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Still climbing the mountain. Been off dope and subs for a couple years now. It’s never ending. I am now going through SSRI cold turkey withdrawal. I know ,I did it wrong, I just couldn’t take that this fake blanket feeling anymore. I hold.back crying all the time. I work in my sleep.I wake up and the work is done. But I don’t remember doing it. I feel like I going to slip into another addiction hell. I am holding on for now. Happy Saturday Luv I miss all of you and pray for us all.
Know that you are in my prayers right now, my friend, you are not going through this alone.
I want you to know, if you are going to take anything away from this: You are not a failure, I am proud of you. To fight through this addiction and go through SSRI withdrawl to give yourself a better life is something that many aren’t able to face, but you’re doing it. No one is judging you or telling you that you did this thing “wrong”, to face your fears and conquer something that is so consuming is brave. I am grateful that you are here in this moment and climbing.
It is understandable to feel in recovery that the solution is only temporary and that you’ll never be able to recover, but know that that fear and that anxiety is not the truth. We oftentimes put self-fulfilling prophecies on ourselves and on our lives since we become so accustomed and so familiar with the way that things have been that a new life and new hope can feel like such a foreign thing. Although you are taking a step that is unfamiliar to you, you’re strength and perseverance is something that you have had for a long time, the fact that you are fighting right now is proof that you have it.
Thank you for you vulnerability and thank you for choosing yourself. I am right here for you to support you and encourage you every step of the way. I pray that the spark and joy will continue to trickle into your life and continue to radically transform you. You are so loved my friend, you are so incredible right now just as you are <3
The looming weight of addiction never seems to leave, does it? Even when we beat addiction on the surface, it persists underneath our skin. I know what that feels like to overcome addiction but still face it as a daily temptation. It’s so, SO hard to remain strong and stay clean when everything is telling us to go back to that old way of destruction.
You are not alone in this fight, my friend. I am pushing day by day right beside you, and so many others are fighting right now too. I want to encourage you that you are NOT defined by your past mistakes, and you ARE stronger than this addiction. It may seem like your life is simply a struggle, day in and day out. But there is so much more hope for you than that. In my own addiction and withdrawals, I force myself to cling to the very real hope I do have: I am loved even when I don’t feel it, and I am not as weak as my struggles tell me. I am here with you as you continue this battle, and in those moments when temptation and remorse try to bury you, know that you have the strength to make it one more day, then one more day after that. This life feels impossible sometimes, and I have felt that pain too. But I am with you in this season, and I know that this darkness cannot define your life or your value. You were made to survive and experience the peace and joy of life like all of us, and I am praying that those brighter days would not seem so distant right now.
Thank you for being honest, and thank you for sharing. Your story gives me a lot of perspective, and I am so thankful you are here today. Sending all my love to you, friend.
@@HeartSupport so I am two - three weeks ( honestly I don’t know) into this cold Zoloft. Still tired and my eyes burn all the time. They feel like they are melting. I am beginning to think I may have done some permanent damage. The ringing in my ears is louder than ever. I think I am going to see a concert next week alone and just try to be normal.