Post by dj2005 on Apr 7, 2005 9:49:57 GMT -5
hey CL!
it was great to come back from out of town and see you're still pluggin' along- congratulations and keep up the great work!
one interesting thing i've noticed in my own recovery is that i'm learning to get familiar with unsatisfied urges. with 29 days under your belt, i imagine you've survived a number of those experiences, and each time you do, it becomes one more time that your body understands how to process this experience.
here's an observation that may or may not be correct- your "stinkin thinkin" takes you out of the present moment and deep into the future (30 more days). when you say you have to decide how committed you are to your recovery, you are looking at this addiction as a big picture thing, and when you do that, it can seem insurmountable. But life doesn't happen from the big picture like that- it happens in the moment-by-moment choices we make. And in many moment-by-moment experiences over the past 29 days, you've successfully made the choice for recovery. You have proven, time and time again, that you can do this, one step at a time.
It might be helpful, then, when stinkin thinkin sets in, to refocus on the moment before you. use your procrastination to your advantage here- put those negative thoughts away about reassessing your commitment to recovery, and deal with them some other time
great to be back- i sent out a bunch of thoughts/prayers your way over the past few days- hope you got 'em
dj
it was great to come back from out of town and see you're still pluggin' along- congratulations and keep up the great work!
one interesting thing i've noticed in my own recovery is that i'm learning to get familiar with unsatisfied urges. with 29 days under your belt, i imagine you've survived a number of those experiences, and each time you do, it becomes one more time that your body understands how to process this experience.
here's an observation that may or may not be correct- your "stinkin thinkin" takes you out of the present moment and deep into the future (30 more days). when you say you have to decide how committed you are to your recovery, you are looking at this addiction as a big picture thing, and when you do that, it can seem insurmountable. But life doesn't happen from the big picture like that- it happens in the moment-by-moment choices we make. And in many moment-by-moment experiences over the past 29 days, you've successfully made the choice for recovery. You have proven, time and time again, that you can do this, one step at a time.
It might be helpful, then, when stinkin thinkin sets in, to refocus on the moment before you. use your procrastination to your advantage here- put those negative thoughts away about reassessing your commitment to recovery, and deal with them some other time
great to be back- i sent out a bunch of thoughts/prayers your way over the past few days- hope you got 'em
dj