Went to my second Recovery International meeting tonight. I prepped for it by filling out a worksheet with an example of something that happened recently that I want to apply RI principles and methods to. I jumped in with both feet; I chose crashing into depression and resisting being triggered into numbing myself to it. I do see how their methods make it easier. Short trite expressions can have some power if you remember to trot them out in your head at the right time. For example, "Be self led, not symptom led" - don't let the depression make the decision. "Feelings are not facts" - the stuff that goes through my head when depressed is often based on negative feelings and not accurate. I think it helps to have simple phrases to remind me of these things.