The Truth About Recovery

• Urges don’t necessarily go away when you get better

• Intrusive thoughts about past addictions don’t mean you are broken

• Intrusive thoughts are indicators that you feel really bad and probably need to self-care

• Turning intrusive thought into indicators rather than self-ridicule is the best thing you can do for yourself

• Having an urge after many months does not mean you failed

• Relapsing does not mean you failed

• Giving in after a long period of abstaining is still progress

• Close friends will most likely not judge you as much as you think they will

• Wanting to share relapsing or past self-harm does not make you manipulative