Is Your Recovery
Bulletproof?
Test Results
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1. I
focus on relapse prevention to stay sober.
"Relapse Prevention" as an idea suggests that a person
will stay sober if they watch out for relapse. That's
bit like saying to avoid accidents while driving watch
accidents happening and when none is around to see,
fantasize one in your head. We go where we look. Watch
and think about "Sustained Sobriety" to stay sober. |
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2. I
have a sponsor or coach for my recovery with whom I meet
regularly.
The one single best predictor that a person will
maintain sobriety is a "yes" answer to this question. Not
only does it build in accountability, but having company
along this recovery road is essential! |
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3. To
understand how to practice solid sobriety, I study the
stories and lives of people who failed at recovery.
Yes, there is some wisdom in learning from other's
trials and hard earned lessons, but this can become
another version of studying poverty to become rich. You
go where you look and repeat in action what is repeated
in your head and thinking life. To be successful with
sobriety, feed your head recovery success stories. |
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4.
It doesn't matter what you call it. My addiction is what
it is and how I think about it has nothing to do with
staying sober.
What you call or name something determines how you
relate to it. If you call money "Good" you will relate
to it differently than if you call it "Bad". Likewise,
is your addiction a disease, a genetic inheritance, a
matter of will power or a sin? Each of these names has
it's own different solution for recovery. |
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5.
"Sustained Sobriety" and
"Relapse Prevention" are one and the same. It's
semantics and has no effect on recovery.
Same idea as question "1". We go where we look. |
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6.
People with active addictions
do not regularly take good care of themselves.
Addictive behaviors are sure fire signs that a person is
very needy in one or more parts of their lives. They may
take good care of themselves financially but neglect
their spiritual and emotional needs, for example. Unmet
needs breed anxiety and chronic anxiety feeds
addiction. Read "Bulletproof Recovery" to find the
answers for sustained sobriety through good self care. |
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7.
I have a clear idea about what
I need to do to keep me sober. I think of it as a
"program" and work it regularly.
A program is a specific set of acts and behaviors that
when repeated regularly results in predictable outcomes.
Emphasis here is on "specific" and "regular" things you
do which you can count on to give you the recovery
outcomes you want. |
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8.
I dwell on my recovery successes and ignore my failures,
except to see what they tell me about my triggers.
Focus on what you want, not what you do not want to
happen. No one to my knowledge stays sober from repeated
relapse. Bad food cannot sustain good health. Success
breeds success and failure breeds failure. |
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9.
No matter whatever else is
going on in my life, I do first what is necessary
to sustain solid sobriety.
To sustain sobriety and have a Bulletproof Recovery you
have to be willing to put your recovery on a life and
death level, right up there with breathing and eating. |
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10.
All I need to do to stay sober
is do what others before me did to maintain recovery.
Maybe to get sober in the first place, this kind of
blind following can work... for a while. Eventually, to
stay sober, you must design your own "stay sober"
program, just like you have adapted all other life
support measures you use to meet your needs best in your
own unique way.
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