We all slip from time to time. I have “quit drinking” probably a dozen times. It has never usually lasted more than a month or so before now. And even now I can only be sure I won’t have a drink today. Who knows what tomorrow might hold.
Maybe you slipped last week and are disappointed your “counter” had to reset. Maybe you slipped last night and need to get back on the path today. Maybe you are slipping right now.
To everyone who has had that slip, or lapse in sobriety:
You may have failed. But you are not a failure.
A lapse does not have to lead to a relapse.
You have slipped but you are not down.
Pick your phrase. They all boil down to the same message. Do not let one drink or one night of drinking send you back to where you started. Don’t think “Oh I have already failed now may as well give up”. No, you haven’t failed. You only fail when you quit trying.
When you fall you pick yourself up, see why you fell, learn how not to fall next time and try again.
So let’s try again.
IWNDWYT – I will not drink with you today.
