In one of my meetings I learned that a person who had some
time sober went out again. Not on alcohol but another drug. It did not surprise
me. This person was cocky in his sobriety and he was one of two that I
envisioned relapsing. The other one remain sober, or at least so he says. I
kind of have a knack for it, mostly due to my training. The proverbial “it”
being spotting potential relapses. This is, of course predicated by my own
inability to forecast my own. A very
clean and sober addict once told me “if you get cocky in your sobriety its
over. You will relapse mentally before you physically ingest something.”
I was reading another person’s blog today and it reassured
my thoughts about why I journal. I journal for me to get it out of my head and
could care less who reads it. I journal to practice thinking, writing and
emotions. I write not for grammatical correctness (as evidence by my last sentence) but
for emotional and mental integrity. Writing in a journal allows me to find my
thoughts in a clear and concise manner and review and process them.
When I
journal, I am practicing.
David J
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