Posted by AuntieMel on August 15, 2005, at 9:26:16
In reply to Re: question re: memory recovery » AuntieMel, posted by AMD on August 13, 2005, at 17:45:48
It can reverse itself if you work at it.
I will give you a memory tip, though. When you start feeling better you will tend to forget about how awful you feel now. Your mind (disease) will fondly remember the "good" times of using and conveniently forget the bad.
The trick is to get yourself to play it through in your mind to the end. If you start to think about "gee that would feel good right now" go ahead and visualize the entire scenerio through to the next day.
There are a couple of ways to reinenforce this. First is to start practicing it while you still feel awful.
Another thing to do is sit down and write, write, write - how bad you feel now, the stupid things you did under the influence, the things that made you want to use.
And - one thing that helps in the early stage - write a good-bye letter to your drugs and addiction. Tell them how they affected your life and what you think about them. Get angry!
And keep up the meetings. They keep you off the street.
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