Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
Without taking action everything else we would want to do is only a thought, prayer or a wish. We must take action to accomplish any of our personal and interpersonal goals. We must act if we’re going to become more productive in our life moving forward. The bible says, “faith without works is dead.”
It is within this definition of quality that encouraged me to look deeper into this “Quality Movement”. As I searched a deeper into Mr. Deming’s work I found that there were 14 points that he recommended with respect to management.
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One of the aspects that is common to most all people of recovery is that we would live a chaotic life that was mostly directed by how we felt. There was never a reason to the rhyme. We were emotionally responsive and very rarely did we have on intellectual or practical approach to our daily living. Many things we would do because it was a degree of normalcy in our life, but for the most part we would go through life flying by the seed of our pants.
Anytime I’m caught up in the challenges of my life the I find it so helpful and RE refreshing to assist someone else. I like their next suggestion, which is to serve others.
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I’d get a feeling of grandiosity or “who were you to tell me”. I need to step out of self long enough to admit that I don’t know anything about my addiction or recovery as a practice. Everything I knew and did got me to the position I am in. Which for me was helplessly and hopelessly addicted to alcohol and other substances.
This reaction could very possibly cause a person to relapse. One of the elements that they discuss regarding this virus and the social distancing it has founded is that “social support and active involvement in the program of recovery both play a huge role”.
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