You have to forgive yourself for anything in the past. It's done, it's over and you can't change it.
As for living sober, you take it one day at a time. The more days you put behind you, the clearer you'll be able to think. The more time you have sober, you will begin to see the benefits of it. You'll have lots of victories that will make you feel good and reinforce that you've made the best decision in staying sober. For instance, you'll probably see people around you in bad situations due to drugs and alcohol (being sick, getting arrested, money wasted, etc) and you can say 'glad that's not me anymore, it's not worth it'. Your health will improve and you'll have more money.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that it's a one day at a time process. You didn't get where you were in one day and it'll take more than one day to get out of it. You can't expect too much to happen too fast, it takes time to rebuild your life. It also takes time to adjust to being sober. Don't get discouraged if things aren't happening as fast as you'd like. It WILL happen, just be patient. If you do slip up, it's not an excuse to give up entirely. Learn from it and move on.
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You have to forgive yourself for anything in the past. It's done, it's over and you can't change it.
As for living sober, you take it one day at a time. The more days you put behind you, the clearer you'll be able to think. The more time you have sober, you will begin to see the benefits of it. You'll have lots of victories that will make you feel good and reinforce that you've made the best decision in staying sober. For instance, you'll probably see people around you in bad situations due to drugs and alcohol (being sick, getting arrested, money wasted, etc) and you can say 'glad that's not me anymore, it's not worth it'. Your health will improve and you'll have more money.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that it's a one day at a time process. You didn't get where you were in one day and it'll take more than one day to get out of it. You can't expect too much to happen too fast, it takes time to rebuild your life. It also takes time to adjust to being sober. Don't get discouraged if things aren't happening as fast as you'd like. It WILL happen, just be patient. If you do slip up, it's not an excuse to give up entirely. Learn from it and move on.