Delta Recovery Relapse Prevention

Releases 

• I NOW RELEASE holding myself and others to impossible standards.
• I NOW RELEASE my fear of losing control and becoming irrational.
• I NOW RELEASE my fear of being condemned for being wrong.
• I NOW RELEASE refusing to see my own contradictions.
• I NOW RELEASE rationalizing my own behavior.
• I NOW RELEASE obsessing about things I cannot change.
• I NOW RELEASE all bitterness and disappointment with the world.
• I NOW RELEASE feeling that other people’s beliefs and values threaten mine.
• I NOW RELEASE believing that I am in a position to judge others.
• I NOW RELEASE driving myself and others to be perfect.
• I NOW RELEASE ignoring my own emotional and physical distress.
• I NOW RELEASE feeling angry, impatient, and easily annoyed.
• I NOW RELEASE fearing and disowning my body and my feelings.
• I NOW RELEASE allowing my desire for order and efficiency to control my life.
• I NOW RELEASE automatically focusing on what is wrong with things.
• I NOW RELEASE feeling that it is up to me to fix everything.

Affirmations 

• I NOW AFFIRM that I can allow myself to relax and enjoy life.
• I NOW AFFIRM that the best I can do is good enough.
• I NOW AFFIRM that I am grateful that others have many things to teach me.
• I NOW AFFIRM that I can make mistakes without condemning myself.
• I NOW AFFIRM that my feelings are legitimate and that I have a right to feel them.
• I NOW AFFIRM that I treat others with tenderness and respect.
• I NOW AFFIRM that I am gentle and forgiving of myself.
• I NOW AFFIRM that I am compassionate and forgiving of others.
• I NOW AFFIRM that life is good and unfolding in miraculous ways.
• “Maybe progress, not perfection, is enough. Maybe my humanness doesn’t make me wrong or bad.”