I relapsed a week ago for the third time since leaving inpatient treatment. I'm really worried about the consequences this time but I have to stop again.

What are you doing after you leave treatment?

I entered into an intensive outpatient program and have been attending that since I left residential in June but I stopped going to AA meetings and didn't get a sponsor right away. I do have a meeting set up with a potential sponser on Monday. It's ridiculous that I procrastinated so long it's not THAT hard to find a sponser I just didn't want to do it.

If you're asking what I am going to do after I leave treatment again (if that's the route I go) I will most likely choose to go into sober living. That's what many of my peers did and I probably should have done as well.

I appreciate your honesty and I am going to really try and do things the right way from here on and take accountability for my fuckery. I never understood how people could end up in rehab more than once but oh boy, now I do. Shits hard but YEAH. There's not one single person in recovery that will tell you otherwise.

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