Hello! Not new to sober recovery but not a veteran either! Besides how long I've been posting and reading on this site, I must say that being sober or drug and alcohol free has been a roller-coaster ride for me. I get to feeling better after abstaining for a while, then I get temptations to do things like drink. I think through getting tempted and understand past consequences from it. A Spiritual path has been so far more compatible with my personality and my values and morals and ethics; all of which seem to come back over time and I work on making them stronger, almost like a defensive network against my temptations to use. So, my addiction right now seems to be playing on my weaknesses and like a living obstacle, wants too provide me with a quick answer or false pretense to drink and use drugs and I recognize that now and am in the beginning stages of learning about this aspect of my addictions. I choose to not drink or use drugs, I choose to learn through my steps and I choose to abstain.
