That's a great synchronicity-- we're clearly tuning into the same frequency.
As for the streak thing, I don't know. Streaks are great incentive for keeping going and great morale-boosters, especially at the beginning-- but when you break them, they're hell. And since most people do break streaks eventually, it becomes a real problem. I think for people in recovery, I'd downplay it a lot more. There are a lot of groups that make you identify as a "newcomer" if you've just had a relapse, meaning you have to announce it to everybody, and I don't think that does anything other than humiliate people and make it hard for them to want to keep going. But I don't know. I've also seen 12 step programs work miracles just as they are, freeing people from what were obviously actual demons.
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Date: 2021-02-22 05:26 pm (UTC)As for the streak thing, I don't know. Streaks are great incentive for keeping going and great morale-boosters, especially at the beginning-- but when you break them, they're hell. And since most people do break streaks eventually, it becomes a real problem. I think for people in recovery, I'd downplay it a lot more. There are a lot of groups that make you identify as a "newcomer" if you've just had a relapse, meaning you have to announce it to everybody, and I don't think that does anything other than humiliate people and make it hard for them to want to keep going. But I don't know. I've also seen 12 step programs work miracles just as they are, freeing people from what were obviously actual demons.