90 Tools for Solution Based Recovery
- Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily.
- Attend meetings regularly and get involved.
- Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME.
- Use the 24 Hour plan.
- Remember, your disease is incurable, progressive and fatal.
- Do 1st things 1st!.
- Don't become too tired.
- Eat at regular hours.
- Use the telephone. Hello?
- Be active - don't just sit around. Idle time will kill you.
- Use the Serenity Prayer.
- Change old routines and patterns.
- Don't become too hungry.
- Avoid loneliness.
- Practice control of your anger.
- Air your resentments.
- Be willing to help whenever needed.
- Be good to yourself, you deserve it.
- Easy does it.
- Get out of the "IF ONLY" trap.
- Remember HOW IT WAS. Your last drunk, the feelings etc.
- Be aware of your emotions.
- Help another in his/her recovery, extend your hand, listen.
- Try to turn your life and your will over to your Higher Power.
- Avoid all mood-altering drugs, read labels on all medicines.
- Turn loose of old ideas.
- Avoid drinking situations/occasions.
- Replace old drinking buddies with new recovery buddies.
- Read the Big Book.
- Try not to be dependent on another (sick relationships..
- Be grateful and when not make a GRATITUDE list.
- Get off the "Pity Pot"...the only thing you'll get is a ring around your ass and numb feet .
- Seek knowledgeable help when troubled and or otherwise.
- Face it! You are powerless over alcohol.
- Try the 12 and 12, not just 1 and 12 or 1, 12 and 13!
- Let go and Let God.
- Use the God bag and the answers: yes, no or wait I have something better in store for you.
- Don't forget to say thanks.
- Find courage to change through the example of others who have.
- Don't try to test your will power - Have diarrhea? Try willpower.
- Live TODAY, not YESTERDAY, not TOMORROW - projection is planning the results before anything even happens.
- Avoid new emotional involvements the first year - you end up putting the other person first and lose sight of "your" program.
- Remember alcohol is - cunning, baffling and powerful.
- Rejoice in the manageability of your new life.
- Be humble--Humility is not in thinking of your self more, but in thinking more of yourself less often.
- Watch your ego.
- Share your experience, strength and hope.
- Cherish your recovery.
- Dump your garbage regularly
- Get plenty of "restful" sleep.
- Stay sober for you - not someone else - otherwise it won't work.
- Practice rigorous honesty with yourself and others.
- Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME, not 10 years in one day!
- Make no major life decisions the first year.
- Get a sponsor and use him/her. (not just selectively share..
- Know that no matter what your problems, someone's had them before.
- Don't be afraid to share.
- Strive for progress not perfection.
- When in doubt ask questions. The only stupid question is the one not asked.
- You weren't afraid to speak before, so why start now?
- Use prayer and meditation...not just pillow talk, get on those knees. Put your shoes under the bed just in case someone's looking.
- Maintain a balance: spiritual, physical, emotional and mental.
- Don't take yourself so seriously- take the disease seriously!
- Learn to take spot check inventories.
- Watch out for the RED FLAGS or "triggers" ... things that give excuses for poor behavior and inevitable relapse.
- Know that it's okay to be human ... just don't drink over it.
- Be kind to yourself; it's about time, don't you think?
- Don't use other substances as a maintenance program.
- Know that whatever it is that's causing pain - it shall pass.
- Stay as away from the DRY DRUNK SYNDROME as humanly as possible.
- Don't give away more than you can afford to, your sobriety comes first and must be the number 1 priority. Protect it at all costs.
- Take down those bricks from the walls around you; you'll be able to see the daylight better. Let people know who you are.
- Get a home group and attend it regularly.
- Know that the light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train, but actually a ray of hope. Drop the negativity.
- Know that you are not alone, that's why the "We" is in the steps.
- Be willing to go to any lengths to stay and be sober.
- Know that no matter how bleak and dark your past may be, your future is clean, bright and clear if you don't drink today.
- Stay out of your own way.
- Don't be in a hurry--remember "TIME = Things I Must Earn".
- Watch the EGO. "EGO = Ease God Out".
- Protect your sobriety at all costs. Keep the light on you.
- Learn to listen, not just hear. Be open-minded and nonjudgmental.
- Know that if your insides match your outsides, everyone looks good.
- If the rest of the world looks bad, check yourself out first.
- Gratitude is in the attitude.
- When all else fails ... just don't drink. Up the number of meetings!!!
- Remember FEAR = FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL!
- Remember FINE = Fouled up, Insecure/insane, Neurotic and Emotionally imbalanced...watch the FINE.
- Handle what you can and leave the rest, don't overtax yourself. You can only accomplish so much in a given 24 hours.
- Honesty and consistency are key factors in recovery.
Let the little kid in you out - learn how to laugh from the gut.
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