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A Balanced Life
Compulsive behavior tends to take over a life and squeeze everything else out, until the days revolve around it. Recovery is partly about rebuilding a full, balanced life - one where the behavior simply doesn't have room because the important areas are all getting tended. This worksheet helps you see which parts of your life have gone neglected and start filling them back in.
A full life crowds the behavior out: You can't sustain recovery in an empty life - the vacuum pulls you back. A balanced, full life isn't a luxury on top of recovery; it is recovery.
Life balance check
Rate how tended each area of your life is right now (1 = badly neglected, 10 = well cared for).
Physical health (sleep, food, movement)
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
Relationships and connection
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
Work / purpose
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
Fun, hobbies, play
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
Inner life (faith, meaning, reflection)
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
Rest and downtime
Rate from 1 to 10: ____
The neglected areas
Which area scored lowest, and what has that cost me?
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One small step to start tending it this week:
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Build the life, and recovery follows: Every area you bring back to life is one more thing anchoring you and one less empty space for the behavior to fill. You're not just stopping something - you're building a life worth protecting.
Go deeper
Ready for more? These lessons pick up where this worksheet leaves off.
- Replacing the Habit: Healthy Dopamine & New Routines, from Sex Addiction Recovery. You can't erase a habit — you replace the routine while keeping the cue and reward.
- Your New Path: Integration & Staying the Course, from Sex Addiction Recovery. The capstone of the recovery course: integrate every tool into a sustainable life, expect a non-linear path, and stay the course for the long haul.
- Connection Over Isolation, from Sex Addiction Recovery. Isolation fuels addiction; connection starves it.