Reflections on the Road to Recovery from Alcoholism- What are you thinking?

Reflections...

....on the Road to Recovery

                                                 What are you thinking about?

Many people with addiction problems talk about their "default" to negative thinking and obsessing over troubles and worries of the past or future.

We can't make much progress in changing this type of thinking until we know we are engaging in it.

So here is a great tool to help with that:

Implement a discipline where you stop 4 times during the day and think about what you are thinking about!

Once you capture negative thinking you can start changing. You can ask your Higher Power to remove the thought.... You can focus on what you are grateful for and the positive things that are happening in your life...you can say the third step prayer and/or the serenity prayer.

The essence of this idea is ...we can't get better until we know where we are at the moment.

Thoughts on this?