{"id":18449,"date":"2022-11-18T15:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T08:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kembalirehab.com\/?p=18449"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:54:00","slug":"how-to-deal-with-financial-fear-in-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amatesting.uk\/kembali\/how-to-deal-with-financial-fear-in-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal with Financial Fear in Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Addiction recovery involves some major life overhauls, and it also requires us to change our thinking in ways that can be quite dramatic in comparison to how we thought before. Nevertheless, it\u2019s a journey we can take a day at a time, and knowing that we can\u2019t be expected to change overnight makes recovery seem a little less daunting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, we start our sober journey with some thoughtful self-reflection. This usually involves facing our fears, one by one. And, one of the most commont fears that addicts face is the fear of financial or economic insecurity. It\u2019s also a fear that tends to linger and stick around in early recovery because addicts often have a lot of financial wreckage to clean up. This doesn\u2019t go away overnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re in recovery and you identify with having feelings of insecurity around your money situation, remember that you\u2019re not alone. Because addiction is a progressive illness, it has a tendency to take over our lives eventually. Substances become our first priority and, subsequently, budgets get stretched, bills are missed, promises are broken, and marriages can be destroyed. When we get sober, we inevitably all need to address this stuff if it\u2019s become an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Why people in active addiction often mismanage their finances<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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For someone in active addiction, money is often just a means to an end. Addicts frequently will only make enough money to keep their addiction going, and this is a subconscious choice. Of course, this isn\u2019t always the case. There are certainly some high-earning, high-functioning addicts out there who know how to manage finances, but the vast majority of us have at least a few issues surrounding money matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Uncovering the root cause of money fears and undoing the damage done<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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So, how do we get to the root cause of our money fears and begin to undo the damage we\u2019ve done? It\u2019s important to remember that if we\u2019ve left messy situations in our wake, they\u2019re not going to disappear the moment we get sober. That said, the ability to manage our finances will improve over time if we allow serenity to replace financial insecurity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s common in early recovery for us to want to self-soothe, and this might include making purchases in an attempt to feel better. To combat these urges to spend money, we need to start looking within while working through the fears that relate to our feelings. As we begin to do this, the need to fix things through external means will start to lessen. As a result, it will get easier for us to control our spending. As we learn to control our spending, we\u2019ll notice improvements in our financial situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also worth keeping in mind is that when we continue doing the inner work while staying away from drugs and alcohol, people start to trust us more and employment opportunities arise. Furthermore, when we ditch the substances and the booze, we\u2019ll start saving more money because, let\u2019s face it, drugs and alcohol are expensive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the more we work on ourselves from the inside out, the more gratitude we experience for the simple things in life. Our needs begin to change and we start to value connections, friends, family, a roof over our heads, and a home-cooked meal over material possessions. As the need for material possessions start to disappear and we learn how to manage our emotions, we realize that money doesn\u2019t equal happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once again, our financial situation isn\u2019t going to change overnight when we get sober, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s not really about our financial situation in the first place. It\u2019s about changing our relationship to money and finances while finding balance and harmony in our lives. And, usually, when these changes take place, our finances invariably have a way of falling into place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>So, if you\u2019re in early recovery and you\u2019re worried about your finances, here are some easy changes you can make right away to start getting back on track:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n