When ever I am faced with a difficult decision in recovery today, I pause.
I have learned through years in recovery that my mind lies. It lies a whole lot and it likes to lie to me about anything and nearly everything.
I have learned that while my mind is apt to lie to me, I [...]
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Oooh remembering to have compassion with ourselves today. We can be so fragile, we have witnessed a great deal, we have survived the storm, and now we are learning how to be with life, without drugs or alcohol…
Practicing being compassionate with ourselves and others can make a difference.
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The only effective relapse prevention that I know of in existence today takes place in the mind.
It has to do with changing ones thoughts and beliefs. We first have to align ourselves with a belief that supports relapse in order to follow through with using. Humans tend towards making beliefs- truth. Like [...]
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We speak about recovery and often I wonder what is “recovery”, what does that mean exactly.
And then of course I begin to explain it to myself:-) Well, I wanted to recover my memory, that was missing when I entered recovery. I also worked hard for a few years in trying to recover a [...]
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