De-Stress for Sobriety

De-Stress Your Environment It’s usually easy to tune out the minor irritants our work and home environments throw our way. Most irritants aren’t major health risks. But, watch out. When minor environmental irritants turn toxic, your surroundings can make you more vulnerable to chronic stress. On top of that if we are in recovery from alcoholism, addiction or co-dependency the environment we live and work in can disturb our sobriety – if we let it. Take a minute now to look around the room you are sitting in. Use all your senses to detect any of these common environmental stressors: Clutter Too much noise Unpleasant odors Uncomfortable furniture Bad lighting Poor ventilation How many have you identified? Now, look around for things you can easily change and do it. Many of us can’t make significant changes in our surroundings, particularly at work. So, we need to use our stress-solving skills to buffer ourselves against toxic environmental stress. Try these problem-solving suggestions for the following environmental stressors: Climate Control-Your Office or Theirs? If you have a client or co-worker who loves extreme temperatures -either freezing or tropical — that interfere with your productivity or attention span, suggest that you have meetings in your office. Scent-sational? If someone in the office consistently comes to work bathed in the latest perfume or aftershave, anonymously suggest to the office manager that you adopt a "scent...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Codependency Healthy Sobriety Chronic stress De-Stress Environmental stress Source Type: blogs