As part of my recovery journey, I've been working with a nutritionist to help tackle my emotional eating issues. Early in recovery, it became very easy for me to simply replace the booze with food as my emotional crutch. The journey has been challenging and as with most things in life, progress has been anything but linear. One of the unexpected wins I've noticed lately is a shift in my self talk. In the past, I was extremely self-critical and put a lot of pressure on myself which perpetuated my cycle of guilt and shame. Through this process, I'm learning how to take ownership of my actions and their outcomes without putting so much judgement and shame on myself. Being able to reflect on where I went wrong, lessons learned and how I can do better next time without going to the extremes of negative self-talk has been a big win for me recently. I still struggle - I have a check-in with my nutritionist today and it hasn't been a great week. And thats okay. Recognizing the self growth that's happening outside of the physical journey is a win in itself.
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Being aware of it…talking about it…doing something about it…these are all taking the power away from the compulsive obsessive behaviors. You don’t have to run and hide in shame anymore l. You don’t have to beat yourself up if you have a “lapse” anymore. I can totally relate. Running from all of these feelings is so destructive. Facing them is definitely the easier softer way.
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Yes! I love how the skills learn in AA/recovery have helped me in so many other areas of my life!
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You also get to reflect on where others may have gone wrong. I personally am caught up in Cycles where I allow people to control me it's so hard to admit but it's how I was raised and I was emotionally stunted by that but that's not the end of the world