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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.