concerned -
I'm glad to read you're involved in Alanon!
like you just said-
major shifts in perception don't happen all at once
(most of the time)
and it's a system of back and forth
(if I'm understanding your post correctly)
so it's okay to 'flip' or 'ease' back into old thinking patterns
as long as we know that's what we're doing
and can stop that momentum
and get rolling back on the 'new' track again.
FOr me, today if I"m feeling anxious
the first thing I try to stop and do is
check where *I* am at in relation to the world
and my place in it.
because for ME
anxiety is the byproduct
of that old frame of mind with everything.
While there ARE things to be anxious about
they're not usually things that *I* would get that was over.
See what I mean?
If I'm feeling something 'terrible'
then I check MY head first.
HOpe that made sense.
So glad to read you're taking action in your recovery as well!
Good for you!~
So few do.