Relapse

Hi - I've been in SLAA for about four years and attempted the steps to step 9 before a big relapse, then tried SLAA HOW and got to starting step ten. But I have a repeated pattern of slipping every 2 or 3 months. This has been going on for over a year now and is quite demoralising. I attend at least 2 meetings a week (there aren't daily meetings in the north west) and make outreach calls during the week (though not as many perhaps as I ought). But after a few weeks of sobriety, I seem to forget I'm a sex and love addict, and though keep the meetings up, things start to slip away I think and I get involved in lots of other things. I don't know how I can break this pattern of slips every couple of months.  I'd appeciate any advice/feedback/suggestions/and shared experiences, particularly from people who managed to break the cycle of slipping. thanks Roger  

Hi RogerOne of the most

Hi RogerOne of the most important things in recovery is remembering to take steps 1, 2 and 3 on a daily basis. Admitting we are powerless over our addiction, believing in a higher power that can help us and turning our lives over to that higher power.  I know that when I take back power in terms of my addictions ie by thinking that there's not much wrong with me and I can just have a little bit of what I fancy, be it food, alcohol, drugs, non abstinent sexual behaviours etc, then that is the road to slipping. Good luck.   Venus 

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