Venting Relapsed on SH after two years of being clean. How do I overcome this?

[violinist]

Hey guys :) I am new to Sanctioned Suicide, but am trying hard to recover from my issues. To keep things brief because I am tired even writing this out, but I tried taking a new med to help my sleep issues. After two years of being clean, I relapsed hard with a RB all over my arm. I am taking care of it and just trying to take care of myself, but my head is always in pain and I am constantly depressed after this relapse. I haven't done this in two years and am feeling extremely guilty. Does anyone have any advice for passing this?

Thanks! :D

 

[asthedayends00]

What is RB?

 

[anapogi]

hello! im someone who's also been struggling with SH for quite a while now.
it's hard to not feel guilty after a relapse, but my biggest piece of advice - if you can consider it as such - would be to tell yourself that one (1!) day of relapsing is NOTHING compared to 730 days or so where you stayed strong. you're still recovering and there might be some days where you feel like you're failing pretty hard but that'd be closing your eyes on all the days where you did it!!
recovery is not a straight line towards inner peace, it's quite the bumpy ride, so please be patient with yourself
it might not be much but thinking this way personally helped me. i wish you the best, and take good care of yourself !!