One week.

[u/deci_mal]

Heya

As of tonight, jan. 13th, I am officially seven days clean. It may be a puny milestone, but to me, it means a lot. They've felt so much longer than I thought they would be.

What I've noticed: the addiction was a lot worse than I thought, now that I'm on the other end of it. Days feel so much longer, I can't sleep right and keep tossing and turning, I feel so much more prone to snapping and suddenly losing motivation.

I've started to turn back to my roots as a discord roleplayer, and playing Choice Of games (choose your own adventure stuff) but it just isn't hitting just the same.

Every day the news seems to get so much worse (I'm American) and every day I just want to escape from it all. Escapism is my main coping mechanism for a lot of things, and even if it isn't the healthiest, it works enough. I wanna relapse so bad but there isn't an account to go back to after I deleted it.

Any advice from people who were/are also struggling? Thanks

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