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Frumious Bandersnatch
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Junkie wisdom, anecdotal evidence and researchers all agree, there are some important milestones that happen in recovery. This it true for people who use substances but also for those recovering from trauma and behavioral addiction issues.
Googles states that a milestone is
The most significant marker is perhaps the first 90 days after one disengages from whatever harmful behavior brought them here. That is about how long it takes for new neural pathways to take become established, and for the body-mind to balance and come back into harmony with itself.
What have been your milestones in recovery? How did you get there? None of us have done this alone. What kind of support have you enjoyed and would like to express gratitude for?
God only knows, I've done this so many times, but I would say the first milestone for me was the first few months I was on methadone and abstained from old harmful behaviors. The second milestone was coming off methadone. Like they say, it was smack dab right about 90 days after I had finished my self detox and hadn't touched opioids, and I noticed I began to feel my feelings in a way I had not in a long time.
A wall of sadness came over me, a wall of emotional and psychological pain I had been holding back for over a decade with substances. But it is not a depression, it is far to refreshing to be that. I am far to connected to those around me, my world, my people, the land and animals to feel small, alienated, isolated and alone.
As Rilke says, Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. That seems to very much sum up where I'm at in life right now.
Googles states that a milestone is
an action or event marking a significant change or stage in development.
The most significant marker is perhaps the first 90 days after one disengages from whatever harmful behavior brought them here. That is about how long it takes for new neural pathways to take become established, and for the body-mind to balance and come back into harmony with itself.
What have been your milestones in recovery? How did you get there? None of us have done this alone. What kind of support have you enjoyed and would like to express gratitude for?
God only knows, I've done this so many times, but I would say the first milestone for me was the first few months I was on methadone and abstained from old harmful behaviors. The second milestone was coming off methadone. Like they say, it was smack dab right about 90 days after I had finished my self detox and hadn't touched opioids, and I noticed I began to feel my feelings in a way I had not in a long time.
A wall of sadness came over me, a wall of emotional and psychological pain I had been holding back for over a decade with substances. But it is not a depression, it is far to refreshing to be that. I am far to connected to those around me, my world, my people, the land and animals to feel small, alienated, isolated and alone.
As Rilke says, Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. That seems to very much sum up where I'm at in life right now.
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