For my friends and clients in recovery to read and remember daily:
Because I am an alcoholic/addict, and have a chronic, incurable brain disease, I will ALWAYS (at times) think I can have one more drink, one more drunk, one more pill, one more binge WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, and that is a LIE that will destroy my life, hurt the ones I love, and ultimately KILL ME.
I will also try to convince myself that I don’t have the disease, and that I can be a “normal social drinker” or casual user. I need to realize that is my addictive thinking and that I need to treat this disease every day, with the help and support of others in recovery, a sponsor, AA/NA or other types of recovery meetings, and my Higher Power. I accept the reality of my disease and that I can NEVER be successful alone.
12 Step recovery works if you work it. Working the steps transforms you. You know how to stay sober and clean for 24 hours. Do that.
Do the next right thing, whether you feel like it or not, and with the help of the program, you will succeed!
NO MATTER WHAT, DON’T PICK UP, DON'T DRINK!
No one else can make you drink or use.
With love,
© 2012 Lisa Cottrell, LPC
Well Being Psychotherapy, LLC
Decatur, GA
404-931-3066
Because I am an alcoholic/addict, and have a chronic, incurable brain disease, I will ALWAYS (at times) think I can have one more drink, one more drunk, one more pill, one more binge WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, and that is a LIE that will destroy my life, hurt the ones I love, and ultimately KILL ME.
I will also try to convince myself that I don’t have the disease, and that I can be a “normal social drinker” or casual user. I need to realize that is my addictive thinking and that I need to treat this disease every day, with the help and support of others in recovery, a sponsor, AA/NA or other types of recovery meetings, and my Higher Power. I accept the reality of my disease and that I can NEVER be successful alone.
12 Step recovery works if you work it. Working the steps transforms you. You know how to stay sober and clean for 24 hours. Do that.
Do the next right thing, whether you feel like it or not, and with the help of the program, you will succeed!
NO MATTER WHAT, DON’T PICK UP, DON'T DRINK!
No one else can make you drink or use.
With love,
© 2012 Lisa Cottrell, LPC
Well Being Psychotherapy, LLC
Decatur, GA
404-931-3066
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