100 Steps For Building A Strong Recovery
100 Steps For Building A Strong Recovery
100 Steps For Building A Strong Recovery
5. Aim for progress - not perfection: the only thing you are
expected to do is try your best
15. Replace the negative self talk with positive and inspiring
thoughts – ‘I can do this’
17. Get the support you need from fellowship groups of any
kind
21. Happiness is not about what you can get – its appreciating
what you have
35. Don’t waste your time blaming other people for your
mistakes – instead just think about how you could have done
things differently
37. Don’t expect any special treatment from life just because
you have given up alcohol or drugs
38. Don’t insist that your way is the only right way to recover
from addiction – as Bill Wilson once explained “"The roads to
recovery are many"
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42. Try not to judge other people too harshly – most of us are
just trying our best with the cards we have been dealt
44. Don’t worry about what other people think of you because
you can never actually know what they think
45. Let go of the idea of ever being able to drink or use drugs
again in the future – so long as you hold this door open,
sobriety will always be a bit of a struggle
56. Write letters to yourself in the future (one year, five years,
ten years, and twenty years) as this can help you clarify your
goals – the website www.futureme.org is perfect for this
59. Understand that often the best you can do to help another
person is to fully listen to what they have to say
64. Try to recapture the sense of awe about the world that
you experienced as a child
65. Accept that there may not be clear answers to the big
questions in life, but you can learn to enjoy the mystery of it all
67. See the word as a magical place – the fact that we are
here at all is amazing
68. Develop your spiritual life – this doesn’t mean you have to
become religious, just walking in nature can be spiritual
69. Accept that things are going to hardly ever turn out
exactly as you planned, but this doesn’t have to be a bad thing
– in fact, what the universe gives you may often be much
better than what you originally wanted
70. Delay any decision to relapse by at least one day and use
this time to seek advice and support – if 24 hours passes and
you are still thinking of relapse, delay for another day
73. Always be quick to forgive yourself after you mess up, but
don’t waste time making excuses or trying to justify bad
behaviour – your job is to learn and grow
76. Try to read one book every month - this will expand your
universe
80. If you are unemployed stay positive and keep looking for
work – persistence pays off
85. Remember that so long as you are clean and sober, you
are doing something right
87. Understand that you learn far more from listening than
you ever will be talking
90. Don’t bother with excuses for why you can’t do something
– only focus on solutions
91. Never take your recovery for granted because it puts you
at higher risk of relapse
97. If you are able to let go a little in life, your life will
improve a little – if you are able to let go a lot, your life will
improve a lot
100. Don’t pray for an easier life – pray for more effective tools
for coping with difficulties