I hear people say when they drink again, “I had a little SLIP.”
You mean a relapse? A slip implies that drinking again was somehow an accident—that I had nothing to do with it.
No.
Sobriety Losing Its Priority
That’s what a SLIP is right there. Sobriety losing its priority! The relapse begins long before I take that drink again. If I am not vigilant about my sobriety and don’t make that my number one priority, I can start thinking old thoughts, repeating old behaviors, and then, I am right back where I was while drinking. Alcohol becomes my solution again. Relapse becomes a possibility. I start making excuses for my behavior.
I know I have more recovery work to do because I am still alive.
Drinking is not an option for me anymore. Period. Now I ask myself, “What am I doing for my sobriety today?”
Then, I pray and ask God to relieve me of the bondage of self to get out of my own head and that thought of, “I got this.”— Next, I help somebody in need or serve in some way. Sometimes that is just going to a meeting and sitting in the seat to be there for others—even if I don’t want to.
Retrain your brain.
Be transformed by behaving differently.
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“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24
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