Fortune Teller or Fellow Recovering Addict?
You know how you file each blog post under a category? Well I was going to post something and thought that I would make a category named "personal".
Ooh, a personal category. That's where I could put all the stories about my life. Wait a minute...isn't this whole site about my life? It's personal really. Wouldn't I therefore have to put everything I wrote under personal?
I guess I'll skip that category. But this did bring up a nice reminder that I would like to share with you. Everything that I'm writing about on this site really is my life. I'm no fortune teller...we're just all in the same boat.
Addiction Recovery: Being Reminded of How Sick We Were
Sometimes the importance of being reminded in addiction recovery of just how sick I was in active addiction slips my mind. There is a fine line between dwelling in the past and reflecting on your past and sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
Since staying in the day is an important part of my life, I tend to focus on these Twenty-four hours and where I am today. What I often lose sight of is what actually got me here in the first place.
I believe that things have a way of striking a chord with you when needed. If I've learned anything about identifying feelings it's that they are an indication of what is going on with me...consciously or subconsciously.
For me, reading some thoughts and comments of people still in active Oxycontin addiction has really brought me back to where it all began and it's a place I never want to be again.
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