When it comes to recovery, there is great power in the word “and.”
“I know eating this meal is okay AND it makes me anxious.”
“Relapsing would not be the best thing for me AND I still have the urge to relapse.”
“My body has changed AND I’m still a valuable person.”
It’s not as though suddenly a switch is flipped and I no longer have the thoughts I did while engaging with my disorder, but I allow them to exist while reminding myself of the recovery tools I have learned to use.





















