Play the tape all the way through
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Play the tape all the way through
I have heard this statement on another recovery site, and it makes so much sense to me. You want a drink now, wouldn't it be great? But if you play the tape all the way through, what happens? Are you satisfied with that one or two drinks? How will this affect you the rest of the night? The next morning? When you play the tape all the way through, to the regret and loss of power and control, is it ever worth it?
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Yeap a fantastic tool in the toolbox!!
My mind wouldn't tell me the whole story, it would create a fairytale about only having a few beers, or only 1 glass of wine, it would fail to inform me that the glass would turn into a bottle and a few beers a case of beer!!
My mind wouldn't tell me the whole story, it would create a fairytale about only having a few beers, or only 1 glass of wine, it would fail to inform me that the glass would turn into a bottle and a few beers a case of beer!!
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I used it myself...I was really good at thinking in the immediate - I WANT THIS NOW...but not so good at remembering the consequences...
playing the tape through helped me to focus on the bigger picture
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playing the tape through helped me to focus on the bigger picture
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I wouldn't let it work at first - kept insisting 'this time' would be different. When I was ready to listen, Dee saved me early on with those words. I'm so glad it's helping you Lia. 
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YES! This has been getting me through any random urges this time around. One drink for me is ALWAYS a ticket straight to a no good awful rotten place. It took me falling for the 'just a couple drinks' a few hundred times to get it.
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This is what keeps me from drinking when I really crave it. I think, "how will drinking make anything better? How will I feel tomorrow, both physically and mentally? Is it worth being sick and feeling guilty and depressed and filled with self-loathing?" The answer is no. It's not worth it at all.
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At 4 years of sobriety the way I play the tape all the way through now is to read numerous threads and post, especially from those early in their recovery. It reminds me where I was and I don't dare forget, rootin for everyone. 
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Originally Posted by ~Lia~ 
.........When you play the tape all the way through, to the regret and loss of power and control, is it ever worth it?
Been there a thousand times.
It's NEVER worth it.
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