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Part of challenging addictive thinking is to encourage clients to see that they cannot be good to others if they are first not good to themselves. Probably the most common misinterpretation of complete honesty is when individuals feel they must be honest about what is wrong with other people. I like to tell patients that a simple test of complete honesty is that they should feel “uncomfortably honest” when sharing within their recovery circle. This is especially important in self-help groups in which, after a while, individuals sometimes start to go through the motions of participating.
At this point, you can either conclude that you dont deserve it or have what it takes, or you can try again. The more you drink, the clearer your mind will become; you will have more energy, money, and time. A lot more good comes from living than not having to deal with a hangover or coming down from a drink or two the next day. If you don’t buy drugs or alcohol, the money you save can quickly add up to pay for a trip or put down money on a house!
Redefining Fun
Take the first step in recovery and live a fulfilling life. Tend to experience anxiety that makes their success more difficult fear of being sober to achieve. Productively managing your anxiety is important for ensuring you can dedicate enough energy to the process.
- It can be scary to confront ourselves and our dreams, and putting them off or procrastinating on them is a way to avoid putting the work in or fear of failure.
- We use alcohol to cover up our pain and our problems.
- We’ve compiled a list of the most common fears around quitting drinking, and we’ve enlisted the help of Tempest Recovery Coach, Dani Medrano, to help us overcome them.
- One of the important tasks of therapy is to help individuals redefine fun.
Clinical experience has shown that recovering individuals are often in a rush to skip past these tasks and get on with what they think are the real issues of recovery. Clients need to be reminded that lack of self-care is what got them here and that continued lack of self-care will lead back to relapse. Finally, physical relapse is when an individual starts using again. Some researchers divide physical relapse into a “lapse” and a “relapse” .
They are Afraid of Failure
A change in your perspective—such as being OK with missing out on certain events—that aligns with your recovery goals is crucial to help keep you on the path of living a sober life. Either way, life in recovery, we discover, can be adventurous, fulfilling and fun — without the need to drink or use. As long as our motives are in check, we can participate in these things that bring us joy without fear of relapse.
What does it mean when I hate being sober?
The fear of being sober is often about dealing with your loss of a coping mechanism for “real” life. You're afraid you don't have the tools and resources to help you to maintain your sobriety. You are afraid that being sober will simply be too hard.
