Originally Posted by LF
I agree bottoms are relative...but as I said, I'm pretty sure I didn't hit mine, and I don't think that means that I am doomed to failure.
I don't think your doomed either. Bottoms, I hit them more than a few times, yet I managed to crawl about on them for long times. So for me bottoms don't mean much. There is other recovery jargon that is nonsense to me as well...so I don't put much into it.
As for new people in recovery and how dose recovery jargon help or hinder...I don't know. For me when I first entered recovery some 12 or 13 years ago I started off with CBT type stuff at the Ventura County Drug and Alcohol Program. I attend groups, one on one counseling and had some good discussions with an addictions specialist. So, we as a group discussed recover language in depth. I don't know where I'm going with this...LOL. Anywho I guess at the time everything sounded good to me. Haha aww crap my mind don't work so well
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