Pampering Your Recovery and Self

***Chy*** · 12-05-2011, 09:57 AM

I used to hear people always say "take care of you", "do something good for yourself", " be good to yourself", etc... and my thought process always was Why? I don't deserve it after the hardship my addiction caused myself and others. But now I get it. Now I get the importance of it. Now I understand how it's so very important that we take care of ourselves each day. That can be a daunting task. But each day I do try to take a few minute, lots of minutes, just time, to find my balance, spend time on me, either thinking, meditating, praying or doing something to keep me in a healthier frame of mind and body. So my point being another check in thread in case we forget to do just that for ourselves.

Now my day is just starting and I usually have time in the morning before heading to work to take that time or do whatever I've found will "calm" or balance me. With company in town it's been hard and has thrown me off kilter thus the reason I mention it as I just figured it out, haven't been taking care of me to well and I get thrown out of sync. So let's see how we do.. me myself and I must always come firsts... so the challenge is to simply answer this one question:

Today I pampered myself by______________________.

scaredykat · 12-06-2011, 08:31 AM

Awesome topic and daily check in thread Chy. I hope you don't mind but I moved this over to the newcomer forum so that any newbies might join us.

For me today. Today I pampered myself by.......

Relaxing and catching up on some reading.

***Chy*** · 12-06-2011, 03:27 PM

I played hooky from work after the dentist!

scaredykat · 12-07-2011, 08:23 AM

I'm going to relax and watch some Christmas movies this afternoon.

**yukonm** · 12-07-2011, 10:22 AM

Today I pampered myself by sleeping in late and then treating myself to a chocolate cappuchino!!

Butterfly Woman · 12-07-2011, 11:34 AM

Today I pampered myself by.......

Saying "NO" when I needed to

Not always easy to do however so essentially important when learning to take care of onesself so that we do have "IT" to give away.
We are no good to anyone if we do not take care of ourselves.

Thank you Chy...fantastic topic

***Chy*** · 12-07-2011, 08:47 PM

I pampered myself by allowing myself to take a nap.. I rarely will sleep more then 10 minutes but slept 2 1/2 hours! Been battling a bug and guess I needed it, I can't remember the last time I slept that long for a nap... years easily! I also baked cookies!

scaredykat · 12-08-2011, 08:11 AM

Glad you got a nap Chy. rest is defiently a good pamper. Especially when we got to watch out for HALT.

I'm pampering myself today by getting out of self with doing some recovery reading and calling a AA friend that isn't getting to many night meetings anymore.

Butterfly Woman · 12-08-2011, 10:30 AM

I'm pampering myself today by doing healing affirmations to try to feel better

**yukonm** · 12-09-2011, 07:12 AM

Today I am pampering myself by relaxing this morning and eating the triple dessert I brought home from Outback Steakhouse last night----carrot cake, decadent brownie and cheesecake...yummy

scaredykat · 12-09-2011, 09:03 AM

I'm pampering myself by relaxing and relaxing my mind to get ready for the crowds of shopping.

Butterfly Woman · 12-09-2011, 10:49 AM

I'm pampering myself by having a cup of tea and fluttering back to bed to try to feel better

scaredykat · 12-10-2011, 08:30 AM

Get well soon BW.

I'm gonna relax today and watch Christmas movies this afternoon and put up the tree.

Butterfly Woman · 12-10-2011, 10:29 AM

I'm pampering myself by making a few phone calls and reaching out to folks

***Chy*** · 12-10-2011, 04:31 PM

Had to come by rather force myself as been having a tough last couple of days and not doing well on the pampering. But putting on my big girl panties and getting back on track first thing in the morning. Thanks for the inspiration ladies!

scaredykat · 12-12-2011, 08:55 AM

Even little things in our life can be pampering. We had a wet drunk at the BB meeting last night. Hearing his pain and remorse kept it green for me and reminded me why I got sober myself.

Been feeling a lot of stress myself with the holiday coming up. "Easy does it" comes to mind for me today. So that's what I'm gonna do today.

***Chy*** · 12-12-2011, 10:22 AM

I got back on track with what works, now with company gone jumped back into my routine, did my cardio and weights at gym and worked up a good sweat. Got home and blared my girly music all morning while getting fixed up to go to brunch with a friend, which is a feat for me as I don't do lunches much with anyone, came home got in jammies by 5 and just vegged and caught up on t.v..... back to work today and I pampered myself with a piece of cake another teacher brought for us before school! LOL Yikes! Back to gym tonight... as yes the holiday stress does seem to get to me and I deny it all the time but it's there.... family... ugh!

scaredykat · 12-14-2011, 08:56 AM

Gonna be a busy day wrapping presents and mailing out Christmas cards, but I'll still take time to relax this afternoon before going to my meeting tonight. That's how I'm pampering myself today.

***Chy*** · 12-14-2011, 09:49 AM

I am going to pamper myself by trying to get into the Christmas spirit and decorate my iddy biddy tree I got for myself...

**yukonm** · 12-19-2011, 08:30 AM

Today I slept in....it's raining so I'm going to read some before going to work.

