take my word for it, being sober especially from a powder drug is definably not a waste of time. It is not easy, but for your own sake and everyone who loves you try again. And everybody relapses.
I've been in recovery for 21 years.. I had six years of relapse from my first attempt. I'd have 27 years.
You begin again. Don't worry about the 4 months. It was a learning experience. get back to NA / AA and start over. Talk to your sponsor if you have one, get one if you don't.
Don't beat yourself. It's a disease. Concentrate today on not doing the first line, ,first bowl or first beer. Simple, One day leads to the next.
You can only do it 24 hours at a time. Stop trying to get that same 4 months back. It's over. Concentrate on not using today. Same thing tomorrow and the next day and so on.
It wasn't a waste of time, certainly you learned something, right? But you also didn't do what you were supposed to do. Get to a meeting and talk to your sponsor:
no it is not a waist of time people who are addicted to there drug of choice are Gina relapse it is a normal part of recovery. you should be proud that you went 4 months clean and since you did that lets you know that it is possible to do. keep up the good work.
Addiction take time to recover from. It is common for people to relapse, and this may happen a few times. Just encourage them to get back on the right track and remind them of why it is they quit in the first place.
Not at all! Be proud of that 4 months, but recognize what made you slip and don't make the same mistake again. Make sure that you learn from every slip and that is how you will make 4 months become a year and then 2 years and so on. Do not let a slip cause you to go into a binge!
You can do it!!!
no, relapses happen. its part of life with an addiction. the person just has to be strong enough to say it was one night out of over 100 (4 months is like 120 or so days right?) nights. it may be easier to recover this time because they now know what it feels like to be sober, what to expect, and have once again felt the pain of not being able to make a choice due to addiction
if someone has a cocaine addiction,has been clean for 4 months but relapsed last nigh -
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