Art therapy this morning

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I am not artistic or creative but I do like when I get assigned to an art therapy session. Today we did recovery trading cards. We had to make 5 trading cards with thoughts, inspiration, etc. that you learned in recovery. I did all 5 (some people only did 1 or 2). When we were finished we placed all of them out on the tables and picked 5 (or however many we made) that had messages that we would want to see if we were having a tough day. 4 of the 5 that I made were ones that people selected first. The counselor thought that was funny because she knows I'm not artistic and I freely admit that. The ones that were selected first were: --Surf the urge (drawing of a wave) --Play the tape forward (drawing of a VHS tape) --Be kind to yourself (honeybees all over it) --Always remember you are braver than you think. . . (quote from Winnie the Pool--hearts all around it) The 5th one I did said "Find your tribe". Someone took it but it wasn't their first choice. It was a cool session. I will write about the cards I selected later this afternoon because I don't have them right here with me.