{"id":213268,"date":"2024-10-22T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/?post_type=article&p=213268"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:34:30","slug":"i-dont-know-how-to-get-better-or-sober","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/i-dont-know-how-to-get-better-or-sober\/","title":{"rendered":"No s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo mejorar ni c\u00f3mo dejar de beber."},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of becoming sober is overwhelming and daunting<\/a>\u2014especially when you\u2019ve been drinking or using for a long time. When we don\u2019t know how to get better, we feel exhausted, hopeless, and stuck<\/a>. And feeling this way every single day makes life feel unbearable\u2014like we can\u2019t escape because there\u2019s no way out. We might even feel like nothing will change, things will never get better<\/a>, and we\u2019ll be stuck living this way forever.<\/p>\n

First you have to want it because change is hard<\/h3>\n

Nothing happens if you don\u2019t want it to. Nothing changes unless you do something to make it happen. Change requires motivation, and if we\u2019re feeling disillusioned and stuck it\u2019s difficult to find that motivation. Our motivation comes from the reasons we want to change\u2014our desires, ability, reason, and needs. Reflecting on these can help us understand why we want to be sober.\u00a0 And when we find and commit to our por qu\u00e9<\/em> for wanting to be substance-free and sober, then we commit to recovery.<\/p>\n

Decide what kind of help you need<\/h2>\n

Once you find your por qu\u00e9<\/em>, your motivation to guide your recovery journey, you can decide what your next steps will be. When we are really to change, we are ready to try something different. This means deciding what kind of help you need.<\/p>\n

What you choose to do is up to you, but here are some examples of paths you can take:<\/p>\n