DobieGirl09

Good morning! Question... I keep see people asking if others have created a plan for recovery. This sounds like a great idea, but I'm not sure where to start. Yesterday someone posted a great list of things to include a plan, but now I can't find it again. Does anyone have a link they could share or possibly even the list of things to think of while creating a recovery plan?

Thank you!!

ScottFromWI

I believe this is the link you might have been referring to

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...at-we-did.html

It's a great summary of all the different plans that exist and that can be used. I'd add that a prerequisite for any of them to be successful is a profound desire to be sober, as well as acceptance of our addiction.

Soberwolf

That's a great link here's some more

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ful-links.html

DobieGirl09

Perfect! Thank you!

Soberwolf

No problemo hope it helps

PurpleKnight

Yeap a plan is a great way forward!!

Leaving things to chance never seemed to work for me, but coming up with what to do with my time whether in the evenings or at weekends made all the difference!!

Berrybean

Good luck with forming your plan - mine kind of evolved, as recovery was pretty much a voyage of self discovery. But it started off almost like a risk assessment, as a list of slippery people; slippery places; slippery times; etc. For each of those people, places, times I tried to think of a strategy to help me past any cravings or triggers.
I also took the advice about the HALT triggers to heart, and included these in my plan (both how to try to avoid them in the first place, but also what to do if they cropped up). Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. They're all dangerous to our sobriety.