Sobriety Survival101

  50 Essential Tips To Help You Stay Clean And Sober Making the decision to get clean and sober is the easy part.  Actually staying clean and sober – that’s a different story altogether. Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned in recovery.  Hopefully some of these lessons can help you as well: 1. For your first few months sober, your only goal each day is to make it through without a drink. 2. Don’t overestimate your control over your addiction.   Everyone does at some point . 3. Practice complete abstinence .  Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can moderate your alcohol intake .  It won’t work out in the long run. 4. Seek out in-patient treatment if you can afford it. 5. Take physical care of yourself.  Exercise regularly and eat well. 6. Cut out toxic relationships from your life.  This includes friendships and romance. 7. Build new healthy relationships with positive people. 8. Reconnect with friends and loved ones who may have

The AUDIT Test for Alcohol Addiction (Alcoholism)  The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The test correctly classifies 95% of people into either alcoholics or non-alcoholics. It was tested on 2000 people before being published. (The  pdf format version  of the AUDIT is available through the WHO website. Copyright 1993 World Health Organization.)(2) To correctly answer some of these questions you need to know the definition of a drink. For this test one drink is: One can of beer (12 oz or approx 330 ml of 5% alcohol), or One glass of wine (5 oz or approx 140 ml of 12% alcohol), or One shot of liquor (1.5 oz or approx 40 ml of 40% alcohol).  1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? Never (score 0)  Monthly or Less (score 1)  2-4 times a month (score 2)  2-3 times a week (score 3)  4 or more times a week (score 4) 2. How many alcoholic drinks do you have on a typical day when you are drinking? 1 or 2 (0)  3

  Step 1 - I admit that I am powerless over my addiction and that my life has become unmanageable     ·      Have you seriously damaged your relationships with other people because of your addictive behaviors? If so, list the relationships and how you damaged them.       ·      If other people have told you how you how your have hurt them, then write down what they said.       ·      Describe any missed appointments that resulted from your addictive behaviors.       ·      Describe any memory lapses where you cannot account for where you were.       ·      Describe any times that you cannot recall how you got home.       ·      Describe times and ways that you have significantly neglected or damaged relationships with your loved ones in order to indulge in your addictive behaviors or because you were recovering from your addictive behaviors.       ·      Describe any illnesses that have resulted from your addictive behaviors.       ·      If your addictive behavior contributed to exces