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Spirituality and addiction recovery can be an emotional topic in some circles. Part of the dictionary definition for spiritual is insubstantial. There was a time in my life when I would have agreed with that part of the definition. Someone would say the word spirituality and I would hear God.

Since my concept of God was distorted I had no use for spirituality. When I first attended 12 step meetings almost thirty years ago members spoke of the spiritual part of the fellowship; which led me to believe there was a separate part that dealt with all thing spiritual. Well that was fine with me; I had enough to do staying totally abstinent. Anyone that stays in recovery can tell you, your thinking starts to change.

You become more accepting of ideas that just months earlier you would have argued against. Spirituality came to be the quality of the relationships that were important to me. It was a few years still before I understood I was a spiritual being and would grow in a spiritually positive of negative direction. When the positive growth outweighed the negative I was able to accept God as my higher power.

Years earlier when I attended a drug rehab center I fought robustly against esoterically flavored concepts. Today I accept that inside of me there exists a spiritual life. This life, once awakened overwhelms life itself and overtakes what life had been. This awareness is not so much something we possess but a quality of our being that defies explanation. It is with this truth that I move forward in my recovery. When I stumble I have only to look with-in, not to myself but that which exists in my being.

by cliff1066™

Urban Miss Jiang did not expect much, a few days,

Home Appliances

The recovery of prices will shrink so much, and Jiu Jiadian recycling prices generally declined.

Jiu Jiadian “value” suddenly shrink

9 30, Miss Jiang and his companions in the urban areas, a large store to buy household appliances. Miss Jiang bought a 3,500 yuan in

Samsung

TV

And 4,500 yuan Siemens

Refrigerator

.

Sales staff told her, the state issued a “

TM to

“The new policy. If Miss Jiang has Jiujia Dian, then the price of new appliances can then enjoy a 10% subsidy. Miss Jiang from the mall a” national “TM” sales, recycling successful enterprise “booklet see, “

TV

Machine subsidy cap to 400 yuan / sets, refrigerators 300 yuan / Taiwan. “This means that she bought two pieces of home appliances, could save another 600 dollars.

“Not only this, recovery workers take away Jiujia Dian home when you have to pay a Jiu Jiadian recovery money.” Sales said. Booklet on the show, a 17-inch computer monitor recycling price is 40 yuan.

Miss Jiang, 2 an old monitor, count TM, less able to pay a total of 680. Miss Jiang and his companions on that day they agreed to apply for the “TM” business.

10 17, there are door staff to handle towing procedures, taking away the Jiujia Dian, but only one monitor to the Miss Jiang to pay 10 yuan.

“How a sudden drop of the price? What was not talked about a good?” Miss Jiang asked.

“Now Jiujia Dian recovery price drop down.” Words thrown the staff, they towed the machine.

“One monitor on the value of 10 yuan, which is too cheap a.” Miss Jiang puzzled. This display usually sell second-hand goods market, to sell a 7 80 yuan.

Price of the supermarkets Jiujia Dian

Heavy Recovery

Reporter went to this store, apply for the “TM” business related personnel to reporters produced a list, identifying the various Jiujia Dian recovery price. “This is starting from October 1 implementation.” Recycling staff acknowledged a general lowering of prices, this list is also the Jinhua area of the store came Ministry, at present they can only be handled in accordance with the price. Staff also said that Jiu Jiadian the cost of recycling has regional differences, before the Miss Jiang was in Beijing to see the prices, they will be higher.

10 20 journalists have general inquiries urban agriculture, the country over the United States and other home appliances store, get the same recognition that the recovery of our city’s Jiu Jiadian general price decline.

Industry that is “

Zhejiang

“Standard

Phnum appliances staff cited an example of the previous 21-inch color TV, customers who participate in TM, the recovery of the price it was 30 yuan, 10 yuan and now it is.

“Adjustment ’11’ a few days before.”

Gome

Fan manager said that some prices are even up, but there are a lot of drop. Fan manager, said the city is almost home appliances shopping malls full launch in August, “TM” business. At that time the cost of recycling is a reference to the implementation of Beijing, Zhejiang and did not put a specific price list. To September, the province introduced a Jiu Jiadian recovered only nominal price of the standard, they only refer to the implementation of the provisions of the province.

