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Originally Posted by Ngokpa  I've been looking at a book about relapses that suggests putting your relapses on a calendar. Do an inventory of them--who you were with, where you were, what lead up to it, etc. It's a way to figure out your triggers.
When I got sober I just went to a whole mess of meetings, and still felt like a bottle would jump up and pour itself down my throat if I walked down the wrong isle of the supermarket. Being vulnerable to relapse is a fact of life in early sobriety, and it means taking it seriously and doing what you can do.
Guy I know keeps relapsing, and called me up drunk Saturday night saying how much he hates AA. I wasn't too crazy about it either in the beginning, and it still pushes my buttons from time to time, but that's secondary. The fact is I couldn't stay sober without the place and I needed to figure out what was driving the addiction. First we put out the fire, then we figure out what caused it. |
And feed the lie. As long as a person thinks of themselves as a relapser that's what happens. It is always about "This time...," and "Yeah but..."
Human power solution doesn't work for the true alkie.