Mindful Sobriety

The Truth About Facing Your Demons

🎬 Relapse: The Sequel Nobody Asked For Let’s be real—relapse is your brain greenlighting a sequel to the worst day of your life. Same chaos. Same destruction. Just better lighting and worse regret. Here’s the brutal truth: 📖 The Big Book (p. 559) promises “a new freedom and a new happiness.” That’s not AA fluff. That’s psychological fact. 🧠 Recovery is about facing your demons, not ghosting them. Modern neuroscience backs this up: your brain can rewire. Your habits can change. But there’s a catch—you gotta do the work. Stop romanticizing your addiction. That bottle? That baggy? That’s not your soulmate. That’s your abuser in a tuxedo. 🔍 Here’s your assignment: Write down one trigger that led to your last relapse (or your last spiral into anxiety, anger, shame—whatever it is). Then make a game plan for next time. Dodge it. Disarm it. Don’t pretend it’s not there. Relapse is not the end. It’s a plot twist. And you’re still the damn author.