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Tip 47 Finding Balance
Surviving addiction is all about finding a good balance in your life. This balance of yin and yang must exist in order for your body, mind, and spirit to be healthy. Ancient China used certain elements to represent yin and yang, such as water and fire, cold and hot, or light and dark. In relation to your body, yin and yang can be viewed in this way every organ and part of your body has properties of yin and yang in varying amounts. When your body is healthy the opposite sides of yin and yang are functioning in equal harmony in a fine tuned state of alternating balance. Chinese medicine uses various forms of alternative health, such as diet, exercise, herbal remedies, acupuncture, and massage to achieve this balance of yin and yang.
Its important that you invest in yourself completely and that you are honest when you access your strengths and weaknesses. No one but you can be brutally honest in a way that is going to bring out the best in yourself. When you honestly take a look at your strengths and weaknesses you can take the steps to work on the areas of yourself that can use improving.
Skills. Identify your skills by making a list. If you know that you dont really have the skills for communicating effectively be honest and keep it off your list of skills.
Achievements. Make a list of your achievements, making sure that you have the evidence to back up those achievements. Be honest about the achievements that you think youve accomplished when in reality you havent yet completed them.
Strengths. Concentrate on your strengths and list them honestly. There are probably some things that you dont consider to be strengths but that should go on your list. If youre uncertain about one of your strengths, ask someone who is close to you to verify it.
What are you proud of? List the accomplishments in your life that you are proud of. Include anything from you academic accomplishments to your personal achievements, no matter how minor they may seem to you. |
