Dallas Bragg tells people who just relapsed to stop drowning in shame. The relapse is a golden nugget, a teaching moment. Ask what it's trying to teach you, stay present, and treat it as progress, not failure.
If you are currently hurting from a relapse, I want you to know that if it could have happened any other way, it would have. That relapse is here to show you something about your addiction. A golden nugget for you to take so that you can advance. But you're going to miss it if you stay stuck in the shame and the regret and the sadness and the despair. There's no other place you should be. There's nothing else you should have done. There's nothing you should do next. Take all that thought of what's next and what happened and throw it away and be in this moment. Turn inward and ask, what am I to learn here? What was this to show me? And how can I see this differently? Please know that a relapse is just a It's a sign that you're on your way out, but don't miss the golden opportunity to change.
