So much recovery!
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So much recovery!
One week left of outpatient, 3x regular AA meetings, a SMART meeting, a CA meeting, AVRT, CBT work, this here SR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on the horizon, meditation, acupuncture, recovery literature and movies, and tonight an AA/Al-Anon three hour thingy I had to leave halfway through. Just a bit too much. Gonna take a week off after outpatient and bookend what shall be three months sober by heading to the countryside where I pretty much began this crazy, beautiful journey. And try and work out where the hell I'm at with it all.
Have a great sober weekend kids.
Have a great sober weekend kids.
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
Sounds like a lot of work - but well worth it Tetrax?
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Well done tetrax 
Enjoy your break to the country.
Don’t want to put a downer on things.
Try to be prepared for the first week back from holiday the blues sometimes set in which can lead to relapse.
Enjoy your break to the country.
Don’t want to put a downer on things.
Try to be prepared for the first week back from holiday the blues sometimes set in which can lead to relapse.
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That is SUCH amazing progress and dedication Tetrax. I empathize with the "so much" feeling.
It seems I am regularly balancing a voice of hope (I hope!) with .... one of caution.
Taking a "break" from recovery is not a great plan, if that means you go to the extreme opposite like "doing nothing" for it (my quote marks). A temptation to flee or be alone or "decompress" is common but dangerous if it in any way means you don't continue a plan of daily effort. By that, I'd mean something like taking the BB with you, and reading certain pages every day- for the first 3 yrs I read 84-88 and 417-418 every morning (I've recently switched to a method of flipping thru the book on topics i need, and basically just doing the inventory and reminder I can't control the world). Checking on here twice a day. being in touch with your sponsor every day. That kind of thing.
Three months is amazing, it sounds like you are building a good foundation - it's also very (very) early - and 90 days is kinda like 9 mo - a lot of people trip up and drink, one reason being they feel secure or [ ] and don't keep building that foundation.
Keep going and enjoy your time away while keeping an eye on the prize!
It seems I am regularly balancing a voice of hope (I hope!) with .... one of caution.
Taking a "break" from recovery is not a great plan, if that means you go to the extreme opposite like "doing nothing" for it (my quote marks). A temptation to flee or be alone or "decompress" is common but dangerous if it in any way means you don't continue a plan of daily effort. By that, I'd mean something like taking the BB with you, and reading certain pages every day- for the first 3 yrs I read 84-88 and 417-418 every morning (I've recently switched to a method of flipping thru the book on topics i need, and basically just doing the inventory and reminder I can't control the world). Checking on here twice a day. being in touch with your sponsor every day. That kind of thing.
Three months is amazing, it sounds like you are building a good foundation - it's also very (very) early - and 90 days is kinda like 9 mo - a lot of people trip up and drink, one reason being they feel secure or [ ] and don't keep building that foundation.
Keep going and enjoy your time away while keeping an eye on the prize!
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Originally Posted by August252015
Taking a "break" from recovery is not a great plan, if that means you go to the extreme opposite like "doing nothing" for it (my quote marks). A temptation to flee or be alone or "decompress" is common but dangerous if it in any way means you don't continue a plan of daily effort.
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