Past experience shows that if we can seriously follow the following suggestions, we can minimize the impact of this problem.
1. As an alcoholic who is still recovering, you will unconsciously react to that uncomfortable feeling and seek relief from chemicals, and often tend to take more doses than usual. Therefore, when we feel pain or discomfort in our daily life, we should try our best to find non-drug solutions.
Please remember that the best protection against drug abuse and relapse is to actively participate in the rehabilitation program of A.A. 3.A.A members can't play the role of doctors. You should be completely honest with yourself and your doctor on the issue of drug use.
If in doubt, please consult a doctor who has experience in treating alcohol addiction. 6. Confess your alcohol addiction to any doctor or dentist you consult, and this trust will be respected and most helpful to doctors. 7. If you have ever had side effects on prescription drugs, please inform your doctor immediately. 8. If the private doctor refuses or fails to identify the special sensitivity of alcohol addicts to sedatives, antipsychotics and stimulants, you can consider changing doctors.
When we first quit drinking, some people will experience a brief lack of imagination, which is a kind of
A curious and real state.
People are curious because most alcoholics can show it when they drink.
An extremely rich imagination. As long as it is for drinking, we can spend less than a week.
Make up some reasons (excuses) that others will never think of in their lifetime. A: Yes.
Normal people will have a very legitimate reason to drink, but for a person who has no alcohol problem,
Say, whether you drink or not, you never need any high-sounding reasons! )
When we stop drinking, there is no need to find reasons for ourselves to drink, but our brains seem to.
Also stopped, never recovered. Some of us find it difficult to figure it out without drinking.
What to do. Maybe it's because we just changed our drinking habits or suffered from alcohol for a long time.
After that, our thoughts need a rest to return to normal. For whatever reason,
This unresponsiveness will gradually disappear. After a month without sleep, I
Children can feel obvious improvement; After three months, our minds will be clearer; To the first one
In two years, the promotion is even more amazing, and our inspiration seems endless, better than before.
But when we gave up drinking for the first time, we were always in a seemingly exhausted Jiang Lang state.
We often hear some members ask, "What should we do?"
Some of the activities listed below can be used as the beginning of this stage, although it is not like exploration.
That's very exciting, very exciting, but it contains all kinds of activities, which is enough to fill in.
Make up for the free time at the beginning of abstinence. When we don't need to work or be with people who don't drink
When you are together, you can choose to use it, and you are sure that it is very effective-this is what we do:
1. Take a walk-especially to a new place you have never been. Go to the park or country road for leisure.
Walking slowly, but not a tiring March.
2. Reading-But some of us find it difficult to concentrate on reading after the initial abstinence period.
Miscellaneous books
3. Visit museums or art galleries.
4. Exercise-swimming, playing golf, running, yoga or other exercises recommended by the doctor.
Move it.
5. Set out to deal with the housework that has been neglected for a long time-organize the wardrobe, dresser and put files.
Filing in different categories, answering letters, nailing pictures or dealing with things that we have put off for a long time. but
When doing these things, we must pay special attention to moderation. Although it is said that cabinets, attics,
Basement, storage room and parking lot seem simple, but if we work all day, we will
You will become tired and messy, and you may still not be able to finish it at once. So we are each other.
Will remind each other: don't be greedy, do what you can. Don't clean the whole kitchen or tidy place at once.
There are files, but clean one drawer or folder at a time and do other work another day.
6. Try to cultivate a new hobby-choose something that is not too expensive or demanding and purely entertaining.
Recreation, refreshing, no competitive pressure activities. Many of our candidates
I chose activities I had never thought of before, such as bridge, opera, singing, writing, tropical fish,
Embroidery, crossword puzzles, carpentry, basketball, cooking, bird watching, amateur performance, leather carving, gardening, Kyrgyzstan.
He, movies, dancing, sailing, stone carving, potted plants, collection, etc. Many people find that they are now
What I really like is actually a hobby that I have never considered trying before.
7. relive the fun of the past-some are still hidden in our memories, but they may be forgotten somewhere.
A long-forgotten watercolor painting, a set of embroidery tools, a handmade style that you haven't polished for years.
For some of us, piano, table tennis or go, collected tapes, reading notes and so on. Very important.
Digging up these nostalgic objects again and dusting off the heavy dust on the surface can bring infinite emotion.
And it will make us want to continue these hobbies. But if you think it's no longer suitable for you, give it up.
Give up.
8. Take classes-have you always wanted to learn Japanese or Russian? love history
Or math? Want to know about archaeology or anthropology? Then go to correspondence, TV University or Chengdu.
Personal education (just interest, not necessarily credit certificate). There are also many places where it is only a week.
Why not give it a try if you want to take a one-day course? Many members find that attending classes can not only broaden their horizons.
Vision can broaden the field of life.
If you are tired of the content of this course, don't hesitate to quit immediately. You have the right to decide to stop.
Anything that does more harm than good. Learning to give up is not good for yourself or is not positive, positive or unhealthy.
Only with meaningful activities can we have the courage to face it again and have the opportunity to enjoy drinking.
A new dimension of life.
9. Volunteer to do some useful services-many hospitals, children's service institutions, and teaching.
Social and social welfare organizations are in great need of volunteers to provide various services. We can have many choices.
Choices include reading to the blind, going to church to help post letters and collecting petitions. Just asking.
Hospitals, churches, government agencies or non-governmental organizations can get such information. We found that,
When we can contribute to others, even if it is only a trivial service, we will do it.
I feel particularly useful, even when talking about the process of participating in these activities and related information, we
You will also feel very interested and devoted.
10. Dress yourself-In the past, most of us didn't care about our image. haircut
A new hairstyle, a new dress, a new pair of glasses and even a new tooth will be unexpected and surprising.
A pleasant effect. In the past days, we deliberately decorated our appearance, when we
A few months after waking up, it seems to be another chance to appreciate yourself.
1 1. Relax and play-not everything we do in our daily life is necessary.
We should be proactive, innovative and change, although it is valuable and can improve ourselves.
But many of us realize that it is also very important to maintain a moderate balance. We also need to do something.
Purely for fun activities, such as your favorite hot air balloon, bubble gum, zoo and comedy.
Movies, rock music, detective stories, sunbathing, sledding and so on; If you don't like them, go to them.
It has some fun activities that have nothing to do with drinking, just to reward itself.
12. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, please fill it in yourself.
I hope the activities listed above can inspire you and make you have some different ideas.
Row. If so, very good, enjoy it.
However, it must be noted that some people always go too far and take part in too many activities at once.
We have a good way to help you stop, and that is in chapter 18 of this book.
Take your time.