Here is my newest work...
Recovery is like sitting at the bottom of a roller coaster,
begging your parents to let you ride it. The longer you are in recovery, the
further up the stairs you go, thinking “Oh I got this. I’m good.”…until you are
at the top and you get on the roller coaster where you are locked in, you ride
the coaster going up and down and around; you are scared, nervous and
frustrated. This is relapse.
Relapse locks you in, it takes you on an emotional journey
where things go back to the first time you were on that roller coaster. You
start with those behaviors again, and you can’t stop. You reach out for help,
but no one can unlock you! No one can help you. The only way to get out of the
relapse is to say STOP, I've had enough! You get off that roller coaster and run to your parents or
friends at the bottom and you ask for help.
Then, when you are walking around the amusement park with
them and you are talking about your struggles and how you need to stay in
recovery and you need their help. But they see their other friends and leave
you all alone.
This is when you realize you can walk around the park by
yourself. You realize that you need to take care of yourself because no
one else will.
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