Bryan Hullihen Talks About Building Your Early Recovery "A-Team"
I, Bryan Hullihen , recently watched a podcast by Tim Ferriss where he stated, "You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with." I like to say, "It's hard to fly like an eagle when you hang with turkeys." Although both statements are profoundly the same, their application to those in early recovery does mean the difference between success and failure or life and death. Coming into recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction we are not so far removed from the people in our lives that support our continued drug and alcohol use. This proximity can make it extremely difficult to break away from the five people that make up our average which has resulted in continued drug and alcohol use for far too long. It is important to not only break away from continued drug and alcohol use but also the people who have contributed to that behavior or do not support our recovery. My mentor from years ago had me construct a list of people that I viewed as