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Fear of staying clean!?!? 01 Apr 2015 17:23 #251682

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B"H so far i have been clean for 1 week, over the week i had this fear of not going to be able to act out ever again! These dont last long & I am very very happy that i am clean, can anyone relate to such thoughts? Is this normal?
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Re: Fear of staying clean!?!? 01 Apr 2015 17:29 #251686

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It is called "Fear of Sobriety."
Always leavin' a back-door opened.
Wantin' to stay clean, but if the goin' gets tough, it's there for the takin'.

to answer your question though, "No, I have no idea of what you're talkin about."
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Re: Fear of staying clean!?!? 01 Apr 2015 19:30 #251694

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Sasha 2 wrote:
B"H so far i have been clean for 1 week, over the week i had this fear of not going to be able to act out ever again! These dont last long & I am very very happy that i am clean, can anyone relate to such thoughts? Is this normal?
Yes! Very normal. Whenever I would do "teshuva", I'd feel it's chaval that I have to get rid of all this "stuff", cuz when I invariably slip, slip, slip, fall, I will have to go through a lot of effort to get it back, and build it up again. Crazy, but true.

Re: Fear of staying clean!?!? 01 Apr 2015 22:23 #251706

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Just wanted to add to what was said that if you feel scared that you will not "be able" to act out again, well that might be a sign that deep down you really don't want to give up acting out...
Try to focus on why you want to stop... What was it like till now?
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Re: Fear of staying clean!?!? 02 Apr 2015 00:52 #251710

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I personally never got that. But I have def heard of that. Especially if acting out is an escape for you. For example some people get triggered by emotional stress/trauma. So acting out is actually is their way of dealing with(escaping) the stress/trauma. So trying to give that up and stay sober will be sub-conciously scary. Because you now will have to actually deal with the stress in s healthy manner. Which is much harder. And usually an addict has no clue how to deal with it.Or so I've read.
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