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    Relapse prevention.

    I am on day 66AF and my reading interests are starting to change. I have started to look at relapse prevention articles for the first time. There were a few articles in particular that I thought were quite good. They really help you to look closely at the reasons why you might pick up a drink again. I thought that I would share them here on MWO

    1 Alcoholism Relapse Prevention Strategies

    2 The Pathways to Sobriety Workbook - Google Books

    3 How to Identify Alcoholism Relapse Triggers | eHow.com

    4 Here is one from MWO. I cant believe it took me so long to find this thread. https://www.mywayout.org/community/f4...ion-42989.html
    I will keep reading. If I see any more that I think stand out I will add them in.
    I am a sobriety tart. AA/Smart/RR philosophy, meds/diet/exercise/prayer,rabbbits feet/four leaf clovers/horseshoes. Yes please.I will have them all thank you very much.Bring them on


    There is no way the bottle is going to be stronger than I am.
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    #2
    Relapse prevention.

    Thanks for this Coal, just what I needed today. I caved yesterday after a very stressful meeting. I'm going to use these to avoid jumping back in the bottle just cause I'm stressed.

    :l
    :flower: I'm not as good as I'm gonna get, but I'm better than I used to be.

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      #3
      Relapse prevention.

      Great post, Coal. People need all the tools, new and old, they can get.
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        #4
        Relapse prevention.

        Congrats on 66 days AF! I'll check out the sites you suggested.
        September 23, 2011

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          #5
          Relapse prevention.

          Coalfire

          Just read the first article - exactly what I need right now. Thanks
          Well done on 66 days too!

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            #6
            Relapse prevention.

            Good posts & links Coalfire,


            Well done on your 66 days,keep it up.


            :congratulatory: Clean & Sober since 13/01/2009 :congratulatory:

            Until one is committed there is always hesitant thoughts.
            I know enough to know that I don't know enough.

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              #7
              Relapse prevention.

              Im sorry you relapsed AKgirl. Stress is a killer. Im glad you are willing to try again. My favourite term is from the first link-"permission thoughts". I had never heard that term before.
              A few days ago I had a really bad day. I thought that I was weeks past the physical cravings stage but they came back with a bang from breakfast to bedtime which is weird as I never drank in the mornings.
              Anyway there was worse to come. I started to look at the idea of relapse. I was going to be in the house on my own for 24 hours and I got the little idea that no one would know. Just one relapse,have the release and start again. I know that this sounds stupid when you see it written down but I was in the grip of that thinking.You know when you watch a woman having labour pains? A big pain will come that will have her bent double then she will get a break and then the next wave hits her.Well thats what it was like inside my brain. I would have a big wave of thought telling me to drink then I would have 5 minutes of sanity then another big wave would come and convince me again that It was a good idea. When the waves hit it really felt like it was an excellent idea and thats what was so scary. Eventually I went to bed with some recovery literature which I haven't done for weeks. The next day was every bit as bad. Its all over now thank God and I am having 2 easy days now. I never knew what those thoughts were called but now I know that they are called permission thoughts and the first article shows how you get them. I thought that they just come from nowhere but they don't. If you trace them back then you will find a trigger and when I mapped the route that the article showed me then I realised what was behind it. My partner had gone away and a plan I had made fell through. It was being alone on my drinking sofa for too long that had started it. I am going to keep that article very close and when I get permission thoughts then I am going to try and work through it the way it suggests. I hope it helps me. Its worth a shot.
              I am a sobriety tart. AA/Smart/RR philosophy, meds/diet/exercise/prayer,rabbbits feet/four leaf clovers/horseshoes. Yes please.I will have them all thank you very much.Bring them on


              There is no way the bottle is going to be stronger than I am.

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                #8
                Relapse prevention.

                Thank you coalfire for the post, i will put this in my tool box folder, it all helps.
                Formerly known as Teardrop:l
                sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
                my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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                  #9
                  Relapse prevention.

                  Thank you for that coal feeling a bit cheesed off tonight which would usually see me having a drink to cheer myself up, but going to read these to links instead just what I need to night !

                  AK stay strong you can do this, still looking for your charm not much British related stuff out there, found a crown that made me smile . PM soon xx

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                    #10
                    Relapse prevention.

                    Just read about the permission thoughts' whow that so rung a bell with me I will return to this link again and use it as a tool to look at my potentila triggers. Looks like a very informative site all round, will use it again

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                      #11
                      Relapse prevention.

                      If you feel tempted then just post away. Im here for a while. Try and break down your temptation into little parts. Try and look at what exactly you are feeling.
                      I am a sobriety tart. AA/Smart/RR philosophy, meds/diet/exercise/prayer,rabbbits feet/four leaf clovers/horseshoes. Yes please.I will have them all thank you very much.Bring them on


                      There is no way the bottle is going to be stronger than I am.

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