{"id":1284,"date":"2024-07-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2024-07-23T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:07:23","slug":"daily-reading-from-recovery-days-july-24th-by-chris-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoverydays.com\/?p=1284","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reading from Recovery Days July 24th by Chris B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5d142d275b5be46941d6220e37268594\"><strong>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100094027278120\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cca0a895322169707d26a1981c76acb3\"><strong>Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5797dc37b34ea04111ab2b282d01446e\"><strong>YouTube\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_chris\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_ch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b7e6b57158ce48a4f38cf8d2a64a1bd1\"><strong>Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f9d85a83440b409488d6e686e080e803\"><strong>Managing cravings <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5c7a8337337078fd50c5ecd7c3b068e2\"><strong>The psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was an expert on the process of dying and much respected for her \u2018death with dignity\u2019 approach. She formulated the Five Stages of Grief that people facing death or bereavement experience: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. When addicted people quit their habit, they often go through a bereavement process similar to this, where these five stages may be identified. Such a process is likely to be emotional and arduous. Some people never lose the desire for their substance or behaviour of choice. Bill W, co-founder of AA, had cravings for alcohol until the end of his life. That is neither reprehensible nor surprising. Do I recognise the power of addiction and not judge others? <\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b4b13a0f8f747e2b8b61e10917deb5a6\"><strong>Recovery from addiction is management of an ongoing illness. Recovery is not a cure. My addiction, although in remission, may send craving messages to my brain for years. There is nothing surprising in this. I just deny such requests in a forceful manner and move on. The voice in my head grows weaker but it may never go entirely. I ask God to always help me deny cravings.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View VIDEO on Facebook&nbsp;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=A100094027278120 Follow on TikTok Videos at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@recoverydays?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=p YouTube\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Recoverydays_ch Remember Mindfulness \u2013 close eyes briefly Managing cravings The psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was an expert on the process of dying and much respected for her \u2018death with dignity\u2019 approach. 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