HALT: Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
Those in addiction recovery learn that taking care of your basic needs will aid in relapse prevention. There is even a catchy acronym for it. H.A.L.T. - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. Paying attention to these simple needs is a great start in recovery.
Happy Fourth Of July
I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe fourth of July. Independence Day has always been one of my favorite holidays ever since I was a young child. I spent some time this morning thinking of what my Independence Days used to be like when I was a child.
When Drugs And Alcohol Are Your Top Priority…There’s Not Room For Much Else
It's never nice to think about but when you are an addict your top priority, and sometimes your only priority, is drugs. Finding them, affording them, doing them, feeling their effects, coming down off them...finding them again.
Once you are no longer in active addiction you're able to take a clear look at what the important things are in your life. A clear head and a better understanding of yourself will drastically change what you consider as your top priorities in life.
My suggestion is to rebuild what your priorities are in your recovery and...keep it simple.
Lifestyle Changes In Addiction Recovery: How I Went From Queen of The Jams To Suzie Homemaker
It seems that I have turned into Suzie Homemaker in the little over a year period of my addiction recovery.
This change did not come without huge resistance on my part. Going from Queen of the Jams (a jam = an oxycontin pill) to Suzie Homemaker was not a smooth transformation. Obviously there were lifestyle changes that needed to be made once I entered into addiction recovery but I never pictured this.
Identifying Addictive Thinking
I have talked about addictive thinking in the past and surprise, surprise... here I go again.
The reason for me bringing up addictive thinking so often? The reason is that I still see that old addictive thinking trying to creep it's way back in from time to time.
So if addictive thinking never goes away... what's the point of all this? Well, even though it hasn't entirely disappeared from my brain, I am getting pretty good at identifying addictive thinking.
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