Stefan, 39

The relapse that moved him forward

Then

Stefan stopped drinking and kept it up for nine months. He was proud. Then his relationship ended and one evening he drank again. For a week. He thought everything was lost and was deeply ashamed.

The turning point

His group in the app sent him messages. Nobody was angry. Someone wrote: your nine months aren't gone, you know how to do it now. Stefan started again the next morning and wrote down what had made him slip.

Now

Stefan has now been alcohol-free for two years since his relapse. He has a plan for difficult moments and knows which feelings are risky for him. He says: my relapse wasn't the end. It was a lesson I needed.

“A relapse doesn't erase what you've already achieved. Just start again.”

The people in these stories are fictional. Their experiences are based on what many people in recovery go through.

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