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449058 tn?1221568141

How is your recovery coming along?

I have to say I had a slip a week or so ago, but I have gotten back on the horse. Since I have been clean (total time...including the silly 3 day lapse) I have been able to handle problems better, and I'm actually getting to know the people in my life again. I'm glad I stopped because when I look around I can't believe I've been gone for so long. When my addiction was in full swing I didn't think it was that bad, but now that the dust has settled a little I can see that it was horrible. I forgot what emotions were, and it feels good to experience them again...the good and the bad.

How is your recovery coming along? What things have you noticed since being clean that you didn't while in your active addiction? I'm curious to know what other people have been experiencing thus far.

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449058 tn?1221568141
Gosh isn't it horrible when that happens?

Friends and toxic family members have been dropping off like flies for me. I'm sorry to see them go, but it's for the best. I have also been making friends with positive people; people that I would have never became friends with in the past for fear that my addiction (and addictive tendencies) would show.
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Well, like you i took a good look at the last 4 years i had been taking them. i really had to question a relationship i had been in for the last 2 and had to wonder if i had really been in love or not.
I cannot believe the things i had put up with.
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