Posted by AuntieMel on March 4, 2005, at 10:27:35
In reply to And it's Day 2... » just so sad, posted by partlycloudy on March 4, 2005, at 7:10:14
I went to family night on Wednesday and people were cheering on the folks with 8 days as much as or more than those with many, many more.
Think of a ruler, but one with most of the numbers scrunched into the beginning, gradually getting further and further apart. The ruler is 12 inches long. This represents the first year of sobriety.
Of the 12 months, 90 percent of the pain is in the first nine months.
Of the first 9 months, 90 percent of the pain is in the first 6 months.
Of the first 6 months, 90 percent of the pain is in the first three months.
In the first 3 months, 90 percent of the pain is in the first month.
And in the first month, 90 percent of the pain is in the first week.
So - after the first week, you've handled 60% of the pain of the first year.
By the first month you've handled 66%. By the third you've handled 73%, 81% by six months, and so on.
Bottom line is that more than half the battle is the first week.
You are 2/7 of the way to saying you've fought half the battle.
Concentrate on that, and don't think of two days as nothing.
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