You made everything a little more exciting, and I loved you for it. You were hanging around with my friends and me, and we just seemed to work well together. Alcohol,We have been together for such a long time. I first got involved with you aged 14 when I remember buying 4 beers with my cousin. Your letter is specific to yourself, so put in it whatever you wish.

  • Bad decisions are far and few and if I do happen to make one it’s comforting to know you had nothing to do with it.
  • As much as it hurts to walk away from you, I’ll always try to remember the good times of my life and put the bad times behind me.
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  • You are filled with empty promises that you’ll play nice and only come to visit once in a while.

I was only three or four at the time. You’d think that this memory would have made enough of an impact on me that I would run a mile when you tried to enter my life. And the more honest you are towards yourself, the more of a useful tool you will find it. Writing a goodbye letter to alcohol can be done with pen and paper, or on a computer, or phone – or whatever suits you.

A Goodbye Letter To My Addiction

I started finding myself doing things I wouldn’t do without you. You encouraged a recklessness in me that I hadn’t realized existed. When we hung out with your friends, the drugs, life got crazy.

goodbye letter to alcohol

Saying goodbye to you seems like the hardest thing I’ll ever have to do. You’ve been around for quite some time now, and I thought you’d never leave. You know the line, it’s not you, it’s me? All these years I thought it was us. But I’ve come to realize that I can’t have you in my life anymore.

Goodbye Alcohol: A Breakup Letter Alcohol and You

You can also write about the secondary problems that came about because of your substance abuse issues and why you want to change them. If you are struggling to articulate your feelings about the emotional roller coaster that is early recovery, writing those thoughts out may be able to help. It did raise some bitter goodbye letter to alcohol feelings, but also made me think about these feelings. If you are struggling to articulate your feelings about the emotional roller coaster that is early recovery, a letter may be able to help. I hated you and what you had done to me, but I was too scared to leave. I was scared of what life would be like without you.

Start receiving support via phone, video, or live-chat. We receive advertising fees from purchases through the BetterHelp links below. Then, one day, you pushed me into that grave and began covering me up. You thought you would be saying the goodbye.

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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. But, I take responsibility for choosing to hang around with you. I was foolish to think that our relationship would continue and continue well. I tried to leave you, but you just came back even stronger and harder than before. You physically and mentally made me sick, and yet I still kept you around. People thought I loved you more, but that was far from the truth.

goodbye letter to alcohol

I am now determined to live out the rest of my life without you. I wish to live whatever life brings, with renewed hope, happiness, balance, excitement, and intrigue. I wish to accomplish the things I should have done half a life ago. I know the future can and will be exciting, but also a challenge, a challenge I will embrace and will face head-on. I have hope in my heart, and hope is a wonderful thing. And let’s not forget, I could see you were trouble.

We receive advertising fees from purchases through the promoted links above. We may receive advertising fees if you follow links to promoted online therapy websites. Without you, Addiction, I’m doing things I’ve never thought were possible. I have people that I love, and I know they love me back. And I’m able to watch my daughters grow older.

  • By showing me who I don’t want to be, you showed me who I do want to be.
  • You saw me have our firstborn child, then my second born…and continued to be with me all the time.
  • 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.
  • This brings me to all those bad times.

I learned I am no longer prepared to tolerate. By showing me who I don’t want to be, you showed me who I do want to be. If there is one thing I have learned in the years since we broke up it is that regret is pointless and harmful. One that showed me a new way I could live.