• Make meetings a priority – Join a recovery support group and attend meetings regularly.
Spending time with people who understand exactly what you’re going through can be very healing. You can also benefit from the shared experiences of the group members and learn what others have done to stay sober.
Self help
Points to consider when making the change is:
1. How do you deal with stress?
2. Who are your friends?
3. How do you spend your free time?
4. How do you think about yourself?
For a start:
1. Think about your change.
2. Keep track of your drug use.
3. List the pros and cons of quitting.
4. Consider what is important to you – your partner, your children, your career.
5. Talk to someone you trust about quitting.
6. List things that are preventing you from changing.
Questions to consider:
• Do you feel guilty for your behaviour?
• Do you make promises to stop drinking/drug use?
• Do you find yourself trying to justify the way you feel and act?
• Have you given up responsibility for your addiction?
• Do you feel alone, rejected, fearful, angry, guilty or exhausted?
• Did you ever lose time from work or school due to your addiction?
• Do you ever use alone?
• Do you avoid people or places that do not approve of you using drugs?
• Have you ever tried to stop or control your using?
• Have you ever lied about what or how much you use?
Just for today
Higher Power, help me serve other people, not demand that they serve me.
The AA Estcourt branch hosts meetings every Tuesday at Forderville Primary School from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Desigan on 082 849 3014.
The AA Winterton branch hosts meetings every Thursday at the Springfield Church opposite the police station from 7pm to 8pm. Contact Dolly on 071 688 5330 or Virgilo on 079 688 0432.
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