Honesty and giving over
One Foot in Front of the Other
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
Honesty and giving over
Yesterday morning's therapy session was a god-send for me. I don't know how I ended up with this new therapist in my life, rather than someone else, but I'll just be thankful and move forward.
Turn out he has extensive experience not only working with anxiety and depression, but also with recovering alcoholics and addicts. He was completely non-judgmental to me, which made it easy to open up with him and be completely open and honest. 100%. I was probably more honest with him in one session than I was with my previous therapist over a two- or three-year run.
And that's really an important step in moving forward, isn't it fellow newcomers? We have to get honest, we have to get real about the extent of our problem.
Between my new therapist and this site, I now have two "safe places to crash". I'm sure I'll find others, but I want these same types of places for all of you as well.
Find a place where you can be honest, be real, and be supported. Whether that's here, in AA/NA, in therapy, in rehab, or with family and friends, stay engaged and don't isolate.
Turn out he has extensive experience not only working with anxiety and depression, but also with recovering alcoholics and addicts. He was completely non-judgmental to me, which made it easy to open up with him and be completely open and honest. 100%. I was probably more honest with him in one session than I was with my previous therapist over a two- or three-year run.
And that's really an important step in moving forward, isn't it fellow newcomers? We have to get honest, we have to get real about the extent of our problem.
Between my new therapist and this site, I now have two "safe places to crash". I'm sure I'll find others, but I want these same types of places for all of you as well.
Find a place where you can be honest, be real, and be supported. Whether that's here, in AA/NA, in therapy, in rehab, or with family and friends, stay engaged and don't isolate.
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Willingness-Openmindedness-Honesty
Those three words I heard a many a
times thruout my sobriety, however,
HONESTY was the last one got several
yrs. ago.
Why did it take me so long, well, i didnt
want to hurt others even tho i knew it
was wrong and until i took that step in
becoming completely honest in all my
affairs, i wouldnt grow or experience the
FREEDOM expressed in recovery.
When I finally took that step and understood
exactly what it meant then I recieved the ultimate
gift of FREEDOM in my life I had never known
before.
If we take these steps early in recovery then
the rewards granted to us will be blessed upon
us then waiting til later down the road like it did
for me.
21 Years Strong in Sobriety since 8-11-90.
Those three words I heard a many a
times thruout my sobriety, however,
HONESTY was the last one got several
yrs. ago.
Why did it take me so long, well, i didnt
want to hurt others even tho i knew it
was wrong and until i took that step in
becoming completely honest in all my
affairs, i wouldnt grow or experience the
FREEDOM expressed in recovery.
When I finally took that step and understood
exactly what it meant then I recieved the ultimate
gift of FREEDOM in my life I had never known
before.
If we take these steps early in recovery then
the rewards granted to us will be blessed upon
us then waiting til later down the road like it did
for me.
21 Years Strong in Sobriety since 8-11-90.
One Foot in Front of the Other
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 582
I attended a meeting on New Year's Day, mainly to have someone to talk to. I've also added the Big Book to my reading list in an effort to learn more about the fellowship. I'm not necessarily averse to joining, but for right now I'm trying to evaluate all of my options for long-term sobriety.
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