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I commented on a post concerning the Jellinek Chart and noticed someone tagged an older thread which I commented on both. The previous one I mentioned the 1st time I seen it was 15 years before I found recovery and the other 10. So I went back to my journals that I did for quite sometime and found out it was actually 13 and started reading a lot what I wrote in the beginning of my recovery up until the 5 year mark.
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It always amazes me what I wrote in the beginning to when I stopped through this journey its mind boggling as times goes on how your thinking and perceptions are about recovery, the steps and life in general.
Point being if your new or not and want to follow your recovery and see the change in you, ya might want to consider doing it.
Here is a link to a free service which I have used in the past and going to start back up.
http://penzu.com/
I firmly believe without change there can be no growth.
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It always amazes me what I wrote in the beginning to when I stopped through this journey its mind boggling as times goes on how your thinking and perceptions are about recovery, the steps and life in general.
Point being if your new or not and want to follow your recovery and see the change in you, ya might want to consider doing it.
Here is a link to a free service which I have used in the past and going to start back up.
http://penzu.com/
I firmly believe without change there can be no growth.
I don't know exactly how it happens but it sure does. I too am amazed at how much I have changed over the years.
I stopped keeping a journal quite awhile ago - and thanks for bringing this up - I need to start keeping a journal again.
Billy
I get a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle. I write (you can't do this typing) at the top a question. It could be something like "What do I need right now?" or more specific like "Why do I have a problem with _____"
Then, with my right hand (I am right handed), I write the answers in the right column, list style. Then, I switch to my left hand, ask myself the question again, and then put pen to paper. The stuff that comes out on that side is wild. Because we are using a different part of our brain when writing with the other hand, we get different answers. I found that in the week that I have done it, I am always amazed at what comes out. The vocabulary is even different - I end up using words or expressions on the left side of the page that I don't often or even rarely use in writing or speaking.
It may not make sense all the time, but it does get me thinking.
Great post.
Good for you,
Billy