Three months sober
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Three months sober
My recovery continues! I've been working through a lot of stuff in my newly sober head this month and feel like I've been making great strides. A sober life seems not only possible, but extremely preferable. I feel like I'm still just laying the foundations, but that is a prerequisite for a whole new life.
I sleep well, have almost no anxiety anymore, am building relationships, thinking about the future and indulging in my passions. I give credit to here, having a supportive family, AA (spiritually I'm thinking about Taoism), a stint of outpatient rehab (good 'cause it gave me purpose in the mornings and created yet more recovery connections - and there everyone was newly sober), SMART and CBT-based techniques, and in that I include AVRT.
The CBT stuff is best for my mental health, the other stuff is best for making sober connections, for me the most important aspect of early recovery. AA's programme also seems particularly useful for living a productive, social and spiritual life, while SMART's for a self-directed, varied and mentally strong one. I will continue to utilise aspects of both for now.
I've waited for this one. A big ol' milestone. Cheers all.
I sleep well, have almost no anxiety anymore, am building relationships, thinking about the future and indulging in my passions. I give credit to here, having a supportive family, AA (spiritually I'm thinking about Taoism), a stint of outpatient rehab (good 'cause it gave me purpose in the mornings and created yet more recovery connections - and there everyone was newly sober), SMART and CBT-based techniques, and in that I include AVRT.
The CBT stuff is best for my mental health, the other stuff is best for making sober connections, for me the most important aspect of early recovery. AA's programme also seems particularly useful for living a productive, social and spiritual life, while SMART's for a self-directed, varied and mentally strong one. I will continue to utilise aspects of both for now.
I've waited for this one. A big ol' milestone. Cheers all.
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So happy to hear this! I especially like how you are learning to build a toolbox with tools from different sources. I'm a fan of taking what you need and leaving the rest from any program designed for recovery. That's what works really well for me, and it sounds like that works for you, also. That having been said, I did work all of the AA steps, because I felt like it was important to get through that process. I do not, however, subscribe to every bit of the AA dogma. I go to meetings for the connections, and because at this point it's important to me to be of service to newcomers, but my actual recovery program includes a whole bunch of different things.
Whatever works, I say. Keep going! You sound great.
Whatever works, I say. Keep going! You sound great.
I am happy to read this. 
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Originally Posted by Tetrax 
My recovery continues! I've been working through a lot of stuff in my newly sober head this month and feel like I've been making great strides. A sober life seems not only possible, but extremely preferable. I feel like I'm still just laying the foundations, but that is a prerequisite for a whole new life.
I sleep well, have almost no anxiety anymore, am building relationships, thinking about the future and indulging in my passions. I give credit to here, having a supportive family, AA (spiritually I'm thinking about Taoism), a stint of outpatient rehab (good 'cause it gave me purpose in the mornings and created yet more recovery connections - and there everyone was newly sober), SMART and CBT-based techniques, and in that I include AVRT.
The CBT stuff is best for my mental health, the other stuff is best for making sober connections, for me the most important aspect of early recovery. AA's programme also seems particularly useful for living a productive, social and spiritual life, while SMART's for a self-directed, varied and mentally strong one. I will continue to utilise aspects of both for now.
I've waited for this one. A big ol' milestone. Cheers all.
I sleep well, have almost no anxiety anymore, am building relationships, thinking about the future and indulging in my passions. I give credit to here, having a supportive family, AA (spiritually I'm thinking about Taoism), a stint of outpatient rehab (good 'cause it gave me purpose in the mornings and created yet more recovery connections - and there everyone was newly sober), SMART and CBT-based techniques, and in that I include AVRT.
The CBT stuff is best for my mental health, the other stuff is best for making sober connections, for me the most important aspect of early recovery. AA's programme also seems particularly useful for living a productive, social and spiritual life, while SMART's for a self-directed, varied and mentally strong one. I will continue to utilise aspects of both for now.
I've waited for this one. A big ol' milestone. Cheers all.
I cannot wait for my month, i have not been sober longer than 2 weeks since as long as I can remember back, to age 17. That day will be incredibly emotional and I cannot even imagine how elated you are right now. You're a true role model!
Just wanted to say thanks for brightening the end of my day!
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Congrats Tetrax. I know how you've struggled, and you've got this. 90 days is the real deal.
I also did a similar recovery plan with a little bit of everything...my outpatient was CBT, and that was a cornerstone. Glad that aspect is working for you as well.
I also did a similar recovery plan with a little bit of everything...my outpatient was CBT, and that was a cornerstone. Glad that aspect is working for you as well.
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