Tips For Talking About Recovery From Addiction

You've come out of recovery and your close friends and family have helped you through the hardest parts. Now as you begin your continuum of care and slowly start to rebuild a life free of addiction how will you talk about what happened to those who don't know. If you have children, how much will you reveal to them about what happened? The damage left behind by substance abuse will take some time to repair but over a period of time, you can take efforts to address those you have hurt and wronged. Creating new relationships and fixing broken relationships takes quite a bit of a labor but it can be done. Mark Houston Recovery can help you develop strategies to do this. For us it's not just about recovery but its also about living with recovery and with those who can, will and want to be by your side.

Striking Up A Conversation -- Discussing Your Recovery

What are your motivations for beginning this discussion? Take time to explore your motives. if you are talking to your children is it that your are you hoping that they will not repeat your behavior? Are you trying to lessen guilt? What is your plan? Here are a few things your need to address for yourself before striking up a conversation about recovery with your children or loved ones.

• You can help them to understand your behavior of the past-and your commitment to recovery in the present.

• You can help them understand how their life has been affected.

Having a healthy discussion about addiction needs to come out of healthy thinking and the acceptance of your disease and yourself. Mark Houston Recovery knows how important it is to make that connection for your recovery. We want to help you make that connection.

Finding Purpose In Your Discussion About Recovery

After considering your motivation for talking about your addiction, you also need to think about your expectations to make sure they are realistic. Some people will be openly angry with you. Others may want to take care of you or protect you. Some may be polite but not really care about your recovery story. The purpose and the point of talking about addiction and your recovery is not at all to gain immediate acceptance from your children or friends and family. What's more important, what really helps this process is that you will be heard. Your behavior along with what you say will make a greater impact. At Mark Houston Recovery we aim to make a great impact on your recovery and in having a better quality of life.