If you worry that you tend to seek out activities solely for the adrenaline rush the same rush you may have chased when you were abusing substances , perhaps you should talk it over with your sponsor, counselor, or another mental health provider. Though relatively rare, throwing oneself into an activity particularly a challenging physical activity like extreme sports or excessive exercising can end up being a replacement for the addiction and can impede your achieving the balance you need to have a full and rewarding life.
Boredom will not kill you, but the substances you are in recovery from will. Addiction recovery is many things, and sometimes it can be dull. That is perfectly okay. Boredom will pass, and during each day of addiction recovery, you are taking steps to create a healthy, full, and rewarding life free from the substances to which you were enslaved. There are plenty of healthy ways to cope with boredom, and sometimes they can lead to longer-term solutions.
Think of spells of boredom as an expected component of addiction recovery and be patient. After all, there is a new life under construction!
If you have questions about addiction recovery, we invite you to contact us today. One thing that all addicts have in common when starting recovery is that they are often afraid of the process. Such fear is nothing to be ashamed of because it is natural. Our brains are hard-wired to become uncomfortable in the face of the unknown.
Simply the anticipation of a potentially unpleasant or stressful circumstance causes the brain to go into flight or fight mode. Fear is always about loss; it is present only when there is desire. Fear arises when there is a conflict between what you want, need or love and what might happen if that want, need, or love is not fulfilled. Addressing fears in recovery is important because, despite being mere flights of imagination, fears have the power to derail many of your recovery efforts.
All of us, whether in recovery or not, face fears. It is often the way you think about the things you fear that leads to success or failure in trying to overcome them. The following strategies will help you calm a fearful mind:.
Nobody walks into the rooms of recovery with an un-checkered past. How one is affected by the efforts of others can dramatically shape your future, impacting how one interacts with others. Sometimes anger can lead to lessons learned and moving forward, a vow to never put oneself in a position to be treated in that way again. Other times, feelings about perceived treatment can linger in toxic ways, forcing one to close oneself off from others or lashing out in irrational ways for extended periods of time.
Whether you are new to addiction recovery, or have been in the rooms for decades, it is absolutely vital that you keep those feelings in check. Even a strong program can be eroded from underneath by the corrosive effects of anger and resentment, failing to keep such feelings in check can have disastrous consequences. Ever reminding members that holding on to such things is a slippery slope to relapse. Most addicts and alcoholics have a Ph. It is so easy to convince oneself that our problems are not of our own.
That somebody else made the bed and now you have to sleep in it. Someone in active addiction will dull such feelings, or attempt to, with drugs or alcohol—and thus perpetuating the cycle of the disease. The Fourth Step is dedicated to first establishing just what we are upset about, so that we can then do something about freeing yourself from it down the road.
In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases, it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our relationships including sex were hurt or threatened.
So, we were sore. Therein lies the crux of anger, and addressing it in recovery. What was my role? Certainly, there are times when people hurt us without cause, and one has a legitimate right to be bothered. But if you fail to let it go, the feeling only hurts you. With a clear mind, looking back on where you believed you were wronged almost always reveals that you had a part in the pain felt. Where you once believed that somebody did you wrong, it was actually you that owes an amends.
But that comes a little later on in working the steps, to be made at a time that is decided when working with a sponsor. There will be times that you will struggle to see the value in establishing what you are resentful about and why, especially early on in recovery.
Most newcomers avoid the Fourth Step like the plague, and typically not for the reason one would think. It is usually the re-feeling resent comes from the French word sentir which means to feel of pain that makes people eschew this most important step, it is that deep down and if one is honest with themselves they come to realize that they are not usually the actual victim in the narrative of reality at the end of the day.
But if one fails to act on such realizations, and chooses to ignore it, relapse is usually inevitable. It may take some time for you to see the value of letting go of anger, but if you are willing to follow direction and take certain steps as people have for almost a century, recovery is possible and with it limitless possibilities.
Below is part of a quote relevant to this topic, from the end of a movie, The Upside of Anger:. Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks.
It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. The only upside to anger, then… is the person you become.
That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits, and in its wake, leaves a new chance at acceptance, and the promise of calm. Fair Use Act Disclaimer: This site is for educational purposes only. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Fair Use Definition: Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship.
Letting Go of Resentment Most addicts and alcoholics have a Ph. Recovery Is A Process With a clear mind, looking back on where you believed you were wronged almost always reveals that you had a part in the pain felt. Below is part of a quote relevant to this topic, from the end of a movie, The Upside of Anger: Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. Contact Us. Picture Information. Mouse over to Zoom - Click to enlarge. Have one to sell? Sell now - Have one to sell?
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