Your Life As A Puzzle - Volume 2

Your Life As A Puzzle - Volume 2 Do you remember our last story? We compared our life to a puzzle. We left off with three Options: Option One: Having your puzzle look like a pile of trash. Option Two: Having a bunch of pieces that look all bent and torn up. Or Option Three: A grand puzzle that looks like the Garden of Eden. So what do these Options mean? The first one,"A pile of trash,"is who your company is made of, those who do drugs or alcohol. The second option is "being bent and torn up" meaning are you taking care of your heath, taking all of your medication and seeing you doctor regularly. And the third one, looking like the "Garden of Eden," which means doing everything you are suppose to do and more to improve your health. Why are these options important to choose from? Well, they make up the platform of your new life, it gives you something sturdy to work on. Unless you have something firm to stand on you cannot have a stable platform to begin building your new life. Your life is like building a new house. After laying the foundation, you need a solid framework or studs. Our frame work is our body. If we abuse our body with drugs and alcohol, our house will never survive any wind storms, or problems that fly by. We will be too weak to stand up and take charge. But if we take care of our bodies, our framework will be strong as ever. 　　Now for the siding and roof, these two are your family and friends. For some of us we may need to repair our relationship with our family. The roof (or family) is supposed to shelter and protect you no matter what. Then your friends, your true friends, are with you no matter what you are dealing with - they are your sides of your house. It may sound easier said than done, but let me tell you if you do not let yourself do this step the rest of the recovery is going to be hard. Now that you built the platform of your house, you have decided to start a walking plan everyday. But you keep tripping on the same crack in the sidewalk and getting cut after cut. So you try stepping in the road in order avoid tripping, but now you have a new problem - traffic. Every time you step out, you come close to getting hit. So what is the smartest solution or quick fix? Well, have you thought about crossing the street where there are no cracks? So you try it and what do you know! A simple solution solves a big problem. This outlook of the crack is the step back that all have during treatment. You have so much information that it feels overwhelming. Instead of talking to your Therapist, you start having a drink. Or you choose your favorite drug of choice. Does this make you a failure? NO! Because you come back to your next appointment and tell your Therapist what you did. Now, you are both working at it together. By doing so, you are now filling in that crack that you keep tripping over You have overcome another obstacle. Now comes another thought for all of us PTSD suffers, "Your thoughts become your words" "Your words become your actions ""Watch who you listen to, they become your thoughts" "Your habits become your character" "Your actions become your habits" "Your character becomes your DESTINY"