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Recovery is a process. It's not like you get to say "I'm in recovery" and then everything is magically better. It's work, every day. I believe the recovery comes in not letting those fears run your life.....feel the fear, acknowledge it, maybe even thank your baser self for trying to protect you*, and then move forward.

*This is something I learned in therapy for anxiety issues last year. Fear is a natural instinct, it's your brains way of protecting you. So instead of ignoring it, acknowledge it. Say a quick thank you to the instinctual part of your brain for protecting you. My therapist even suggested I form the ASL sign for love and hold it to my heart. Just like a friend who speaks harshly to you out of love and a desire to help, your brain isn't purposely trying to sabotage your life....it's trying to protect you, and I find it good to acknowledge that before I push through the fear, like you might say to a friend "Thank you for your concern, I know it comes from a place of love, but that's not going to work for my life right now."