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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 3, 2013 13:54:32 GMT -5
I can always tell when I'm not using my recovery
tools.... When it starts to feel like life is beating me
down and people are out to get me, I know I need to
take a quick inventory and see what I'm missing.
What I've noticed lately is, I'm talking the talk but just
not putting it to work when I need it the most. I wish
I could install a pause button on my mouth and hit it
before speaking. THINKING before speaking is a big
one for me.....
"Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep
themselves from calamity." Proverbs 13:3
I always have the choice between "acting and reacting"
to any situation...... if I would hit that pause button
before speaking my life would be so much easier.
Just a thought.... SG
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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 12, 2013 15:15:40 GMT -5
I've learned that having a "recovery toolbox" doesn't
do me any good if I don't open it and grab the tool I
need. Just recently I've added a new tool that I wanted
to share with you.... It's a mirror!
I walk past mirrors in my house all the time, but the funny
thing is I rarely take the time to look in it. And I've discovered,
looking at myself is really something I need to do more often.
I need really look at myself with Honesty, to ferret out those
defects of character. Wasting my time being concerned with
what others are doing, is just none of my business. Now,
when I'm tempted to point out other peoples defects, I am
going to hit the pause button and pull out that mirror and see
what I need to do with myself today.....
Keep the focus on yourself today!
Have a great day, SG
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Post by Lin on Apr 23, 2013 7:20:54 GMT -5
Good stuff SG!
I think for me when I notice my way of reacting to a situation that is so much healthier than I did 25 years ago, I see progress. When I can come in and he's drunk I don't have to tell him he is drunk. I don't have to dig out the bottles to PROVE to him that I know what I am talking about. I don't have to prove he is lying. I can accept that this is the way he is and be happy with my life. I can detach and not get sucked up into the chaos.
I enjoy being with him today. We don't spend a lot of quality time, but when we do it is good. Mostly he watched one TV and I watch another. That's just because we have different tastes in what to watch. IF I notice we are watching the same thing I join him.
I no longer participate when he wants to push my buttons. I can tell him I will think about it and get back to him. Or I can say YOU MAY BE RIGHT.
I have changed. That for sure. And I noticed the more I stayed off of his back about things, the better he behaved and the less conflict we had.
LIN
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Post by caressa222 on Feb 9, 2020 3:06:47 GMT -5
The person who walked through the doors of recovery is long gone.
Don't often Strat too far afield because I have worked the steps and the maintenance steps are vital to my recovery.
Meditation has been the center of my program. Without it I would not be clean in today. It is why I quit smoking. I wanted to be a clean clear Channel to carry the message of hope.
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Post by sahrenity on May 27, 2020 4:33:15 GMT -5
Guided meditation is a good tool to use in addiction recovery in order to find inner peace, focus on the present moment in treatment. My doctor recommended me a daily meditation practice when i recovered from my addiction. According to addictionresource.com/addiction-and-rehab-hotlines/nebraska-numbers meditation therapy can assist someone with substance abuse cravings and withdrawal symptoms. |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.