Throughout your recovery, it’s essential that you set realistic expectations about the process and your participation in it. One day you’ll practice a skill and find it easy. The next day it’s harder. This is normal and natural. Change is an up-and-down process, and it’s unrealistic to expect to always be on top of things or to always be as successful as you were the day before. You run toward the pole with the attitude that this is your day; you can do it.

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