12-05-2011, 09:57 AM	#1
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	Pampering Your Recovery and Self I used to hear people always say "take care of you", "do something good for yourself", " be good to yourself", etc... and my thought process always was Why? I don't deserve it after the hardship my addiction caused myself and others. But now I get it. Now I get the importance of it. Now I understand how it's so very important that we take care of ourselves each day. That can be a daunting task. But each day I do try to take a few minute, lots of minutes, just time, to find my balance, spend time on me, either thinking, meditating, praying or doing something to keep me in a healthier frame of mind and body. So my point being another check in thread in case we forget to do just that for ourselves. Now my day is just starting and I usually have time in the morning before heading to work to take that time or do whatever I've found will "calm" or balance me. With company in town it's been hard and has thrown me off kilter thus the reason I mention it as I just figured it out, haven't been taking care of me to well and I get thrown out of sync. So let's see how we do.. me myself and I must always come firsts... so the challenge is to simply answer this one question: Today I pampered myself by______________________. __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-06-2011, 03:27 PM	#3
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	I played hooky from work after the dentist! __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-07-2011, 08:47 PM	#7
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	I pampered myself by allowing myself to take a nap.. I rarely will sleep more then 10 minutes but slept 2 1/2 hours! Been battling a bug and guess I needed it, I can't remember the last time I slept that long for a nap... years easily! I also baked cookies! __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-10-2011, 04:31 PM	#15
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	Had to come by rather force myself as been having a tough last couple of days and not doing well on the pampering. But putting on my big girl panties and getting back on track first thing in the morning. Thanks for the inspiration ladies! __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-12-2011, 10:22 AM	#17
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	I got back on track with what works, now with company gone jumped back into my routine, did my cardio and weights at gym and worked up a good sweat. Got home and blared my girly music all morning while getting fixed up to go to brunch with a friend, which is a feat for me as I don't do lunches much with anyone, came home got in jammies by 5 and just vegged and caught up on t.v..... back to work today and I pampered myself with a piece of cake another teacher brought for us before school! LOL Yikes! Back to gym tonight... as yes the holiday stress does seem to get to me and I deny it all the time but it's there.... family... ugh! __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-06-2011, 08:31 AM	#2
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	Awesome topic and daily check in thread Chy. I hope you don't mind but I moved this over to the newcomer forum so that any newbies might join us. For me today. Today I pampered myself by....... Relaxing and catching up on some reading.

12-07-2011, 08:23 AM	#4
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	I'm going to relax and watch some Christmas movies this afternoon.

12-07-2011, 10:22 AM	#5
yukonm Senior Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 3,992 Thanked 6,575 Times in 4,816 Posts My Mood:	Today I pampered myself by sleeping in late and then treating myself to a chocolate cappuchino!!

12-07-2011, 11:34 AM	#6
Butterfly Woman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fluttering about Posts: 3,838 Thanks: 2,344 Thanked 5,104 Times in 2,947 Posts My Mood:	Today I pampered myself by....... Saying "NO" when I needed to Not always easy to do however so essentially important when learning to take care of onesself so that we do have "IT" to give away. We are no good to anyone if we do not take care of ourselves. Thank you Chy...fantastic topic

12-08-2011, 08:11 AM	#8
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	Glad you got a nap Chy. rest is defiently a good pamper. Especially when we got to watch out for HALT. I'm pampering myself today by getting out of self with doing some recovery reading and calling a AA friend that isn't getting to many night meetings anymore.

12-08-2011, 10:30 AM	#9
Butterfly Woman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fluttering about Posts: 3,838 Thanks: 2,344 Thanked 5,104 Times in 2,947 Posts My Mood:	I'm pampering myself today by doing healing affirmations to try to feel better

12-09-2011, 07:12 AM	#10
yukonm Senior Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 3,992 Thanked 6,575 Times in 4,816 Posts My Mood:	Today I am pampering myself by relaxing this morning and eating the triple dessert I brought home from Outback Steakhouse last night----carrot cake, decadent brownie and cheesecake...yummy

12-09-2011, 09:03 AM	#11
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	I'm pampering myself by relaxing and relaxing my mind to get ready for the crowds of shopping.

12-09-2011, 10:49 AM	#12
Butterfly Woman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fluttering about Posts: 3,838 Thanks: 2,344 Thanked 5,104 Times in 2,947 Posts My Mood:	I'm pampering myself by having a cup of tea and fluttering back to bed to try to feel better

12-10-2011, 08:30 AM	#13
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	Get well soon BW. I'm gonna relax today and watch Christmas movies this afternoon and put up the tree.

12-10-2011, 10:29 AM	#14
Butterfly Woman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fluttering about Posts: 3,838 Thanks: 2,344 Thanked 5,104 Times in 2,947 Posts My Mood:	I'm pampering myself by making a few phone calls and reaching out to folks

12-12-2011, 08:55 AM	#16
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	Even little things in our life can be pampering. We had a wet drunk at the BB meeting last night. Hearing his pain and remorse kept it green for me and reminded me why I got sober myself. Been feeling a lot of stress myself with the holiday coming up. "Easy does it" comes to mind for me today. So that's what I'm gonna do today.

12-14-2011, 08:56 AM	#18
scaredykat Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 6,595 Thanks: 11,763 Thanked 4,360 Times in 2,627 Posts My Mood:	Gonna be a busy day wrapping presents and mailing out Christmas cards, but I'll still take time to relax this afternoon before going to my meeting tonight. That's how I'm pampering myself today.

12-14-2011, 09:49 AM	#19
*Chy* Recovery Wench Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 956 Thanks: 622 Thanked 957 Times in 611 Posts My Mood:	I am going to pamper myself by trying to get into the Christmas spirit and decorate my iddy biddy tree I got for myself... __________________ The Addicts Guide

12-19-2011, 08:30 AM	#20
yukonm Senior Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6,851 Thanks: 3,992 Thanked 6,575 Times in 4,816 Posts My Mood:	Today I slept in....it's raining so I'm going to read some before going to work.

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