Originally Posted by
icewater1961 
Mindfulness works. But beware of anything that smells fake or people trying to sell you something just because it is a fancy label.
Recovery = do it or die. It can be manageable but it can be hard.
Mindfulness is a technique. It's not something I have to purchase from a snake oil salesman.
I've been increasingly inclined to trade in recovery for simple abstinence. Not sure if recovery--and its attendant hyperbole--is what I need. As I said earlier, much of my recovery is simply the business of living life without alcohol.