I needed to love you so I could leave you. When I started to realize that something was very wrong, you protested. You tried to manipulate me, to beg, to maintain your grip on my life. You told me I would be nothing without you, showed me all the ways my life would be less without you.
You are filled with empty promises that you’ll play nice and only come to visit once in a while. Instead, you camped out in my home, my car, my office and even went goodbye alcohol letter so far as to hide in my suitcase on our family trip to Disneyland. You might think you have everyone fooled, but I have news for you, Alcohol – WE ARE ON TO YOU!
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So, if you’ve been wondering why I said goodbye to you for good, it was because I began to resent you and then quickly fell out of love with you. This is (sadly) the nature of addiction. I know that I can hear you shouting for me at times, calling me back to hang around with you. But I know that you are an evil that my life needs to be without.I am healthier without you.
- You’ve had such a strong grip on me that I don’t even know who I am today.
- I came to find you and you were there, taking away all of my worries and concerns.
- You helped me find even more ways to hide—the sex, drugs, and rock n roll lifestyle was a welcome pit for me to fall into.
- The day you decide to stop using substances is a significant moment in your life.
So, think of it as writing down why you want to break up with alcohol or drugs. You have been a detrimental contributor to all the bad things in my life. You have stunted me in my life’s progress. With you, I didn’t have a purpose in life, it was an escape from the mundane and a sad life. The reality was that you caused those feelings within me in the first place.
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Your goal is to tell alcohol that it will no longer be part of your life by using a long or short Goodbye Letter to Alcohol to express your feelings. If you choose, you can save the letter, send it off in the mail, or share it with your counselor. I operate from a clear conscious and a full heart nowadays since I left you behind. It’s nice knowing you no longer have a say in my thoughts, my actions or my life, for that matter, and that I’m driving this bus now. You once had me trapped in a mindset of worry and struggle, which introduced me to your close friends – anxiety, shame, and guilt. They only visited when they wanted to manipulate me and make me feel like less of a person.
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- I will no longer allow you to rob me of who I truly am or create unnecessary chaos in my life.
- I wish to live whatever life brings, with renewed hope, happiness, balance, excitement, and intrigue.
- I am now determined to live out the rest of my life without you.
This can keep you motivated in your recovery as well as help you feel power over your addiction as you recognize that you have a brighter future ahead of you. I’m gonna really miss our steak dinners together. I’ll never forget our days on the lake…at the reservoir.
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My weekend friend with with the fellas. I’m the one that dragged you along into my adult days. You’re a loyal dude, so you had no problem with that. This will be the last time that I am in contact with you, I know you will crop up in my life and in lives of people that I care about. With all the will I have, you will not be permitted in my life again. When I read this letter, I do feel that I am putting a lot of blame on you..and to an extend this is true.
I guess this is a feeling only a free man can experience. The only thing is that I didn’t know exactly what rock bottom meant. How much more do I have to lose before I’m willing to leave you for good? No, I am making the decision to leave you now. I am deciding that I have had enough of you. But I needed you so much, and you were always there.