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Addiction & Recovery

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

14. I've studied a lots of Addiction & Recovery info & I have been to hundreds of meetings.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #12)

Tue May 5, 2020, 05:44 PM

May 2020

Maybe thousands...OA, AA, CODA, EA...etc...Your sentence ...marble falls..is total truth when it comes to recovery. Thank You for posting that idea. It is the sentence below:

"You need to realize no-one will ever judge you as harshly as you judge yourself."

One of the keys to recovery in my opinion is simple...Be kind to yourself, & I want to add this: Being kind to ourselves is ..NOT EASY.. .................................................

and..

If it was easy, then it would already be accomplished by all.

Again, ...Being kind to yourself (for addicts like us)..is not easy..

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I am going in circles. Admit I have a problem in the morning, be in denial 2 hours later, and back [View all] GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 OP

you wouldn't be posting here if you did not want to get better Skittles Apr 2020 #1

Hugs, GPV. dawg day Apr 2020 #2

Go and watch the worst TV ever made Botany Apr 2020 #3

That is absolutely true Zambero Apr 2020 #5

Some of the acting is so over the top bad it is really good. Botany Apr 2020 #8

I binge watch Law & Order / SVU, a little grittier irisblue Apr 2020 #9

I recognize those feelings GPV irisblue Apr 2020 #4

Not yet. Am debating on trying OA again or trying SMART. But yeah, I need that GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #7

So can you journal out what feeling/want you are covering up with food? irisblue Apr 2020 #10

Yes. I have a counselor I am working with, but we both think that daily interaction GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #11

SMART works for me! bif Apr 2020 #13

First thing to do, IMHO, is to give yourself a break ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #6

You need to realize no-one will ever judge you as harshly as you judge yourself. marble falls Apr 2020 #12

I've studied a lots of Addiction & Recovery info & I have been to hundreds of meetings. Stuart G May 2020 #14

Its something I had to learn myself. Getting past all the guilt I had being me was hard ... marble falls May 2020 #15

GreenPartyVoter: What you have described in post 0, your first post is the essence Stuart G May 2020 #16