Thursday 17 December 2009

Recovery Health; The Mental Health Benefit of Sober Fitness

Why is recovery health important?

I have learnt that feeling physically out of shape is not a good way to be in recovery. Health is something that has become increasing important to me since getting sober. Fitness can be taken to extremes like anything else, but I have discovered just how much mental health is connected to aerobic fitness. If my body does not feel good then my thoughts tend to be sluggish and my mood low. I can get into a vicious cycle where the less I do the less I want to do. This can lead to my recovery beginning to feel unsatisfying and then we are on dangerous ground

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