Relapse is never an accident. Relapse is a sign that we have a reservation in our program.
Basic Text, p. 79
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A reservation is something we set aside for future use. In our case, a reservation is the expectation that, if such-and-such happens, we will surely relapse. What event do we expect will be too painful to bear? Maybe we think that if a spouse or lover leaves us, we will have to get high. If we lose our job, surely, we think, we will use. Or maybe its the death of a loved one that we expect to be unbearable. In any case, the reservations we harbor give us permission to use when they come trueas they often do.
We can prepare ourselves for success instead of relapse by examining our expectations and altering them where we can. Most of us carry within us a catalog of anticipated misery closely related to our fears. We can learn how to survive pain by watching other members live through similar pain. We can apply their lessons to our own expectations. Instead of telling ourselves we will have to get high if this happens, we can quietly reassure ourselves that we, too, can stay clean through whatever life brings us today.
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Just for today: I will check for any reservations that may endanger my recovery and share them with another addict.
I don't think much about what might happen in the future that would give me a good reason to use drugs again. I try to stay clean one day at a time. I've had some difficult times in recovery, but I've stayed clean through. Today, there is nothing that could happen that we justify using again.
Trust in my God eliminates any reservations for me.That is my strength and I do not have to set aside anything as I work to stay close each day My knowledge is of God's grace and mercy!.
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
Reservations = incomplete Steps 1,2 & 3. For me Using just isn't an option No Matter What. I always say staying Clean is Simple, just don't use No Matter What. May not always be Easy but it's always Simple, just don't use. By thoroughly working the first three Steps the God of my understanding makes it possible. One Day At a Time for 30 years it's worked and continues to work. And in reality having completely worked the first three steps without reservations it does become easy as well as simple not to use.
Which is not to say I am cured by stretch of the imagination!
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Work the Steps or Die MF. (My Friend :) Clean One Day At a Time by The Grace of God through The Power of NA
Yes I like how it is stated in other writings! I am recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body,contingent upon my spiritual conditon. I am given a daily reprieve. I am not cured of my addiction!!
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
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