me and I wouldn't want to accept it. That's the simple truth. But I know if I [i]didn't[/i] accept the reality of it I'd be straight back into my old ways of thinking that would eventually be the foundations for further relapses in the future. I've seen this happen quite recently with a friend I went through treatment with. She was in a lot of pain due to the lies she told herself.Keep it real

Many Blessings
Phil
when this post first come out i was not ready or not well to post on this thread but today i feel like i am. A very honest post and very interesting. I think the reason why am posting on here is because a friend of mine relaspe after 8 years coming up to nearly 9years sobriety. After coming out of hospital he made sure he come straight back to AA. He wanted everyone to know. I learn a lot from his relapse, his 8yrs of sobriety to 10days of drinking, those 8yrs was not wasted. It was a lesson we all learn is to keep it in the day one day at a time !
For me getting honest with myself it the only way i can move forward, and if i ever slip or relapse i hope to god i can come straight back on here and get myself back to a meeting. To let people know what i have in my recovery is still there inside me.

Thanks for this post Hippie really makes you think !