Sticking to my plan
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Sticking to my plan
I hit day 2 on my sobriety and recovery was not that bad. Which in fact it's the quickest recovery I have after a relapse in the last 2 years. I think thats because I slow down my drink in the last day and let my body face the recovery at a lower of alcohol.
Now, I'm in the processing of managing my life and how I can keep my head on start aka recovery and seeing what I can do different. One of my biggest problems besides alcohol is that I don't plan out anything throughout the day. With that I get very little down and do everything at the last moment. I don't want to make it an hour to hour task because I will not do it and just don't the to do list at all. So, my plan is to make a list of 5 things I will need to complete throughout the day at a normal pace and do 1 thing that will need to be completed at the end of the week. Yesterday I started it and fail. I only got done 3 out of the 5. Today I made a new list and already completed 1 and it's already 8am here.
My today's To Do List:
1. Don't drink alcohol
2. Go to the gym
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting
5. Read the Self Help Book
Now, I'm in the processing of managing my life and how I can keep my head on start aka recovery and seeing what I can do different. One of my biggest problems besides alcohol is that I don't plan out anything throughout the day. With that I get very little down and do everything at the last moment. I don't want to make it an hour to hour task because I will not do it and just don't the to do list at all. So, my plan is to make a list of 5 things I will need to complete throughout the day at a normal pace and do 1 thing that will need to be completed at the end of the week. Yesterday I started it and fail. I only got done 3 out of the 5. Today I made a new list and already completed 1 and it's already 8am here.
My today's To Do List:
1. Don't drink alcohol
2. Go to the gym
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting
5. Read the Self Help Book
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,238
I use to make lists and didnt follow thru with
them. Like making New Year Resolutions and
breaking them. It wasnt that I intentionally broke
them because I had all good intentions to complete
them and jusy didnt. PROCRASTINATION is the word.
Because I made so many lists and failed in completing
them, i felt like a failure. A failure not to complete
the simpliest task at hand.
When I got sober, i remember hearing someone
say that if I can at least do one thing that day,
even if it mean staying sober, then that is a huge
accomplishment.
Just one thing. That was all I needed to concentrate
on.
So now, even 21 yrs sober down the road, I still
do at least one thing if not two to be satisfied.
I mean, staying sober one day, and doing whatever
it takes to stay sober, is definitely a HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT
in my book.
them. Like making New Year Resolutions and
breaking them. It wasnt that I intentionally broke
them because I had all good intentions to complete
them and jusy didnt. PROCRASTINATION is the word.
Because I made so many lists and failed in completing
them, i felt like a failure. A failure not to complete
the simpliest task at hand.
When I got sober, i remember hearing someone
say that if I can at least do one thing that day,
even if it mean staying sober, then that is a huge
accomplishment.
Just one thing. That was all I needed to concentrate
on.
So now, even 21 yrs sober down the road, I still
do at least one thing if not two to be satisfied.
I mean, staying sober one day, and doing whatever
it takes to stay sober, is definitely a HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT
in my book.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MI
Posts: 306
Progress not perfection.
You didn't fail because you stayed sober.
Focus on the things you did get done.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
I didn't get anything done when I was drinking and using drugs.Staying clean & sober is number 1 for me,because without it everything else falls apart.
You didn't fail because you stayed sober.
Focus on the things you did get done.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
I didn't get anything done when I was drinking and using drugs.Staying clean & sober is number 1 for me,because without it everything else falls apart.
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Originally Posted by zorilla 
Progress not perfection.
You didn't fail because you stayed sober.
You didn't fail because you stayed sober.
1. While we'll never likely attain perfection, it's precisely perfection that we should strive for. Far too often I've heard "progress not perfection" as the battle cry for those who continue to fail in sobriety. On my own, of my own power, I'm not perfect.........but it is possible, with some additional power in my life, to get there occasionally.....and while I don't expect to be perfect all the time, to shoot for anything less is selling myself short.
2. For me, "not drinking" is a small part of sobriety. Sure, it's a necessity to start out (no chance at getting truly sober if I'm still drinking).....but not ingesting booze hasn't been the only solution to my alcoholism. I can tell ya' I've had lots and lots of times where I wasn't drinking but I was miles from being truly sober (of sane mind and sound judgement).
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1. Don't drink alcohol | COMPLETED
2. Go to the gym | COMPLETED
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting | COMPLETED
5. Read the Self Help Book | COMPLETED
I complete my to do list for today and it's only 2:57 pm. I feel really good about it. Things are coming into line and I'm not being lazy like next time. The book I'm reading is The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns M.D.
Also have some business I need to work on which is important but was not on the list. Keep moving on one day at a time.
2. Go to the gym | COMPLETED
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting | COMPLETED
5. Read the Self Help Book | COMPLETED
I complete my to do list for today and it's only 2:57 pm. I feel really good about it. Things are coming into line and I'm not being lazy like next time. The book I'm reading is The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns M.D.
Also have some business I need to work on which is important but was not on the list. Keep moving on one day at a time.
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Originally Posted by ACT10Npack
1. Don't drink alcohol | COMPLETED
2. Go to the gym | COMPLETED
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting | COMPLETED
5. Read the Self Help Book | COMPLETED
I complete my to do list for today and it's only 2:57 pm. I feel really good about it. Things are coming into line and I'm not being lazy like next time. The book I'm reading is The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns M.D.
Also have some business I need to work on which is important but was not on the list. Keep moving on one day at a time.
2. Go to the gym | COMPLETED
3. Apply to jobs | COMPLETED
4. Go to a meeting | COMPLETED
5. Read the Self Help Book | COMPLETED
I complete my to do list for today and it's only 2:57 pm. I feel really good about it. Things are coming into line and I'm not being lazy like next time. The book I'm reading is The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns M.D.
Also have some business I need to work on which is important but was not on the list. Keep moving on one day at a time.
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Originally Posted by ACT10Npack
The book I'm reading is The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns M.D.
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