You deserve to be ADORNED in your recovery. Newcomers and addicts with all lengths of sobriety can use recovery slogans to keep it simple. The idioms that recovery has promoted for decades is to show how essential and effective working a program of recovery can be. The program characterizes this as a miracle and you should “keep coming back” until it happens because if you leave, you may miss an incredible opportunity. You may have tried endless times to get and stay sober, but something extraordinary can happen to get you to long-term sobriety which cannot be explained to why this time is different from the last. When you think of miracles it may lead you to think of something religious, but a miracle is defined as “an extraordinary event that surpasses all known human powers”. Some people can take this as a derogatory statement or you can take it as an honest invitation to keep coming back to get solution especially if you have not yet had the ah-ha moment in the realization of how recovery works. This mantra is a universal sign of unity to come together for a specific cause. It works if you work it, because you are worth it.” People will also say this to addicts after they have shared in a meeting or to somebody that may be struggling with recovery. Keep coming backĪt the end of a meeting in rehab or 12-Step program, generally everyone will hold hands concluding with, “Keep coming back. When you are calm, you tend to make healthier decisions and choices in recovery. Not in the way of being neglectful, but to relax to feel at ease in the body and the mind. This a fancy way of stating that you should relax in recovery. The idea is to keep things in the order that they should be accomplished to achieve the best results. You may need to pay a bill one dollar at a time or have to do step work one step at a time.

First things firstġ2-Step programs are known to advocate a “one day at a time” philosophy, which can trickle into other areas of recovery.

Knowing what they really mean can not only help you to learn something new, but also put a little bit more meaning into your recovery.

You may roll your eyes and gag a little when they are spoken, because they seem so cliché. When attending 12-Step meetings there are catch phrases that can be heard in pretty much every meeting that convenes.

Keep it simple recovery