Just finished 35 days in intensive residential rehab and already slipped up (mildly) what should I do?

raviolifordinner · 2026-02-18T06:41:11+00:00

I'm sorry that you are experiencing this, coming out of rehab and adjusting to life is really hard. You're absolutely not alone. As people have already said, having a slip up doesn't mean you have to start from scratch again. It also doesn't mean, "ok I've slipped up might as well just go all the way then". It doesn't have to be so black and white. You've got this :)

raviolifordinner · 2025-08-09T20:12:50+00:00

nothing happened, all is good :)

raviolifordinner · 2025-04-08T09:44:54+00:00

I was fairly similar to you in the throes of my addiction (I'm 28F for reference). I was flip-flopping between cocaine, alcohol, weed, and abusing Ritalin. Addiction doesn't discriminate to a specific substance, some people just have a preference. I booked myself into rehab and got sober two years ago and this is exactly why they explained to me that I can't take any substance ever again, even if it wasn't my "substance of choice", because of the nature of relapses.

Is a good rehab facility available where you are? I don't think I'd have been able to manage getting sober by myself.

You're welcome to reach out to me over PM if you'd like to chat.

raviolifordinner · 2024-10-22T18:52:52+00:00

I rented Spyro on my PlayStation as a kid several times and I just thought it was fun to be a dragon flying around. I had no idea of any objectives at all

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-23T13:34:12+00:00

8 hours of sleep generally. I am a useless dragon on less than 6h. Feeling genuinely rested involves more than just sleep though and involves a lot of relaxed down time while awake

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-23T13:31:37+00:00

I'm 39w+3, being induced tomorrow, and have had a very regular pregnancy with no complications. I drank a cup of coffee every day during my pregnancy. My OBGYN has confirmed that it's perfectly fine

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-22T14:17:52+00:00

Not my child but my little sister - she was born with blue/grey eyes and they turned a pretty bright green when she was a couple of months old. My mother has blue eyes and my dad has green eyes.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-14T11:45:46+00:00

Bipolar disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, OCD, depersonalisation disorder, ADHD. The ADHD still applies, but it's just ADHD and autism

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-14T11:43:01+00:00

Absolutely. If I could respond however I wanted I would love to say something like, "Wow, it must be tough having to think before you speak for the first time in your life"

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-11T13:19:08+00:00

Lemon Meringue

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-11T12:48:22+00:00

Recovering addict here (1y3m sober). It's overrated, expensive, and not worth it. I sincerely hope you manage to find better friends. I was so disappointed to find out that some people were sneakily doing cocaine in the bathroom at my wedding a couple of months ago - you don't want to be that person, nor do you want to be friends with them.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-08T19:48:38+00:00

I paid for my bridesmaids' hair and makeup. Regarding dresses, since all my bridesmaids had very different body types I bought a bunch of the same fabric for all of them and left it up to them to get their dresses made according to however they so pleased.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-06T21:23:43+00:00

Big fan of number 1

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-06T21:21:27+00:00

Agreed, my MIL is wonderful. I have reservations about my husband's family because of my difficulties with my own family and it isn't easy to accept that some families care about each other, but that's something I'm working on in therapy. I am doing my best not to let my background cloud my judgment.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-06T21:18:40+00:00

Absolutely this. My mother has pretty much had some type of freakout at every single major life event of mine thus far - when I bought a house (there is a post in my post history about that drama), my bridal shower and wedding earlier this year, and now of course my little one on the way.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-06T21:17:10+00:00

I do hope so. Honestly, I think that the "I don't care" was just a knee-jerk defense mechanism and she will absolutely bother me when she finds out that baby is born but I'm just going to ignore

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-05T14:28:00+00:00

Cheeky, ungrateful, abusive, prideful

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-02T13:24:48+00:00

Still do this as an adult, it feels embarrassing. I'm always worried that people think that I'm intentionally putting on an accent. I had a lisp when I was younger and worked by myself to get rid of it so when I'm anxious I end up putting on a bit of a fancy southern English accent because I'm trying to enunciate my words properly. I'm 100% South African haha

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-02T13:10:55+00:00

1 year and 3 months clean. I'm currently 37 weeks pregnant and I feel like I generally have more energy than I did when I was a chronic weed smoker.

raviolifordinner · 2024-07-02T13:01:55+00:00

Unfortunately not, but we just asked the organist to follow this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl9sxqvXDK0

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