5 Ways to Reboot Your Recovery: (batteries not included)
I’m sure it won’t be breaking news for you, but life can sometimes be a little messy. On the journey of recovery there are outstanding successes and exhilarating points, but there are also setbacks and roadblocks that can derail everything you worked on.
I guess everybody has wished at some point or another that their lives were equipped with a reboot button. When life delivers you a setback, what is your reaction? It could be an office snub or a major traumatic event, but your reaction to those fleeting moments will define everything.
If you’re not moving forward and staying in touch with the dream, it’ll say everything about whether you need that reboot. Or face it, you could isolate …show more content…
Examine the circumstances that brought on this setback. How well were you practicing self-care? Self-care meant learning to process feelings and emotions while providing care based on your own specific needs. In order to do that you had to recognize that you are worth being taken care of by yourself and that self-care was helpful for recovery. It might have been working up a sweat or sitting quietly writing in your diary. But you know what brought you serenity in the face of stress. Go back to those habits now.
2. Re-do the work that enabled you to achieve your initial success. If it was working the steps with your sponsor, there’s nothing in the Big Book to say not to do them again. In fact, many take advantage of the chance to restart the steps, taking the time and doing everything even more thoroughly than last time. It will give you the opportunity to correct any other mistakes that you have made.
3. Review your previous successes. How did you reach that level of satisfaction? What steps did you take to reach your goals? What were the quotes and slogans that helped every time you felt challenged?
4. Reconnect with your faith or Higher Power if that is what sustains you in times of anguish. It’s too easy are when you are struggling with sadness to forget that repository of
I’m sure it won’t be breaking news for you, but life can sometimes be a little messy. On the journey of recovery there are outstanding successes and exhilarating points, but there are also setbacks and roadblocks that can derail everything you worked on.
I guess everybody has wished at some point or another that their lives were equipped with a reboot button. When life delivers you a setback, what is your reaction? It could be an office snub or a major traumatic event, but your reaction to those fleeting moments will define everything.
If you’re not moving forward and staying in touch with the dream, it’ll say everything about whether you need that reboot. Or face it, you could isolate …show more content…
Examine the circumstances that brought on this setback. How well were you practicing self-care? Self-care meant learning to process feelings and emotions while providing care based on your own specific needs. In order to do that you had to recognize that you are worth being taken care of by yourself and that self-care was helpful for recovery. It might have been working up a sweat or sitting quietly writing in your diary. But you know what brought you serenity in the face of stress. Go back to those habits now.
2. Re-do the work that enabled you to achieve your initial success. If it was working the steps with your sponsor, there’s nothing in the Big Book to say not to do them again. In fact, many take advantage of the chance to restart the steps, taking the time and doing everything even more thoroughly than last time. It will give you the opportunity to correct any other mistakes that you have made.
3. Review your previous successes. How did you reach that level of satisfaction? What steps did you take to reach your goals? What were the quotes and slogans that helped every time you felt challenged?
4. Reconnect with your faith or Higher Power if that is what sustains you in times of anguish. It’s too easy are when you are struggling with sadness to forget that repository of