I was listening to a very inspiring podcast yesterday. The story was about a guy who had been in a serious accident. And after physically recovering, he was unable to recover mentally. He just felt like he could never be normal again--he had PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He just kept reliving the accident over and over in his head.
He finally went to a therapist who suggested an interesting experiment. The therapist had him start to replay the accident in his head but change the story so that he was not injured. In other words, he changed the story that he had been replaying over and over with a different outcome--and it changed his whole view of himself and his future.
That got me thinking, could we as addicts do the same thing? Could I replay what led up to my most recent relapse, and instead of actually relapsing, visualize in my mind what I could have done differently? In other words, I might be able to change my story--so that in the future, if I think about that relapse, I can replay my new story.
That might change how I view myself going forward--so that when I'm tempted in the future, I might do things differently. It's worth a try!
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