BY: Marc McMahon

Ever since coming back in January from a 3-month relapse I have been thinking about how I have been conditioned in recovery, by my chosen recovery programs and their beliefs. Which in turn I adopted as my own without ever really giving them much thought. Or maybe I am trying to figure out how I really do feel about the whole relapse being part recovery thing. I have always been of the school of thought that said relapse in recovery was a sign there was a weak spot in your program. That you were not taking things as seriously as you ought to, and I would even on most occasions depending on my own grandiose level of self-righteousness. Question whether or not I thought you wanted to really get sober at all.

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