From Deception to Honesty
Enlist and Promote the Power of Truth
- Counter lying thoughts with truthful self-talk.
- Counter lying feelings with truthful re-experience of addiction’s aftermath.
- Counter desensitization with restoration of feelings.
- Repent rather than harden.
- Carefully measure and monitor guilt and shame for repentance effect.
- Counter postponement of consequences with here-and-now acceptance.
- Acknowledge your struggle with addiction and your efforts in recovery to loving sponsors.
- During separations, defend recovery by re-connecting.