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Originally Posted by hankster
So far, accountability is stopping me from buying chocolate. We talked about it yesterday, and i seem to link accountability and caring. I was making the connection later to the book The Little Prince, "you are responsible for your rose." I didnt understand that AT ALL when i read it in high school. I had no understanding of any link between responsibility and love. My parents advice was always always so destructive to me in just so many ways. Im finally getting free of that. Too little too late but never too late as long as youre still breathing.
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I'm officially accountable to my T now because of a "self-care plan" and "safety plan" we set up in the past week instead of me going to an day program/intensive outpatient program that my p-doc recommended. I'm keeping a log of whether I do what's in the plan, like exercise 30 minutes, have no more than 2 alcoholic drinks, etc. (She wanted me to have achievable goals and not set myself up for failure). Plus I'm supposed to contact her if I have serious thoughts/desires
. I thought she'd want me to report in more frequently, but sounds like at our weekly appointments is enough.
Just got back from taking a walk, so I guess the accountability thing is working so far! (Though I did end up having 3 drinks yesterday.)