Skype Actor

Life is about choices, you can choose to live a life with positive energy, or you can choose to live a life where you are putting all your energy into negative energy! Working with actors can be a learning experience to anybody, regardless if you are a helper. Their particular skill to me is fascinating. Amazing how they can entertain us non-actors. I got the referral from a peer out of California. At first I thought I was just going to be consult for addiction and help with the next step for a intervention and treatment. The actor had 45 days to get into some program, or their would be some ramifications with the next job he was contracted to do. We did 6 skypes, (ok to share) he is doing some out patient work during the evenings. Last Friday, he was given the opportunity to start back at work and continue with his acting career. He skyped with me this last Saturday, and said he was not ready for the job and wanted to continue with his out patient group work. I asked how he was able to form this decision. He reports that he needs to take ownership of himself. He continues that he will be the actor of his own life (writer and actor set a goal to put positive energy into himself before he could go play another person) reading affirmations, setting affirmations, reflecting on self, and journaling the urges and cravings. The actor wrote a 9 page journal entry before skyping with me on Saturday. Each page was filled with several reasons why he deserved to go get high, or he could get high with using peer group. On the last page, (number 9) he wrote what would happen to his current life if he did go get high. He then reported that he would have the opportunity to play a high character in his mind or a clean character in his mind. He chose to play himself, and put all his energy into where he was at that moment, when he wanted to get high. Going on 21 days of clean time. One thought at a time. He knows he can get high, but is choosing not to. Stay in your health, stay in the moment.