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1. When you hear something ignorant/rude/insulting:
2. When you're anxious and someone asks if you've ever tried this cool new breathing trick they saw on the internet:
3. When someone is trying their best to help you but is just saying things you already know/have done:
4. When you look back on your life:
5. When you have a bad day but try to fix it:
6. When you look at the list of side effects possible with the medication you're on:
7. When you feel like it's one thing after another:
8. When you just need to be left alone:
9. When you feel unloved:
10. When you find out someone likes you or interested in you:
11. When you're about to leave therapy and suddenly get the courage to talk:
12. When falling asleep is getting easier:
13. When you reunite with treatment friends:
14. When you suddenly getting really strong urges after a long time without them:
15. When you have high urges all day:
16. When you resist urges:
17. When you have no choice other than to feel your feelings
18. When you wake up and wish you hadn't:
19. When you feel like things are getting bad again and you're trying to stop it:
20. When you lose interest in everything again but you're still trying:
21. When something triggers you on the internet:
22. When you're going out with friends and you're the only one not drunk or high:
23. When you're trying to talk about what's going on:
24. When you just want to give up:
25. When you have therapy but you really don't feel like going:
26. When you have to deal with official paperwork:
27. When you're learning to let things go:
28. When you try something new and challenging in your recovery:
29. When your friends show some disordered thoughts or behaviors:
30. When you're frustrated with being alive:
31. When you're able to calm yourself down:
32. When you're not able to calm yourself down:
33. When you have suicidal thoughts:
34. When you "tell on yourself" after a relapse:
35. When you're unstable and have to reset short-term goals:
36. When you have to step up to a higher level of care:
37. When you're trying to remind yourself that you won't feel this way forever:
38. When this is just so true it hurts:
39. When you realize how far you've come:
40. When you come out of treatment and have people ask if you're "better" now:
41. When you're in the weird recovery limbo:
42. When people ask what you're doing with your life:
43. When you have a good body image day:
44. When you tell yourself affirmations:
45. When you hit a recovery milestone:
46. When you look back and recognize your growth:
47. When you accept your life and who you are:
48. When you live in recovery:
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