How to handle being sober
When referring to a life without alcohol or drugs, I think the word "sober", referring to a chemical, the less state of being damned by a strange nickname. When someone appears "sober", I imagine a robust individual, darker, look at the world quite severe, with the temperament of Ebenezer Scrooge. A more appropriate word, in my opinion, it would be simply "natural." Really, that is life when living without chemicals. And 'natural, and natural. And 'right' is. "
Learning to live without chemicals, for a drug addict, is one of the scariest sentences there. An addict does not just come to depend on them psychologically, but physically he came to "request" them. Reversing this habit is the equivalent of rebirth ourselves. All I am used to has changed. We are near the start in a new planet.
I was lucky that when I clean and sober, I had memories of what was healthy, I do not get addicted until I was in my thirties. I remembered the satisfaction I felt to be physically healthy, and be able to see things clearly. However, despite having the advantage of memory, "Starting Over", redefining me, it was extremely difficult.
When you start the path of sobriety, the best, at first, is to start slowly, and do a few things in advance, and virtually non-negotiable. Once things are built, a little 'more sober life, "the activities and tools may be added. Sobriety, like life itself, is a process, a journey. Since this, seen as an exciting stay more profitable, psychologically. Indeed, it is better not to see as "a sober life," but as "living", period. Since the tools we use to redirect our path to becoming clean and sober are the same tools that everyone should have a fulfilled life full of meaning.
IN BEGINNING
So, you're fresh out of rehab, and are trying to adapt to life abroad (or, you got to the bottom, and went to his first AA meeting). A difficult task at first, there are some simple ways to begin, some principles to keep in mind before going forward.
1. Realize that they are important, who have a disease, and as such, must take care of him and take care of yourself. Be gentle with yourself. You did not choose to become addicts. Nobody does. But now that you know is,
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