Reflections on the Road to Recovery from alcoholism -Negative thinking

          

  Reflections................................on the Road to Recovery

                                         
                                       Negative thinking


"Alcoholics tend to default to negative thinking."

Negative thinking steals our happiness, joy and freedom sometimes without our even realizing it. If we stay in this state of negative thinking we can easily drift toward the idea of escaping through alcohol, drugs or any other addiction.


Try this test:  For the next 10 days, stop for a moment 5 times per day and think about what your thinking about.

Were your thoughts positive or negative?

Optimistic or pessimistic?

Peaceful or anxious?

Try replacing these negative thoughts with  peaceful prayers, slogans or music- One example people use regularly is the Serenity prayer.