Treat Sobriety as your Most Prized Possession
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Treat Sobriety as your Most Prized Possession
I'm reflecting a lot today on what has helped me to achieve 60 days and something hit me.
I treat sobriety as my most prized possession, just as I would my child. However, I am a bit more selfish about it too because in this instance, my sobriety belongs to me and to no one else. It is mine and mine alone.
I do whatever is necessary to keep it safe. I would lie to keep it safe. I would also hide it to keep it safe. In a sense, when I tell someone about it the real underlying message is "This is mine and I am alerting you that it belongs to me so I need you to stay away from it".
If you think about it, let's say that right now your most prized possession is a tangible object. If you thought that someone was out to harm it what lengths would you go to in order to protect it?
You also must feed it and take care of it because if you neglect it you will lose it.
Perhaps imagining an object or putting a face on it in your mind would help. If you put an image to your sobriety, and an image to your AV, what would you do to your AV if it was going after your sobriety to harm it?
Weird, I know, but hey, whatever works right?
I treat sobriety as my most prized possession, just as I would my child. However, I am a bit more selfish about it too because in this instance, my sobriety belongs to me and to no one else. It is mine and mine alone.
I do whatever is necessary to keep it safe. I would lie to keep it safe. I would also hide it to keep it safe. In a sense, when I tell someone about it the real underlying message is "This is mine and I am alerting you that it belongs to me so I need you to stay away from it".
If you think about it, let's say that right now your most prized possession is a tangible object. If you thought that someone was out to harm it what lengths would you go to in order to protect it?
You also must feed it and take care of it because if you neglect it you will lose it.
Perhaps imagining an object or putting a face on it in your mind would help. If you put an image to your sobriety, and an image to your AV, what would you do to your AV if it was going after your sobriety to harm it?
Weird, I know, but hey, whatever works right?
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What ever it takes which includes meetingS, phone calls and asking for help because we are all susceptible to that monster.
"You also must feed it and take care of it because if you neglect it you will lose it."
My sobriety is held together with constant maintenance. Learned from attendance at AA meetings. BE WELL
"You also must feed it and take care of it because if you neglect it you will lose it."
My sobriety is held together with constant maintenance. Learned from attendance at AA meetings. BE WELL
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Congratulations on 60 days, Lady. I think your approach to sobriety and protecting it is wonderful. I am only on day 7 but had 60 days last year and I think where I went wrong at that point was not protecting or valuing my sobriety as you are now. I got complacent about it and stopping "feeding" it. Our AV is tricky and pops right in once we let our guard down, like a thief in the night.
2 months...absolutely fantastic!
2 months...absolutely fantastic!
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The longer I remain sober with the help
of a recovery program consisting of steps
and principles to live by incorporating them
in my everyday life, I honestly believe it is
a gift to be treasured, appreciated and feel
blessed because of it.
My recovery gift I hold dear to me because
it helps in keeping me sober, healthy, happy,
honest in all my affairs. However, I won't lie
about it, because I'd have to turn around and
make amends for it. Sooooo.....
In turn, I pass on my gift, share my gift with
others who are struggling with addiction. My
gift is meant to be shared so that I can continue
to remain humble, grounded, responsible, with
the promises granted to us as mentioned in the
Big Book of AA.
Today, I won't apologize for my addiction
nor my recovery and will cherish it for many
more one days at a time to come.
60 days sober is an awesome accomplishment...!!!
of a recovery program consisting of steps
and principles to live by incorporating them
in my everyday life, I honestly believe it is
a gift to be treasured, appreciated and feel
blessed because of it.
My recovery gift I hold dear to me because
it helps in keeping me sober, healthy, happy,
honest in all my affairs. However, I won't lie
about it, because I'd have to turn around and
make amends for it. Sooooo.....
In turn, I pass on my gift, share my gift with
others who are struggling with addiction. My
gift is meant to be shared so that I can continue
to remain humble, grounded, responsible, with
the promises granted to us as mentioned in the
Big Book of AA.
Today, I won't apologize for my addiction
nor my recovery and will cherish it for many
more one days at a time to come.
60 days sober is an awesome accomplishment...!!!
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Congrats on the 60 days, LB, and thanks for the post. I never thought of it that way - very interesting and helpful way to look at it. It'd be a cool writing exercise, to explore the imagery that comes up with this. Very cool - thanks.
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Congrats on 60 days, ladyblue. What you say is so true. I have to remind myself to put my recovery and my sobriety first every day. I'm back on day 19 and the reason why I've gone back out and drunk again twice this year is because I wasn't putting my recovery first. I'm not going to make the same mistake a third time.
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