Wristbands - They Help!

I can't remember who it was that posted on here a couple of days ago about wearing a wristband that you have to cut off before you relapse, but whoever you are - THANK YOU.

I bought this nice wristband off of Amazon for a few bucks that's got "One Life One Chance" written on it, and I put it on a few days ago "just in case" the urges got real bad.

So today they got real bad. Like real bad. But I summoned up all of my motivation and did my best to relax. Then I remembered - I have this nice wristband, that I actually really like and don't want to cut off! And so I imagined cutting it in my head, and what that would mean to me - how it's against the long term goals I've set for myself.

And poof, just like that - urge vanquished! I seriously don't think my urges can get any worse than the one that hit me today, but I sobered up almost immediately thanks to the wristband.

Any tool that can help prevent a relapse is great. I was going to relapse, but instead I'm hitting the gym now! True, nothing says I couldn't have made it without it, but it certainly made things easier.

So again mysterious stranger - whoever you are, thank you so much. You've made my day.

 

Haha! I totally agree. Mine was like $3 and that was still enough to encourage me not to cut it, so for $25 I think I'd be set . Of course it wasn't just the wristband - my mentality and all the things I've learned about myself these past few years were certainly a large piece of the puzzle!