Some days in addiction recovery really suck. The other day I started chemo-therapy. Oh well… I had to take a day off from work because I could not get out of bed. When I got into work and find out the things I asked to be done were not done and I had to take heat for it.

But the deal is, I was in bed last night and I had just pulled the covers up turned out the light and thought to myself, “everything is going wrong”.

Then a thought flew into my head, not really, there is one thing I did perfectly today, in fact it is the only thing I have to do perfectly every day and that has I did not engage in my alcohol or drug addiction.

Beside that simple fact all else pales. I should know better than to sit on the pity pot. I then thought out some other questions and sobriety tips I used in the past but had gotten out of the habit of using. Maybe these can help you:

How important is it really?

* Do I have to do something about it now?
* What will I think of myself if I do this?
* What will I think of myself if I don’t do this?
* Have I tried to help somebody today?

that may be a little corny but those of the some of the questions I asked myself to keep myself safe, sane and in addiction recovery,

Bill Urell
http://AddictionRecoveryBasics.com