DON’T QUIT!

At the beginning of the New Year, some people make resolutions before doing that, consider that some studies show that resolutions usually last on average for only 6 weeks. Instead of making resolutions for this year, consider establishing goals and writing them down.

When you have your goals written as your personal Recovery Vision Statement it will become a tool that can be used to help you manage your life, provide direction, and hold you accountable for the choices you make about your career, life, and family.

During recovery, it is suggested to establish at least four main goals. The FIRST and most important goal is having a relationship with a higher power, mine is God. The second is obtaining sobriety or maintaining sobriety by avoiding people, places, and things that are relapse triggers. THIRD is beginning to repair your relationships with family, friends, and other loved ones FOURTH begin to obtain/maintain stability in other aspects of their lives such as housing, employment, and self-care.

Goal setting is an important tool that will keep you motivated and moving in a positive and healthy direction

The primary purpose of writing our Recovery Vision Statement is so that it is not easily forgotten by looking at it regularly. Additionally, by writing it down we can stay focused by keeping track of accomplishments and reward success. When we achieve our goals, we are positively affected, and the people we influence lives are changed for the better. How does it happen? When we write our visions down and work to make them happen.

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©Wanda Currie