![]() ![]() You try it all, but one day she will simply sit up in bed and say, No more, and, Ya, and you will have to move from the Harlem apartment that you two have shared. You claim that you were sick, you claim that you were weak-It was the book! It was the pressure!-and every hour like clockwork you say that you’re so so sorry. You start taking salsa classes like you always swore you would so that the two of you could dance together. You give her the passwords to all your e-mail accounts. You claim you’re a sex addict and start attending meetings. You compose a mass e-mail disowning all your sucias. “You try every trick in the book to keep her. Although we will all experience failure, it is our resilience that determines the outcome.ģ79. If you are afraid of relapsing, educate yourself on how to recognize signs of relapse, build a system of support and learn what to do in case one occurs. Work on constructive ways to approach potential failures. Empower yourself by getting back up instead of allowing failure to defeat you. Learning how to respond to losses in healthy ways is a big part of recovery. Although using substances after getting sober can be extremely dangerous and increase the chances of overdose, like in the case of Demi Lovato’s relapse, when one does occur, it’s how you respond that matters most. Others have already relapsed and as a result, don’t believe they are capable of healing from addiction. Some are so scared of relapsing, that they don’t fully invest themselves in the recovery process. ![]() ![]() It is easy to become parlyzed by a fear of failure. Sometimes, the risk of failing can hold us back from taking action and moving forward. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. ![]() You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You see I can't even write this properly. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. “Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. And then when this day is done I will place my head on my pillow and rest.38. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. If I clench my fist, may it only be in prayer. If I raise my voice may it only be in praise. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. And kind to the unkind, for that is how God has treated me. I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I'll invite him to do so, Rather complain that the wait is to long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical. I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. Today I will love God and what God loves. No occasion justifies hatred no injustice warrants bitterness. ![]()
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