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10-23-2013, 10:09 AM
First Aid Kit during the course of your recovery process: It is highly likely that you will run smack dab into it during these fearful times when the First Aid Kit can be called into action, and help you to:
Contact your Higher Power and turn it over through Prayer and Meditation. Do the
Get on the phone and talk to your sponsor and/or program friends.
Write a gratitude list.
Go to a meeting and share about your experience. Don’t isolate.
Ask for help with what you’re going through, and be willing to receive help.
Do something physical. Walk around the block, do the dishes, clean the house, or_____?
Slow down because you’re probably moving too fast. Remember to breathe. Take deep
Ask yourself from a mature and objective perspective “Is my survival at stake – and what is personally threatening in the situation. This external or internal condition can appear in the form of a panic attack, shame spiral, or similar feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and utter despair. It deals with and resolves the issue at hand. Perform necessary footwork and then let it go. breaths and do your best to relax. is really happening to me?
Do some journaling/writing about the event.
Remember that thoughts and feelings aren’t always based on fact.
Try your best to objectively describe what just happened to you, and then come up with a solution.
When implementing your First Aid Kit, remember the following: Progress not ’s generally a good idea to practice your plan of action at least a few times before you really ou can also practice when things are going well in your recovery process. Practice, practice, works if you work it. positive game plan to place into action in order to prevent this from happening again. perfection. Actions speak louder than words. Easy does it but do it. I need it. This way you’ll have a sense of what you’re doing when you have to do it.
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Contact your Higher Power and turn it over through Prayer and Meditation. Do the
Get on the phone and talk to your sponsor and/or program friends.
Write a gratitude list.
Go to a meeting and share about your experience. Don’t isolate.
Ask for help with what you’re going through, and be willing to receive help.
Do something physical. Walk around the block, do the dishes, clean the house, or_____?
Slow down because you’re probably moving too fast. Remember to breathe. Take deep
Ask yourself from a mature and objective perspective “Is my survival at stake – and what is personally threatening in the situation. This external or internal condition can appear in the form of a panic attack, shame spiral, or similar feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, and utter despair. It deals with and resolves the issue at hand. Perform necessary footwork and then let it go. breaths and do your best to relax. is really happening to me?
Do some journaling/writing about the event.
Remember that thoughts and feelings aren’t always based on fact.
Try your best to objectively describe what just happened to you, and then come up with a solution.
When implementing your First Aid Kit, remember the following: Progress not ’s generally a good idea to practice your plan of action at least a few times before you really ou can also practice when things are going well in your recovery process. Practice, practice, works if you work it. positive game plan to place into action in order to prevent this from happening again. perfection. Actions speak louder than words. Easy does it but do it. I need it. This way you’ll have a sense of what you’re doing when you have to do it.
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