You’ve been the best thief, robbing me of my peace. To be clear, the pain you’ve letter to my addiction inflicted is unbearable. The entire team at Ingrained Recovery is with you along this way. We know how difficult it feels to choose the rehab center. But we also know that addiction is the hardest relationship you have. This letter helps you affirm your worth and reclaim your time from the addiction that has taken over your entire life.
A Goodbye Letter to Addiction: You Felt Like One Of My Family Members
If you’re seeking help for yourself or a loved one, our expert team is here to guide you every step of the way. Don’t wait—start your journey to recovery today. For me, it was such a love-hate bond we had under the false pretense that I “needed” you to have fun, be social or to handle my emotions and stress. You had a way about you that made drinking seem like some kind of luxurious necessity.
Step 3: Write from the heart
You preyed on my curiosity and then you sunk your teeth in with the hook that “all the cool kids” hang out with you so maybe I should too. Life today is a dream compared to life with you. I have more clarity than I’ve had in twenty years. You weren’t a coping strategy at all — you were a crutch I leaned on. And in the end, you were a negative force in my life set on a path of destruction.
- I know your voice when you come to visit these days and it’s safe to say your old pick up lines don’t impress me anymore.
- But like a toxic ex, you’d creep back in reminding me that I couldn’t cope without you.
- For years now, you’ve been a constant presence in my life.
- You’ve been a part of my world for ten years now.
- That led to a massive binge where I used more drugs than ever over a week-long period.
Dear Alcohol, This is Why I Said Goodbye To You
I get to enjoy my life without the desire to be inebriated, checked out or escaping with you. I hate to tell you, but no one starts out their relationship to you with the idea that you will one day control their entire way of life. I have to hand it to you in that you have a very charismatic way about you.
Whatever the case, the patient discovers this through writing the goodbye letter. By writing the goodbye letter, they can clarify what causes their addiction. This is part of the power of putting thoughts down onto paper. But it does more than simply uncover causes.
- But it does more than simply uncover causes.
- But, my dear addiction, I see you for what you are.
- I never in a million years thought I’d be in this position.
- In this treatment modality, participants learn…
- Write a five- to six-sentence paragraph looking back at the good and bad times you had together.
- We know how difficult it feels to choose the rehab center.
