Perseverance - Recovered 1161
Recovered Podcast
The first key to persistence is to create for yourself a compelling vision for your recovery. Too often, people focus on what they don’t want to happen.
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Discipline - Recovered 1159
Recovered Podcast
Self-discipline is the willingness to put some limitations on behavior in order to gain something or make life better.
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Humility - Recovered 1157
Recovered Podcast
Ultimately, when we are humble we are willing to seek and receive help, support, guidance and direction with our lives. The result is that we are not alone anymore.
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Willingness - Recovered 1155
Recovered Podcast
Your life belongs to you, right? Sure it does, but look at where your actions got you. Your life became unmanageable because of your addiction. You need to be willing for a lot of things, especially accepting help.
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Integrity - Recovered 1152
Recovered Podcast
Sobriety helps us reconnect with our true selves and become reacquainted with our inner light, our life’s mission, and our purpose.
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Courage - Recovered 1150
Recovered Podcast
Any challenges life throws your way, you now know how it feels to look fear in the face and remember how capable you are of walking through it.
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Faith - Recovered 1148
Recovered Podcast
In order to keep going and develop sobriety the individual needs to have faith that things are going to keep improving.
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Hope - Recovered 1146
Recovered Podcast
Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see a path to a better future
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Honesty - Recovered 1144
Recovered Podcast
It is normal to struggle with owning up to dishonesty, but the key is to acknowledge when it occurs as soon as possible. If not, you could struggle with feelings of guilt and put your sobriety in jeopardy.
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Popsicle Sticks - Recovered 1142
Recovered Podcast
Here in our virtual studio, we have a can full of popsicle sticks. Each stick has a recovery topic written on it. We will take turns, randomly picking a stick and then sharing on that topic that was chosen.
info_outlineTaking positive steps in the recovery process. Since alcoholism affects body, mind, and spirit, action in all these areas are probably necessary to restore the mind, body, and spirit.
Some examples are:
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Meditation or other relaxation techniques
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Fitness activities
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Devoting time to other people
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Reading inspirational material
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Helping other people
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Learning new things
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Attending fellowship meetings
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Spending time in nature
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Journaling
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Eating healthy food
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Devoting time to listening to family
What has been your experience?
What activities did you do most before the program?
What actions did you do most often in early recovery?
How about now?
Is there a difference between now and early in recovery? Why?
How do you stay committed to positive actions such as exercise? Examples may include setting goals, schedule activity on calendar, charting progress/taking notes.
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It is a good idea if people tie their daily positive action to an overall goal. So for example they might decide that their aim is to become a less selfish person, and so they can do things each day to bring them nearer to this goal.
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Create a schedule where they write down the positive actions they plan to take and when they are going to take them. It may sometimes be necessary to adjust these schedules so it is best to view them as a tool and not become a slave to them.
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Journaling at the end of the day is important because it gives the individual the chance to reflect on the positive action they have taken that day. This way the person can track their progress and ensure that their actions are taking them in a direction they want to go.
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Another important reason for why journaling is important is that it keeps people motivated. Progress tends to occur slowly that it is easy for people to miss it – by looking back on a journal the individual will be able to see how much of a difference their daily positive actions have made to their life.
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If people have some type of routine it usually makes it easier to commit to daily positive action.
http://aa.org/twelveandtwelve/en_tableofcnt.cfm
http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/thought.view?catId=1901