Originally Posted by Mango212

Hi mamabear,

One of the things I noticed myself doing in early recovery is that I was doing good, healthy actions that were greatly helping me, then I'd stop doing them.

"This is really helping; I think I'll stop" syndrome.

Recognizing if this is happening can help in overcoming it. Healthy, helpful actions sprinkled throughout every day become foundations for big changes.

This also helps me on hard days to step away from the personal judgements. I can look more objectively at my actions and understand I'm doing healthy things or recognize that I need to.

The three A's: Awareness. Acceptance. Action.

As awareness and acceptance come first, the actions we take are more powerful.