For your awareness and vigilance, below is a summary of the common changes that happen to our thinking, attitudes and behavior in recovery that has led many of us in recovery to use drugs again.

1- Mental changes

List of common distorted and insane thinking patterns that have the potential to lead us into a relapse:

1. Emotional confusion: When we find ourselves emotionally at a loss on how to cope with the stress of everyday problems.

• Not keeping our recovery as your number one priority in our life and allow other issues to take precedence
• When we don’t practice the principle of “just for today” in recovery life and wallow in the past or worry about the future
• When we don’t practice acceptance and tolerance in our daily affaires and start letting grievances fill our head
• When we stop applying the principles and slogans of recovery to your daily affaires