In Recovery Act As If…
Someone somewhere must have told you at least one time in your recovery to act as if. But what does this mean and how are you being honest with yourself if you are acting?
I’m Not Using Drugs, What the Hell Am I Supposed to Be Doing?
In my early recovery I had no idea what to do with myself. I truly forgot what it was like to have fun. When I was using, so much of my time and energy was spent getting the drug, preparing the drug and being messed up on the drug that I didn't have much time for anything else.
Keeping Yourself Balanced in Addiction Recovery
I have a hard time keeping myself balanced. What does that even mean right? Well to me it means not going off like gangbusters (I can't believe I just used the term gangbusters... when did I start talking like my grandmother?) in one direction leaving other parts of myself to rust up and die. A little over-dramatic? Maybe.
There was a time when my only goal in recovery was getting through the day without using. Happily, through time and a lot of work, I have built up skills that allow me to get through most days without ever thinking about my drug of choice.
Great. But what about all the other things that I've tried working on throughout my recovery. Why do I go balls out, start seeing results, then get kind of bored and let it fall to the wayside?
I feel like this is still me doing everything to excess, choking the life out of things and then leaving them to die. How can I keep myself balanced in addiction recovery?
Addiction Recovery: How Do You Relieve Stress?
In the old days I would use drugs as a way to "relieve stress". With that not being an option any longer, mostly because it ended up causing more stress, I am now searching for ways to relieve stress without the use of mood altering substances.
Problem Solving In Addiction Recovery
I think it's important to keep focus in addiction recovery. Focus on the big picture. I think that problem solving in addiction recovery is a huge part of keeping that focus.
I find it very easy to lose myself in the details. I can tend to ignore some of the lessons that were so hard learned in my early recovery. There are a few key areas that I have lost focus on lately. With the help of my problem solving skills I am hoping to regain my focus.
Keep Moving Forward – One Day At A Time
I had shocked myself last week with a relapse. I didn't see it coming ahead of time because I wasn't staying in the day. I wasn't taking it One Day At A Time.
Finding Your Life’s Purpose: What Am I Doing Here?
So I have accepted the fact that we will never truly understand what life is all about. But does that mean that I will never understand my own life's purpose?
I don't believe that. I feel like all of your life is building up to something and when it all comes together... you find your life's purpose.
But what do you do until then? What do you do with the question: "what am I doing here?"
When Recovery Becomes More Than Just Not Using
At first we struggle through each day with the sole goal of just not using. We sweat it out, take it minute by minute, and are relieved beyond words when the end of the day comes and we realize that we made it through another day without using.
As time goes on we build up some coping skills that make the day to day not using less of a struggle. Before we know it we have lived one day at a time and those days have totaled up to create our first year in recovery.
As our recovery progresses into our second year it seems to take on a whole new meaning. This, we realize, is when recovery becomes more than just not using.
Spirituality In Addiction Recovery
It has been said that addicts who enter into recovery are actually fortunate for they are forced to take a look at themselves and their spirituality. By self-examination, recovering addicts are able to realize that their lack of spirituality is partly the cause of their distress.
It seems that many people are incapable of tolerating themselves because they have a negative feelings about themselves. They start to have a distorted self image which leads them to go to great lengths to escape or deny their identity as they perceive it. All of these things make discovering spirituality impossible.
Happy Sunday…What A Difference No Hangover Makes
I had another one of those great Sundays. The kind of Sunday when it's rainy out and you spend the day putting around the house doing this and that. You get to the little tasks that you've been too busy to get to.
You know, the kind that really recharges your batteries and make you able to tackle Monday morning.
See, it used to be that Sunday was my day for dying on the couch. I would have mixed alcohol with Oxy's on Saturday night and my body would be recovering from being poisoned. It usually guaranteed a wasted Sunday.
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