Never Give Up! Never!

You may have recently experienced a set back in your recovery.  Setbacks can be both discouraging and require time for repair of trust, reconciling relationships and recovering what was lost during the setback.  And this takes time.  It's at times like this that many times we want to quit; to give up.  If you are going through such a time please hear me clearly: never give up!  Never, never give up!  Never, every give up!

During some of my darkest days which came about as a result of a relapse that I suffered about eight years ago a dear friend of mine gave me the following poem that encouaged me greatly!  Just wanted to pass it along to you in this post for any of you who might be feeling like you want to quit:

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is strange with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When you might have won had you stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit!

Author Unknown

Don't quit!  The best is yet to come!