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YOU. ARE. NOT. ALONE.

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It's a Relationship

A relationship with our bodies is just that: a relationship. It can be healthy and rewarding, or abusive and destructive. Mostly, it’s somewhere in between. We live and grow, get better and worse, and find that the process is rarely a straight line in one direction. Like any relationship, it requires communication and responsibility: paying attention to our bodies, giving them what they need, caring for them, and seeking help when necessary. For most of us, this does not come naturally. A member shared, “I needed to learn to treat my body like something other than my enemy.” Very few of us come to -- with education or experience in what is good for us. Even if we did know better, living through active addiction means we spent long periods of time abusing and neglecting our bodies. Our relationship to our bodies has been troubled: We spent a lot of time trying to escape them, after all. We pushed the limits, not only through combining drugs, overdosing, or substituting in order to get high, but in other ways as well: staying awake for days and then sleeping almost as long; not eating, or eating in bizarre and unhealthy ways; selling our bodies or engaging in unsafe sex; participating in or exposing ourselves to extreme violence. Our disease craves instant gratification, but learning how to take care of our bodies takes time, and so does healing. We may want results as soon as we start, but mostly they accumulate gradually. The quality of this relationship varies over time. Sometimes we care for ourselves and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we confuse what we look like with who or how we are, and think that changing our outsides will fix the void we feel inside. Poor self-care can be a sign that we are in trouble, either in terms of our self-esteem or our priorities. When we are not taking care of ourselves physically, chances are we are not taking very good care of ourselves emotionally or spiritually, either. On the other hand, mood changes can be a sign of a physical problem. When we notice a change in how we feel or react, it’s usually worth looking a little deeper. Some issues or life changes bring adjustments to our relationship with our bodies, like quitting smoking, going through pregnancy, menopause, or recovering from an injury. Taking a job that is more demanding than we are used to or working different hours can really affect how we feel and how we take care of ourselves. Emotional changes, too, like beginning or ending a romantic relationship, can change the way we see and relate with our bodies. Whether the changes are ultimately for better or worse is a choice we get to make. Caring for ourselves leads to other kinds of freedom, including increased energy, freedom of movement, self-esteem, and discipline. We develop the ability to take action in other areas of our lives. If we are resisting a larger change, then we are likely to resist the smaller changes that would make it possible. When we are not taking action on a particular area of our recovery, it’s often an indicator that transformation is coming. Breakdown often precedes breakthrough.

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