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#1
Dec 11, 2012, 08:31 AM
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I stopped drowning by starting to understanding the waves better and then I learnt to swim!
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#2
Dec 11, 2012, 09:48 AM
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Nice metaphor. I guess I'm still working out what recovery means. Initially I thought it meant not being depressed, then I thought it meant being able to get along with my husband. And then the real work started around learning how to attach to other without reflexively pushing them away.
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#3
Dec 11, 2012, 10:09 AM
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For me, recovery means...acceptance.
I accept me. Last edited by Anonymous32887; Dec 11, 2012 at 01:05 PM. Reason: changed wording |
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#4
Dec 11, 2012, 10:20 AM
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For me, it means being able to recognize all of the joy and gratitude that still exists in the middle of the mess. Some days I really get it, other days, not so much.
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#5
Dec 11, 2012, 10:41 AM
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....learning to let go of the past... the future ...and all of the fear that keeps me in a constant state of..well...Hell.
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#6
Dec 11, 2012, 11:47 AM
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I think recovery for me means, that I can accept not being perfect, but learn to find joy in my imperfection...
(YIKES I have set a lofty goal...of course this is day to day...)
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#7
Dec 11, 2012, 06:57 PM
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Recovery means:
releasing the felt shame of being myself learning who I am being grounded in who I am finding a new career that plays to my strengths accepting myself
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#8
Dec 11, 2012, 07:11 PM
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Recovery is the calm after the storm and being in a good place. No more craziness, just laid back and chill and living life for once and not just existing.
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#9
Dec 13, 2012, 12:50 AM
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Letting go..and moving on
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