Recovery isn't always linear. What strategies do you use to avoid or bounce back from setbacks and keep moving forward?
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I have not had a setback in regards to drinking for over 600 days now-so that is good!
To move forward, I try to remain in, within this present moment.
I have anxiety ( part of why I used to drink as often as I did ).
I get overwhelmed easily.
So, I try and remember to breathe, take deep breaths, realize that this moment is it.
I also remember how I felt the morning that I decided to get sober ( this most recent time ).
I hated myself and I never want to feel that way again…so, right…I remember that awful feeling and for the periodic cravings…
I play the tape forward.
What about you, Nicholas?
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Life is not linear. We in recovery tend to forget that. Normal people without the isim deal with these things without turning to drugs and alcohol.
My strategy is simple. I practice a set of principles that remove my ego from my decision making process These are found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Aka the 12 steps and twelve traditions.
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