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Old 01-18-2011, 06:42 AM
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recycle
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I have using dreams from time to time. They usually come in clusters and I always remember the feeling of fcuking up upon waking. My IOP counselor told me that using dreams are an early sign of relapse - that your brain is trying to move you back towards something it wants. That is a pretty convoluted duality for me (and my brain) to work with, so I dumb it down. When I have using dreams, I know something is bugging me. I am struggling with some aspect of recovery and it is time for me to engage my support network: Talk to someone in recovery. Refocus my meditation. Get some exercise. Sacrifice a goat. Do something* to get moving again.

I generally find that I need to flush out some using thinking. Hang in there gneiss.

*Instead of thinking something.
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