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Addicts are good at changing reality. It goes like this.
“Wow, I really worked hard today; it’s time to relax, I deserve a reward. A cigarette and some coffee would be nice. Or a drink. Or candy. Or maybe I’ll go out and blow some bucks and buy something. I should really treat myself nice.
I know I said I wouldn’t do this any more. But just this once…”
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
It’s like being two different people- one says stop, one says go. The idea is bringing these two people together.
Some ways to unite yourself in conscousness are journaling, meditation, attending 12 step programs, working with a sponsor. working with a therapist. Pick one. Or pick all.
Do it. Not just this once, either. Choose what helps and stick to it over and over until you’re at one and at peace and not caught in your addiction any more.
Come onto your sitz bones, raise the arms overhead and stretch up, then forward, lengthening the spine. Then begin to round down over the legs, letting the hands fall naturally where they belong. Don’t push or pull or force yourself in any way, that would be a gesture of submission, not surrender. We want to relax, release, surrender.
As you inhale, lengthen. As you exhale, release. Open every pore and cell of your body; surrender into sobriety.
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Spring flowers
Yoga helps us open inside and out as we increase awareness of our inner experiences and of the outside world,
learning to see ourselves and others clearly, and with love, helping us connect bravely.
If we can fall in love with the world, then we can love one special person.
But it all starts with loving and accepting ourselves.
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So, tomorrow is Monday- and just the thought makes you feel like passing out. Don’t ruin your Sunday by dreading Monday. This week we’ll strategize survival mechanisms that will help you tolerate your job, that is, if you’re lucky enough to have one. 
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Let your hands tell you where and how you are–let them enjoy the texture of the washcloth as you rinse your face, the weight of a lemon, the warmth of your coffee cup.
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Briny game scent of rain near the sea, or floating in from NY’s Central Park –a sign of primordial life. Inhale exhale prana.
