Dealing with the fear and dread faced by recovering
addicts as they head home for the holidays.
The clearance Halloween candy is gone from store shelves and that can mean only one thing: The holidays are officially on their way!
While the thought of Christmas has the kids eargerly counting the days until it's arrival, for those in recovery, the visions it conjures up are about as far from dancing sugarplums as you can get.
You know what I mean.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza... they can bring about an overwhelming sense of dread because they also mean extended periods of "family time." Who knows? Maybe your family is the perfect modern version of a Norman Rockwell painting. More likely, that perfect family scene has been colored by divorce, substance abuse, anger, disillusionment or other dysfunction.
So as you head into the holidays, prepare yourself. Work your program, stay connected to others in your situtation, touch base with those who've already been through what you're facing, and, most importantly, don't forget to serve yourself up a heaping helping of grace.
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