Hello Everyone!!
Sometimes being a student can be stressful. Deadlines and classes and work. Where does our recovery fit in all this? I've always been told my recovery must come first or everything else will be lost. Well truth is it won't be lost I will freely give it away. My license, my car, my friends, my job, my education, and my willingness. All these things will be exactly where I leave them weather it is in the hands of a police officer, a junk yard or just a waste of a good person. Today I know I'm far from perfect and that it's progress not perfection. I also know that my laziness and old habits like procrastination or perfectionism can creep back up at any moment. Especially when I am not spiritually fit. Little things that I hardly consider, tend to be the biggest contributors to those old character defects coming back. Reading a daily meditation, exercising, going to a meeting, getting sleep, eating a healthy well balanced diet are those little things that make a BIG difference.
I think when I was told to always say yes when asked to do something in recovery I might just have taken it to the extreme. Haha funny an addict who takes things to the extreme! Sometimes it OK to say no! Overwhelming and overworking your body leads to breakdowns. Not only will your brain not function properly but you will be no use to yourself or others. Being a college student pulling all nighters, pushing things back to the very last minute, surviving on coffee and nicotine, I understand. There has to be balance in recovery, school, work, study time, and personal time. I'm still working on this balance and find myself getting better but at least I know that a drink or a drug is not going to make anything go away. For so long I used to cover up all the messes I was making. Now I see the mess and am trying to figure out how to clean it up, and sometimes it takes awhile to learn these new habits. I truly think all the craziness and events that are happening around me are there for a reason. I just have to keep telling myself it's Progress not Perfection!!
Thought this was pretty helpful :)
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