what it was like to get sober (first 30 days)

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Vanessa Whatever

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@faixaazul69 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading, always helps to hear others

@VanessaWhatever_ 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I agree, it was super helpful for me too. Glad you’re here, and thank you for your comment. 🙏

@EricWiseman-op9hm 2 ай бұрын

Your channel helps me a lot to think and help me continue to maintain faith in God that life can still get better if I stay on the recovery journey path. Thank you

@VanessaWhatever_ 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! 🤍✨ keeping you in prayer 🙏 May all the blessings and miracles of recovery show up in your life, one day at a time. Thank you for your comment!

@EricWiseman-op9hm 2 ай бұрын

Proverbs 23:29-35. God bless you in the Fellowship of the spirit

@VanessaWhatever_ 2 ай бұрын

Amen

@estebanyepeztv4104 2 ай бұрын

don't drink, smoke, use drugs. your body will thank you later. I got away from alcohol , all I did and work for me ,when i had a urge to drink, I will buy a can of beer open it and pour it to the floor and walk away.. love your self vanessa

@VanessaWhatever_ 2 ай бұрын

Agreed! 👍

@ytaccount9859 2 ай бұрын

Brb downloading the idiots guide for really smart people lol. I really really related to the part about loneliness. Even when I’ve had a girlfriend during my periods of addiction I would still feel a deep existential loneliness. I actually ended my last relationship because I felt too guilty subjecting my partner to my addictive behavior and hangovers. I think that loneliness is a big part of what I used drugs and alcohol to cover up. It makes sense to me that the only cure for that profound loneliness would be God. Question: Do you still go to AA often? I wonder about that- once “recovered” are meetings necessary for maintenance of sobriety. I have had stretches of going for months and then going back out and usually the shame of relapse keeps me from coming back for a period. Even tho I know it’s kind of the whole point and ultimately theres no judgement, still there’s a fear of facing that failure. Thanks for sharing your experience - I find a lot of relatability in these “war stories” and they make me feel like true recovery is possible. No glamor in it but I appreciate your honesty and vulnerability so much.

@VanessaWhatever_ 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! That loneliness is so real, I can really only describe as an ache. But it really is kind of a beautiful thing, oddly enough. To ache for something, to long for something, is a type of faith that there is something that could satiate that emptiness. And yes for so many of us, it is only God. And in a way, we had been trying to fulfill that need with booze and drugs. I go to meeting maybe like once a month 😭 it’s not good, I recommend going at least to one meeting a week and making it the same meeting so it is the same people who see you over and over again. It builds a type of trust and care and comfort. My sponsor used to make me introduce myself as a newcomer anytime I’d relapse. It was humiliating bc I’d go to that same meeting and celebrate 30, 60, 90 days and then boom, hi I’m a newcomer. But it kept me honest, it told people I was struggling, and ir connected me to an honesty and humility I needed. I recommend going and doing that! You will be okay, I promise. It’s those tiny steps in honesty that begin to build the foundation for long term recovery So glad you’re here and thank you again for your comment. Appreciate you! 🤍✨