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As the AA philosophy goes: take it easy. Obsessive Compulsive behavior is not just a ‘personal’ issue, it is a true and real disease. It must be treated as such, so that we can be relieved of the shame of picking we have hidden in for years.

With this in mind, I have adapted the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for my own personal steps to recovery.

To help you make it through your first days of recovery, I suggest finding a friend or confident who you can talk to regularly regarding your recovery. Make this person ‘your sponsor’. If you do not know anyone personally who can fulfill this role, try hooking up a local support group like ACA Adult Children of Alcoholics or CODA (Co-Dependents Anonymous) or other similar group and adapt their program to your purposes. You may find sympathetic people there who can understand and relate to your predicament and will support your goals.

They also say to take it ‘One Day at a Time’. Don’t set yourself up for failure by saying, “I’ll never pick again.” Although this is a noble goal to have, if you’re like me, sometimes I have to take it one second at a time. I have had experiences when one minute I had the thought to pick or squeeze at a zit, then resolve in that moment not to do it, then a minute later, found my fingers squeezing in front of a mirror. It is a frustrating and the ultimate disheartening feeling when that happens. So keep your sites on the NOW. Because that’s all you can do.

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