What keeps you strong?

[Brittany Marie]

Say you're having the worst day or your life (or maybe not even that bad),
you feel like you're about to slip and need something to keep you going.
What do you do?
For me, a little bit of chocolate goes a long way.
I'm addicted to the stuff and find that it never hurts to have a little, just
to keep my brain sane.
I also find that taking a deep breath and saying positive statements to
myself (even if I'm bawling my eyes out and I don't believe them) always
helps too.
How about you?

[CarolD]

Prayers ...my AA committment....ice cream

Mega Hugs....

[Brittany Marie]

Oh hugs!
I forgot about those.
My mom is great for those lol
x

[Anna]

Oh yes, prayers, definitely.

And, always chocolate.

Music too, can really help to change my mood.

[serenityqueen]

My Son . . . looking at what was once my living room which is now his bedroom even though it looks like a tornado ripped through it. He chose to move in with his Dad when he was only 12 years old cause he didn't want to watch me slowly killing myself anymore. When I had close to two years in Recovery, he realized that this time, I was serious . . . I was finally the Mom that he deserved and never had. Sure, it's cramped in our little one bedroom apt., but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, yeah . . . and Homemade Brand Chocolate Chip ice cream . . . strawberry Twizzlers . . . and pizza.

lol

[ultimatum]

cooking, sewing, yoga. And a very large container of ice cream.

[Brittany Marie]

That's beautiful!
I am so glad you are finally fit to fulfill your role as a mother.
Congratulations, that must feel amazing!
Oh Twizzlers! Love those things!

[Done_With_It]

My animals, and friends.....
{Praying}
And remembering where I was when I first
started to detox.... and family of course

[Brittany Marie]

I wish I could say my friends, sadly enough, my friends do nothing but make the situation worse and make me feel like crap.

[indigo]

Meditation and chocolate for me!

[Emimily]

meditation.aa family.biological family.music music music.dancing.yoga.prayer.my dog haze.meetings.good books.

[historyteach]

Cooking, gardening and my faith.
Not necessarily in that order.
In fact, I talk to G*D frequently.
People must think I'm *really* crazy!

Shalom!

[DSodaNow]

My husband and the fear of hurting anyone else in this horrible mess....

[splendra]

For me I remind myself that change is the only constant. A little organic dark chocolate doesn't hurt either...

[Brittany Marie]

Organic chocolate? Oh my! That sounds so yum!

[ultimatum]

Ooh, yes! Organic dark chocolate with lavender in it!

[Done_With_It]

Originally Posted by Brittany Marie

I wish I could say my friends, sadly enough, my friends do nothing but make the situation worse and make me feel like crap.

Since I have gotten off meth, almost all but a few friends of mine are different.
I have some of the best friends ever. But if I realize they are not good for me, or I end up feeling like crap, It's up to me to change them.

Sweetie, you are an amazing person, so sweet, and genuine, you deserve to have good people in your life who care about you.
It really really makes all the difference in the world.

Life is hard enough, we need people around us who care.

[Brittany Marie]

Originally Posted by Done-With-It

Since I have gotten off meth, almost all but a few friends of mine are different.
I have some of the best friends ever. But if I realize they are not good for me, or I end up feeling like crap, It's up to me to change them.

Sweetie, you are an amazing person, so sweet, and genuine, you deserve to have good people in your life who care about you.
It really really makes all the difference in the world.

Life is hard enough, we need people around us who care.

Thank you!!!!
Unfortunatly I am always attracting the wrong kind of people. People who are emotionally unstable/alcoholics or people who do drugs...
I've tried to many times to change the people I associate with so I can concentrate on being sober and every time it's come back to bite me in the ass or I just end up going back to drinking.

But thank you MDWI :]
YOU'RE THE GREATEST!
x

[bigredme]

I take 30 seconds and think about the mess i was the six months before I went into rehab. I thought, quite seriously, that I was in the process of going stark-raving nuts. i never want to feel fear like that again. This went away and I got my brain back within 3 weeks of getting sober. I don't need to be told/shown twice therefore using again is just not an option. It's black and white for me. Go back to drinking and lose my mind or stay sober and sane.

[Brittany Marie]

Originally Posted by ultimatum

Ooh, yes! Organic dark chocolate with lavender in it!

Oh my goodness! That sounds absolutely heavenly!
Send some my way!

[Done_With_It]

Originally Posted by Brittany Marie

Thank you!!!!
Unfortunatly I am always attracting the wrong kind of people. People who are emotionally unstable/alcoholics or people who do drugs...
I've tried to many times to change the people I associate with so I can concentrate on being sober and every time it's come back to bite me in the ass or I just end up going back to drinking.

But thank you MDWI :]
YOU'RE THE GREATEST!
x

I can relate. The more 'healthy' you get, the more you start to like yourself and by the time you actually start to care about yourself and love yourself for who you are (if you don't already? I don't know) the less you will start doing this, the more healthy people you will start to attract, the vipers that come into your life, you will be able to smell the second they walk into your circle, and trust me you will kick them to the curb. I used to let all the emotionally unstable people suck the life out of me.... Now I can smell those people a mile away, and I am like now way... Not any more....
But it started with me, learning to care about myself first.....

[Brittany Marie]

Yeah that's very true!
It's just hard because I'm back and forth between being sober and drinking so I can't be like "Sorry, can't be your friend anymore, I don't drink" then "Hey, I'm drinking again, let's hang out!"
I've lost alot of friends that way and I'm tired of doing it.
I'm ok with the friends I have now. I mean they're not amazing and they don't mean HEAPS to me, but for now it's ok. I'm more of a loner anyway. I prefer to be in small groups or rather, by myself.

[Fluttering]

Thank You Brit..

What keeps me strong is my faith...and Yes indeed chocolate is one of the major food groups. trudging this journey has given me "A New Pair of Glasses" that I can look at the tough spots from a different perspective and see them as not only stepping stones on this journey of life but also as lessons that give the added gift of more tools and more passion to be more relant upon the Creator that saved me ad my soul & brought me to this journey.. where I have true frieds to encourage, love, and support me with their ESH.

Friends are few..but they are cherished.. I too prefer small groups and am blessed to have been given the gift of descretion that allows me to choose my friends wisely.. Those friends are my recovery famly and are not ons that criticize me ibnto change but love and support me while God & I make changes in me.

[beingjenagain]

Iced Mochas and this web site!!

[Rena']

With me its like with a lot of the others; Prayers!...It always helps when I talk to my higher power. And some of the other things are my pets, my sober friends, and going to lots of meetings. Of course a big dose of chocolate always helps too.

Hugs for everyone, :ghug