In my meetings, one of the themes that comes up frequently is withdrawal. While I obviously understand the withdrawal process and the characteristics, I am perplexed by one question: exactly how long is withdrawal supposed to last? How long can it last? How do you know when you're out of the withdrawal stage? Today is day #117 of no contact with my latest qualifier and I am pretty sure that I am still in withdrawal. Honestly that kind of shocks me. If I am still in withdrawal after this long, how much longer can it or will it last? I understand that everything takes time and what I have realized is that recovery from sex and love addiction will probably require the most time I have ever put into anything. It's absolutely worth it! With that being said, I think that I just need to stop questioning everything including timelines and try to be more conscious of being in the present. No looking back or forward; just concentrating on the here and now.
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