I was told there were no markers for PTSD.
that truly is amazing given what you've been through, i'm sorry you had that experience but glad you've made progress with it through therapy.
I'm glad things are going well. What are your plans for after treatment? Sober living? Outpatient?
i'm not going back to my old house. if its not too awful i'll stay with my parents, and i have back up plans if that fails, possibly sober living. my rehab has aftercare once a week, so i'll do that, and plan to get a local therapist, at least once a week, plus 12 step meetings, i'll try the 90 in 90, staying fit, eating healthy. then when i'm able to work and live independently i'm gonna stay close to my parents for at least a few years.
Way to go, chinup! 30 days is a big deal, whether it's done at home, in jail, hospital, or rehab. Give yourself a pat on the back.
And I promise you it gets better. I'm only about 5 months clean&sober and I feel much better than I did at 30 days.
thanks!!! and well done you!! its good to know it gets better too.
As I've said before, if it was easy, it wouldn't be worth doing.
that's basically my motto 'nothing worth doing is ever easy.' it has got much easier, thankfully. i know the real challenge still awaits when i leave, but i feel like i' should be able to do it. i'm glad i've taken extra time though. the therapy i've been doing is going to the fundamentals of why i use. and is remarkable- but i started another thread for that....
You're putting in the work. It's well worth it.
it really is, and i'm starting to feel like it is too.
i feel absolutely elated right now. i didn't think in my therapy i'd have time to get to the really awful stuff, but today i made amazing progress, and now i feel like it will. so i'll leave with much much smaller demons than when i arrived.
i'm getting my 30 day keyring today, and cos i'll still be in rehab, i'll get my 60 day one, and i hope that then i'll have enough inertia to keep going by my own steam.
i was so worried i wasn't ready for this. but i think i was. i feel like i'm in recovery. but not in a complacent way cos i keep getting pulled up on my bullshit and there's loads of it.