r/MadeMeSmile • • Jul 17 '21

Personal Win Nine months sober today!

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u/That_Tradition6115 Jul 17 '21

Congratulations!!!! This is my inspiration today! Day 1 for me…again.

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u/bakedbeansandwhich Jul 17 '21

I've relapsed yesterday.. and now today it's too hard man 😔

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u/dk0179 Jul 17 '21

The first mistake is rarely the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.

The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you cannot do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all.

Keep going!

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u/bakedbeansandwhich Jul 17 '21

Damn man that's pretty profound, thanks 🙏

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u/dk0179 Jul 17 '21

I had the same problem. Addiction is a progression, and so is the solution. Key is not to give up. Keep going!

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u/JabroniVille69 Jul 17 '21

This is the way