Fan manager added, to recover Jiu Jiadian the country identified the unit, is the successful informal enterprises.

If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol then you should look into the possibility of getting into recovery. Alcohol addiction has a lot of negatives associated with it, not the least of which is a lifespan that is generally reduced by about 20 percent on average, so anyone who is hooked on drinking should look into quitting just for this simple fact alone. The quality of your life stands to improve by leaps and bounds if you can find a way to sober up.

If you want to quit drinking then you have to change your entire life from the inside out. For most people, success in sobriety comes as a direct result of their actions in trying to actively create a new life for themselves. This means that if you want to stay sober then you have to do a lot more than just not drink. You have to get active in recovery and reach out and help other people and set some goals in your life and find some real purpose. If you do these things then it will give you the drive and the motivation to remain sober even when times get tough.

We all have our personal challenges and we will all have our ups and downs so you need to find coping mechanisms and healthy outlets so that you can avoid relapse over the long term. Alcoholism is a very patient disease and so you need an entire life strategy that can carry you through your entire life experience if you want to stay sober in the long run.

People often find their way to recovery in the midst of a crisis. Someone standing at the crossroads of recovery, may have been arrested for DUI, may have been fired, or may have received a scary report from the doctor. He may have heard the bottom line demand from his spouse– “Get help or we are getting a divorce.” Or, the alcoholic/addict may in fact, have a moment of clarity and really be able to see that he does have a problem and that help and abstinence are called for. The alcoholic/addict feels afraid. He feels ashamed.  He feels angry at others or at himself for being in this position in the first place.   

Fear, coercion or crisis helps him find his way into recovery. Fear is a fairly good short term motivator, but not so good in the long run. Once the fear subsides and the crisis is over, it is very easy to lose your motivation and momentum. At the point where the cycle of addiction is interrupted by failing to take the next drink, dose, or joint, there is a lot of tension, anxiety, and mindfulness of where you are in the process. Detox or withdrawal may occur, with physical and/or emotional symptoms being very consciously experienced.

When you get to feeling better physically and emotionally after detoxing, it is easy to lose your momentum. Your focus on recovery can dissolve. Some of the problems that once motivated your recovery might be resolved now. Because you have quit drinking or using, your spouse and kids are once again speaking to you and are in the process of forgiving you. You may have even won back some trust. Everything seems to be going well.  

Under these circumstances it is quite easy for you to take your eyes off the target and lose your focus on recovery. Erroneously, you may believe that your abstinence is not so fragile now.  Feeling better, you may think you have it “whipped”. 

Without actively focusing on your continuing abstinence and recovery, your behavior can begin to drift away from the newly instituted behavioral changes that you have made. You run the risk of returning to old thinking, old feelings, and then ultimately old behavior.  The reason why this would happen is that you are not consciously taking steps to continue on a path of recovery. This path involves many changes in your behavior and in your life style. Without making conscious choices in regard to how each decision affects your new recovery life or your old addiction life, you are unconsciously choosing your old life. Choosing recovery is not like jump starting your damaged car battery where once you get it started, it recharges itself as run it. You have to continuously work a program of recovery. Without doing so, your efforts will be short-lived. 

You will quit going to counseling. You will quit going to meetings. You will have stopped calling your recovery support people. Your defenses will go back up and you may take exception to the feedback of significant others who tell you that you are acting like you used to before recovery.

You won’t be able to see that you are on the road to relapse. You won’t be able to understand why they are concerned. You won’t be able to identify the behavioral changes that scare them because you will be back in denial. Being around old drinking/using environments and friends don’t scare you. You can’t understand why it would scare your significant others. After all, you told them that you are not going to relapse. You have learned your lesson. What more do they want? 

After awhile, you will begin to think that you have your drinking or using under control now.  When you think of addiction as a thing of the past, that you now have it under control, you will begin to entertain the notion that you can now drink or use without negative consequences. If any of this sounds like your recent experience, you are in big trouble. You are in the relapse process and unless you do something now, you will relapse–and soon.

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