Getting it, keeping it, growing it. Recovery is the most amazing thing ever- but it doesn’t “just happen” or even “just keep happening”.
For most recovering folks, establishing sobriety included a conscious, deliberate commitment to healthy involvement with others in recovery, accepting guidance and support instead of relying solely on one's own resources.
I simply ask them what else they plan to do to stay clean and sober? Turns out that’s a far more difficult question to answer.
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“The patient will probably go ahead and take them anyway,” a nurse practitioner told me. “Because some friend swore by the stuff.”
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I might have attributed it to the fabled ‘runner’s high’ had I not met so many dedicated runners who denied experiencing one–
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Suddenly we’re missing obvious warning signs, ignoring key markers of danger, or simply deciding to take a leap of faith at exactly the wrong moment.
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Nonetheless, years of drinking and drugging and lapsing and relapsing will invariably have an effect on the victim of addiction.
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We recognize that for some, change can be really difficult. Good intentions aren’t enough.
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I felt better and according to science, made better decisions if I took a few moments to calm myself.
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They soon realize they need to learn how to stay sober, while also repairing relationships, restoring health, and picking up the pieces of a career.
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True religious fanaticism is, in my experience, quite different from the sort of spiritual practice we find in most 12 Step groups.
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You understand, on an emotional level, that you’re not really alone, and that everyone isn’t looking down on you for being who you are.
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Maybe for some individuals, whose goal is simply to get off drugs and meet like-minded people, a 12 Step fellowship fits the bill better than, say, the local church or civic group.
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It’s a spiritual program that addresses emotional growth alongside behavior change.
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