I just told myself.....

[MikeInFrance]

I said 'self' ... You're doing this thing man! This is by far the hardest thing I have had to do in my life! It wasn't at all even remotely entertaining or enjoyable but I did it for ME! I had no choice but to do it for ME!. Nobody can detox for you, others can only offer help and only after u commit to it.  .... But.... Look at it like this... Almost sad to say but seriously consider this.... Someone puts a million dollars on a table, locks it in a transparent box,  and says  as soon as you get through your first 30 days clean you can have it...it's yours. You see it everyday but can't touch it.   Do more people make it to 30 days without relapsing?  U know if u honestly look at that question the answer is Yes.     So why don't we hold our selfworth at at a much higher level because we have to be worth more than money and if we dont look at our bodies and minds as our #1 priority then we set ourselves up for failure.

[rizboy]

I had everything material,house, job,car blah blah but i didnt have ME.
Now ive got ME back all the other stuff will come back with hard work and a bit of time.And this time round it will be ten times better.

[MikeInFrance]

It takes innerstrength :)  I know the brain can be all cloudy thus preventing us from thinking clearly but without valuing yourself an wanting this for you then it's so much more difficult to work through.

[Innerstrength67]

I totally agree with you Mike. We place more value on things outside of ourselves. I have treated people in my life 1000x better than myself. But that's changing and it's only changing because I put down the drugs and I'm working at my core issues. It blows my mind what people have put their bodies through, so close to death. Without ever seeing their own value and not to mention the impact death leaves on the people left behind. I'm in NA and have heard the most crazy stories of active addiction and for whatever reason, those people didn't die. Putting down the drugs is the first step. We will always have this disease but we can recover and become the bright light we were always meant to be. It takes work!!!

[MikeInFrance]

The point being if you see something attainable ... Something you could only dream of before or something just something so valuable...then we concentrate on that more than the struggle. And that's what we need to do... But priorities get messed up in the process. Def mental game... Agreed

[dominosarah]

You and i both know how quickly that mental game can attack, when you least expect it...

[bama88]

and even seeing all that money..some would still fail. its a mental game much more than physical. the physical detox is over in a week or so. the mental game lasts a lifetime.

[bama88]

good idea mike...everyone would make it to day 30 just to use that money to score. lol. there has to be something worth more than money. life. you can't put a price on sobriety.