Saturday, July 7, 2018

Meeting New People

Last night was my first time with my counseling group from my IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program). I’m definitely the amateur of the group. All seem to have been through rehab, some several times. They know all the drug names for medications inside and out and use acronyms I don’t know like they’re common words. My counselor is very good. His name is Larey and he’s patient and positive. He’s also a recovered alcoholic who’s been dry 22 years. Each week we have to report how we’re doing physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I said physically I was doing better and had improved my diet, spiritually I had really had a breakthrough, and emotionally I was split. I was very good because I had spent the week at home, but feeling a little vulnerable because of my upcoming trip. Larry gave some methods to help. I need to think about bad situations I might face and three escape plans for each one (e.g. leave, call someone, etc..). I’ll work on this before I leave. He also pointed out that cravings come in waves. We think we need to defeat them at their height, but we often just need to wait them out.

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