Recognize the impact of addiction on your life. Has it taken away opportunities, damaged relationships, or left you feeling lost? Acknowledging these struggles is the first step toward accepting them.
Icarus Embraces a Trauma Informed Treatment Model
Then you began to crack; you began to mirror me. The reflection was distorted though. In wiping your surface clean, I have found that I no longer need the weight of your density around my neck. The security I drug addiction thought you gave me was false. Oh the fun we have had, the memories sharp and often pain filled.
- You are over, finished, you will never take anything off me again, my mind is back, back for me to control, to control my own life, my own future.
- At Hathaway Recovery, we’re committed to making your journey to recovery as smooth and accessible as possible.
- Releasing your concerns and all that worry can be freeing, but it may be the hardest thing you’ll do during the path to getting clean and sober.
Relationship Scales Questionnaire
Write about how your addiction has caused pain or created distance in relationships. Recognizing this impact is crucial for rebuilding trust and taking responsibility. It can also help you understand the full scope of your addiction, which is an important part of your recovery journey. It also provides clarity on the impact addiction has had on your life and the lives of others. By writing it, you create a personal roadmap to healing, recovery, and growth.
- It was a big part of my journey that helped me feel like I closed a chapter and took a leap into my life in recovery.
- It’s important to start by acknowledging the challenges you’ve faced.
- You first took my mind, made my decisions for me – even if I didn’t agree.
- You would think I would have accepted this by now—that you want us dead—after battling with you my entire life.
Putting Down the Reasons to Achieve Sobriety in a Powerful Letter
I admit that in the beginning, you did offer me comfort and escape. You were even fun to be around, especially when we’d party. But our relationship has taken a toll. You’ve affected my health and safety. You have strained my relationships, especially with my husband (or wife), parents, and children. And hindered my personal and professional growth.
Strength is not about avoiding struggles, but about facing them head-on. I am capable of pushing through the challenges in front of me. I will stay committed to my recovery and take each day as it comes. My strength will carry me through, even when I feel like giving up.
I want to rebuild my relationships with family and friends and pursue exciting new dreams. I am ready to find true peace and be comfortable in my own skin againg. I’m ready leave behind the anxiety and stress that you brought into my life.
Step 5: Seek support and guidance
My money disappeared, I was drowning in debt, and the law caught up with me. I ended up in dear addiction letter prison, and even then, you found a way to stay close. You sent me to the hospital more times than I care to count. And yet, I still couldn’t break free. But then the cracks started to show. I was spending weeks at a time holed up in my apartment with only you.
Taking the First Steps Toward Rehab
At first, I didn’t even know you were there. It felt good to be taking substances. You silently edged me to drugs and tricked me. If you attack me verbally or physically, you will only confirm my bad opinion of myself. Don’t let your love and anxiety for me lead you into doing what I ought to do for myself.