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Some insights:

My dad is for sure my no. 1 trigger. He's sick and taking his bullshit out on me which made me super fucking angry and depressed so I took out some money and self-medicated.

18 days is pretty good clean time. My personal best is still 20-something days I need to beat.

I noticed I'm right back to hitting the vape as much as I did before, like my tolerance was still pretty high.

So anyway I'm not going to beat myself up too much given the state of well literally everything and me being a mentally ill addict with very few ways to cope.

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[-] allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

Tbh if you can avoid turning a slip up like this into a full on relapse, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it.

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Ditch that AA all-or-nothing bullshit. It's not about streaks. It's about reducing your dependency on a bad habit.

Don't let it derail you. You're doing well. Stick to the straight and narrow.

[-] gingerbrat@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Couldn't agree more. @SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net, it's not about streaks or reaching milestones. You were overwhelmed, and that unfortunately happens. You're still working on yourself, and I'm still proud of you cuddle

[-] hikeandbike@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Second what FourteenEyes said! If it helps, maybe think of it as "I've hit a vape only 4 out of the past 22 days."

You've gone 82% of the last 22 days without vaping. That's a great milestone!

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