better
I had 2 relapses with at least benzos recently with fairly shitty consequences, but not nearly as bad as they could of been (im talking about blacking out for days on end, so the consequences can be pretty fucking severe). I've been contemplating why I gave up 21 months of no pills, and than the obvious clicked. It was because I was handling the stress from a relationship badly. I am simply *not* ready to be a relationship yet. I thought I had my shit together long enough, but I was wrong. I still have a lot of work to do on myself before I am ready to be in another relationship. I miss sex, and I miss companionship, and I know I might get pretty fucking lonely but I simply still haven't healed the root issues that lead to 10 years of destructive polydrug abuse in the first place. When I get stressed out, drugs are still the first thing to come to mind. I need to minimize my stress levels.
It makes me feel better to realize why I was acting out like I did, when I was doing well for so long. I'm more or less back on track now, I'm just smoking marijuana which while not ideal isn't the end of the world for me either. I don't ruin relationships or crash cars or wake up in jail when I smoke a blunt. Xanax, not so much.