the early stages of recovery can be placed by what’s called the pink. Period I mentioned this in one of my prior posts, but I want to expand upon this period of risk for the recovering addict. I learned that the pink period is one of the most dangerous periods for the recovering addict and can last up to several years depending on the severity of your addictions. i’ve adopted an approach for philosophy that I called “cautiously optimistic.“ What this means to me, is approaching the world with a newfound happiness and confidence. Well, always reminding myself that I can never pick up a drink no matter how good I feel during or after the pink period ends. The length of this differs for everybody and I feel blessed and grateful that I don’t currently feel cravings after two months of being clean and sober but I know that the pink period will end and get more difficult and I need to have the support structures in place to help me through The confidence. When I first learned this, it seemed ridiculous. That confidence can be one of the most dangerous traps for an addict, which is why I call it being cautiously, optimistic, and watching out for the triggers that can cause somebody to fall back into using or drinking. identifying the end of the pink period for each individual can be very difficult and normally comes with a crash, or can come with the overconfident feelings that lead us back to thinking that we can have that first drink. Technical definition of the pink period is: “”.
Just make sure you are cautiously optimistic.