17 Drug and Alcohol Relapse Prevention Triggers »
Posted By neer1010 1 year, 8 months ago in StyleRecovery is a journey that lasts a lifetime. We are never? cured? from our addiction, but remain in a constant state of recovery based on a daily course of action. Though we may wish it weren't so, addiction is a disease that we must constantly remain aware of throughout our entire lives.
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sumptuousdigs1 year, 8 months ago
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Been there, done them all. Several of these are no brainers.
I avoid coke. Pepsi is OK. I avoid people or places that serve coke. Not all 'triggers' can be avoided so easily, as they are part of life. I've learned to deal with most of them effectively. A couple of them, hunger and fatigue, can sneak up on me. I get grumpy, then argumentitive, say something stupid, then want to punish myself. Childish, and classic for an addict.
I've learned how to say "I'm sorry", and mean it. I watch out for my natural urge to isolate, and make myself get out in the open, talk to people, air my head, and my heart out.
Most of all, I've learned to take an interest in others, and try to understand, rather than be understood.
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sumptuousdigs1 year, 8 months ago
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Forget knockin' on wood Bronxy, just know thyself, and to thine own self be true. It can't fail. I learned the steps AND rational recovery methods. Some NA or AA 'Nazis' insist that their way is the only way. In this, they forget their own literature. It's the only way for them. It works for millions of others as well. It doesn't work for everyone, and there are plenty of other methods. The main thing is to get help. Very very few last on their own. The success rate for long term drug or alcohol recovery is abysmal. I never quit my drug habit.
I just refuse to start. Today. Looking at it in that context, I can get a handle on my problems (me). The idea of quitting forever is like trying to contemplate eternity. See how complicated I can make my life? So, I've just learned to keep it simple.
It's great to hear you and Spadecaller 'kick in'!
Thanks!
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Spadecaller1 year, 8 months ago
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I'm a recovering alcoholic and have been sober and clean since September 1978 -- nearly thirty years.
Without a commitment to a new way of life, rigorous self-honesty, and working to help others, I would have never had these wonderful years of recovery. A happy recovery requires practicing a way of living. The absence of booze does not make for a recovery.
The information in this article is all accurate, but it means nothing unless one is willing to work with others and to commit to a new way of life -- one day at a time.
After watching thousands of relapses and alcoholic related deaths for the past 30 years, I must conclude that there is no substitute for sharing the gift with others. Among my friends who I have shared recovery with for many years, we have all done more than just stay away from the first drink. In order to keep this gift of recovery, one must be willing to give it away.
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TheRealizer1 year, 8 months ago
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I too am a recovering alocholic, my sobriety date is Sept 1982. I apparently drank all I needed back then because since getting sober I have never had the cravings that were part of my life back then.
I stayed active in AA for years, but have tapered off to a couple meetings a month. I am still on the local phone list to talk to people about quitting, and the rewards of sobriety.
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