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Old 06-14-2008, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jjaaam View Post

I have a question about achieving balance between recovery and the rest of my life.
..... I feel that I could take the weekends off.

Is this a bad idea?
Hi there jjaaam and welcome back!

for me, its always a sketchy plan whenever I start planning how to run my life and try to keep "it" separate from my recovery. real sketchy.

just my experience, of course, but for me, recovery from this ongoing, progressing, fatal condition if untreated, IS my only life.

it therefore must be first and foremost, or else, I will eventually lose those other aspects of my life, those things that give meaning to my life like:

friends, family relations, a partner, productivity and work, feeling a part in my community, and the ability to be of service to humanity.

keeping life and recovery in separate mental compartments is a mistake for me. I tried it. didn't satisfy, and I went back to the old destructive, hopeless ways in short order.

Hope my experience can help someone else.

keep on sharing with us!

Last edited by miss communicat; 06-14-2008 at 11:08 AM. Reason: imperfections, of course
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