Stressed and Sober

The major problem with people since a long time has been that they have been associating stress relief with consuming alcohol or other drugs. They consider escaping stress and relieving stress to be one and the same. Rather than addressing and dealing with the source of their stress, they try to evade and avoid it by convincing themselves that they deserve a drink as a reward for feeling stressed. They reward themselves for having a problem rather than facing the problem that they already have.

For the people on the path to recovery from an addiction, times of stress can prove to be a really hard obstacle to overcome. Reaching out for a drink or other drugs seems to be an apt solution for their problem. This is a serious problem because giving in to their addictions and relapsing even for a day will have a major effect on them. That one mistake will dismantle everything that they have worked hard for, up until that point.

There are alternatives and other methods to continue staying sober the way they were up until then:

• Looking back at all the effort they made to stay sober and all the difficulties they went through. This will help them realize that they will begin to feel even more stressed out than before, as the original source of the stress will combine with their feeling of guilt for letting go and give way to something worse.
• Understanding that being sober is the only proper way to go about it as they need to face whatever is causing them stress and find possible solutions to their problems. They cannot do that when they are intoxicated.
• Talking to family and other friends about whatever is causing them stress and informing them whenever an urge to go back to their old habits comes up. Friends and family prove to be a very effective support system and will help keep the people on track to recovery.
• Consulting a therapist is also a very effective solution as they will help you realize that the stress you’re facing and your urge to intoxicate yourself are no way related and that you aren’t supposed to mix them both. The therapists at phoenix rehabilitation centre are experts at this and will help you through your stressful times.

Associating our habits to sad times and stressful times is very dangerous as this can pave the way to addictions. People begin dealing with their problems through alcohol and other drugs and will never really solve their problem. This way the problems pile up and the habits eventually evolve into an addiction. This can be prevented upon following the above-mentioned steps.

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