Reflection for the Day What causes slips? What happens to a

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Reflection for the Day

What causes slips? What happens to a person who apparently seems to understand and live the way of the program yet decides to go out again? What can I do to keep this from happening to me? Is there any consistency among those who slip, any common denominators that seem to apply? We can each draw our own conclusions, but we learn in the program that certain inactions will all but guarantee an eventual slip. When a person who has slipped is fortunate enough to return to the program, do I listen carefully to what he or she says about the slip?
Today I Pray
May my Higher Power—if I listen—show me if I am setting myself up to get high again. May I glean from the experiences of others that the reasons for such a lapse of resolve or such an accident of will most often stem from what I have not done rather than from what I have done. May I “keep coming back” to meetings.
Today I Will Remember
Keep coming back.
:pray::pray:

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For me remembering how bad it was is good but not enough to keep me sober. Having a lot going well in sobriety is good but not enough to keep me sober.
I have to remember and work the first step on a daily basis. No matter what, I am powerless over drugs and alcohol.
I went back out because I stopped trusting the process, stopped working the steps and forgot step 1.
Just my experience

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#3

Our minds play tricks on us. I wrote out sticky notes during one of my relapses (the last one) of who I'm hurting included myself of course and how I felt cause I was alone. No one wanted to be around me except my sweet dog. I wrote the shakes , how cold and hot I was and oh yeah the amount of times I threw up. I keep those sticky notes with me as a constant reminder the story always ends the same if not worse next time

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#4

Congrats on 3 months!!! I hope you picked up a 3 month chip!!!

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#5

I have not yet. I know it shows others that it's okay to get back up and start where you left off. Thank you Jon

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#6

We both have today!!

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#7

Remembering everything I lost or had to experience while drinking : marriages, relationships, family, health, money (and all the stuff), jobs, DUI’s, probation, jail, accidents, falls, unprotected s&x, my self respect, my essence and finally my life (I was gone for a bit), and you guys know that’s just the tip of the iceberg for some of us - and I was a chronic relapser - but finally after all of that, God has taken the burden from me - amen and hallelujah :grin::grin:

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:pray::pray::pray: