By Ian Young. The founder of Sober-Services.com and Sober-Academy.com and is the treatment director of TheRiverRehab.com in Thailand
The extended holiday season can be a difficult and testing time for people in early recovery. Here are some suggestions that will make the trial of maintaining your new-found recovery that much easier over the Christmas holidays and beyond. Some of these are very obvious, but they still need reminding, particularly for people relatively new to the recovery lifestyle.
- Make Changes
- Dry House
- Tell Everyone
- Replacement Therapy
- Imagine / Visualise / Dream
- Keep yourself Busy
- Education
- Take Notes
- Keep things simple
- Seek Professional Help
To read the full article, see attached images or go to The Recovery Journal Website
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