Anyone else here struggle with addiction? I have almost 2 years sober!

I am so proud of anyone who has the strength to get sober and it's so hard. My dad was an alcoholic, and my life's goal was not to get addicted to alcohol. So, I got addicted to Klonopin, prescribed by my doctor and working to get off it for five years. I can't go cold turkey, I did that, and I had seizures (I should have researched the addiction rate myself and not been cocky because I had never gotten addicted to anything before. We all have an achilles heel). Same doctor took me off. I had to check into the hospital and was put back on it, but a lower dose and I've been working on it for years. Exercise helps, therapy helps, but for me, just weaning is working, but it's a different addiction. All of them are different. What you get addicted to, is not your fault, you are strong and brave and people who are addicted may fail trying to get out of the hell of it, but the truth is we all fail, all the time. You baked a cake when you were young and it was horrible, or you wore a nice dress, but ripped it, we are fired, we sometimes just don't get through the day in a way that we find we are our best selves in. Then, we call ourselves failures and reach for our addictions. Two weeks, two days, two years sober is a win. A huge win and falling, or failing a few times, or a lot is not a sign of weakness (this are my thoughts on addiction, not for the OP, because I'm super amazed by her story, although, it is so hard). If I conquer another half milligram and get off this stuff, no matter how long, I've won. You don't use, or drink for a day, then you do, you are still not a failure. You are a winner, because you tried and it hurts, physically to stop something your body believes you need to function.

I know some of you will start again, and that is devastating, but you are not a failure, horrible, terrible, anything like that. You are working on you. That is a huge win. I don't know anyone here. I'm on a journey too, and it's to find a new normal without an addition to a drug of any kind. It's so hard. It hurts to admit, but admitting who I am and working on who I want to be is a win. Even if I just work on it and enjoy the journey. It's scary as hell. I think I can do it. I do have a great therapist and that is super helpful, but our work to recover is ours. We get help, we need it, but when we win, we won because of who we are. Even if it is just for a day. I hope that makes sense. We have all heard one day at a time, but it's one second at a time. At least for me.

I do not drink anymore. Can't, don't want to. I'm better this way.