Gabby Bernstein

Depends on how much you want it as a cocaine addict, right? So it also depends on the drug of choice, right? Because if you're trying to get off heroin, it's very different than getting off cocaine, right? You get off cocaine, you just feel better right away. You might detox a little bit, but ultimately you just feel like, you're just like, whoa, I feel better today. I'm not anxious.

Depends on how much you want it as a cocaine addict, right? So it also depends on the drug of choice, right? Because if you're trying to get off heroin, it's very different than getting off cocaine, right? You get off cocaine, you just feel better right away. You might detox a little bit, but ultimately you just feel like, you're just like, whoa, I feel better today. I'm not anxious.

I'm not crawling out of my skin. Whereas coming off of, you know, heroin or opioids, I mean, that's brutal. You deserve detox. You deserve support. You know, go to an ER and get the detox that you need. Get whatever support that you need because that's a different journey. But if you want it, if you want it. And that's the question. I think all these addicts, well, of course I want it. Right.

I'm not crawling out of my skin. Whereas coming off of, you know, heroin or opioids, I mean, that's brutal. You deserve detox. You deserve support. You know, go to an ER and get the detox that you need. Get whatever support that you need because that's a different journey. But if you want it, if you want it. And that's the question. I think all these addicts, well, of course I want it. Right.

But I want to be careful with what I say because everybody would want it. Right. They want it. But there might be parts of you still that want to lean and stay. Hold on. Right. Of course. It makes you feel safer. Makes them feel safer. There's a relief. Or that's the way that they think that the only way they think they can get ahead or it's still fun or whatever. Right.

But I want to be careful with what I say because everybody would want it. Right. They want it. But there might be parts of you still that want to lean and stay. Hold on. Right. Of course. It makes you feel safer. Makes them feel safer. There's a relief. Or that's the way that they think that the only way they think they can get ahead or it's still fun or whatever. Right.

Sometimes it's so it's when we hit those big bottoms that we really stay clean and get clean oftentimes because sometimes It's no longer fun. It's so destructive. We don't want it anymore. For me, that was the case. I just didn't want it anymore. I struggled for several months in and out of this therapy that I was doing. I'm not an alcoholic. I'm just a cocaine addict. I just kept going back out.

Sometimes it's so it's when we hit those big bottoms that we really stay clean and get clean oftentimes because sometimes It's no longer fun. It's so destructive. We don't want it anymore. For me, that was the case. I just didn't want it anymore. I struggled for several months in and out of this therapy that I was doing. I'm not an alcoholic. I'm just a cocaine addict. I just kept going back out.

Or I'll drink. I won't do coke. And then I always end up doing coke. And then finally... I found my way into a program and, um, into a self-guided program. And I, um, I got myself clean and sober, you know, with, with the group. And I, um, I didn't go to, I didn't go to, um, treatment, but I, um, you had to get my, my program. And I, I swear it, um, worked for me. Actually,

Or I'll drink. I won't do coke. And then I always end up doing coke. And then finally... I found my way into a program and, um, into a self-guided program. And I, um, I got myself clean and sober, you know, with, with the group. And I, um, I didn't go to, I didn't go to, um, treatment, but I, um, you had to get my, my program. And I, I swear it, um, worked for me. Actually,

In a week, I'm celebrating 19 years. Well, actually, no, let's say this is January now. Actually, a few months ago, I just celebrated 19 years of sobriety. So now I'm 19 years sober.

In a week, I'm celebrating 19 years. Well, actually, no, let's say this is January now. Actually, a few months ago, I just celebrated 19 years of sobriety. So now I'm 19 years sober.

Yeah. And I wanted it. But also that desire and that willingness is really the whole thing.

Yeah. And I wanted it. But also that desire and that willingness is really the whole thing.

But it's slow. You know, they say in 12 Steps, like, keep it simple, stupid. And, you know, it's like slow and steady. And people always would say to me, like, early in recovery, like, I wish you a slow recovery. And because... You don't want to try to be, you know, 20 years sober today. It's not going to happen.

But it's slow. You know, they say in 12 Steps, like, keep it simple, stupid. And, you know, it's like slow and steady. And people always would say to me, like, early in recovery, like, I wish you a slow recovery. And because... You don't want to try to be, you know, 20 years sober today. It's not going to happen.

And I can look back almost two decades now and say every part of that journey was exactly as it needed to be.

And I can look back almost two decades now and say every part of that journey was exactly as it needed to be.

And the thing that's nice about the willingness and the wanting it is that if you do find your way to whatever kind of recovery path you find, it does feel good when you start to get a little bit of it.

And the thing that's nice about the willingness and the wanting it is that if you do find your way to whatever kind of recovery path you find, it does feel good when you start to get a little bit of it.