24Hour Recovery Connections Part 350
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Very grateful today for not using mind or mood altering substances. I don't have to wake up tomorrow morning with the regret that I did one more time that didn't work before. Letting it go one day at a time. Seeking help from higher power and you all. Thanks for my recovery!
Good morning all!
I got an unexpected text from a friend last night. She and her husband were our best couple friend when I was married. She was reaching out really. Her son is 17 with mental health problems. It's so sad he's a lovely boy. Anyway I'm calling her tonight for a good talk. She knows everything about my history and has been so supportive so now it's my turn to step up. I'm so grateful to be able to be there for her now.
24 more hours of freedom for me please! ❤❤❤
I got an unexpected text from a friend last night. She and her husband were our best couple friend when I was married. She was reaching out really. Her son is 17 with mental health problems. It's so sad he's a lovely boy. Anyway I'm calling her tonight for a good talk. She knows everything about my history and has been so supportive so now it's my turn to step up. I'm so grateful to be able to be there for her now.
24 more hours of freedom for me please! ❤❤❤
Good morning
Sometimes I don’t know is I want to be here (life), but I’m grateful that went I’m sober is the way for me.
Ok let’s start another 24 hours sober and drug addiction freedom.
Control
Sometimes, the gray days scare us. Those are the days when the old feelings come rushing back. We may feel needy, scared, ashamed, and unable to care for ourselves.
When this happens, it's hard to trust ourselves, others, the goodness of life, and the good intentions of our Higher Power. Problems seem overwhelming. The past seems senseless; the future, bleak. We feel certain the things we want in life will never happen.
In those moments, we may become convinced that things and people outside of ourselves hold the key to our happiness. That's when we may try to control people and situations to mask our pain. When these "codependent crazies" strike, others often begin to react negatively to our controlling.
When we're in a frenzied state, searching for happiness outside ourselves and looking to others to provide our peace and stability, remember this: Even if we could control things and people, even if we got what we wanted, we would still be ourselves. Our emotional state would still be in turmoil.
People and things don't stop our pain or heal us. In recovery, we learn that this is our job, and we can do it by using our resources: our Higher Power, our support systems, our recovery program, and ourselves.
Often, after we've become peaceful, trusting, and accepting, what we want comes to us - with ease and naturalness.
The sun begins to shine again. Isn't it funny, and isn't it true, how all change really does begin with us?
I can let go of things and people and my need to control today. I can deal with my feelings. I can get peaceful. I can get calm. I can get back on track and find the true key to happiness - myself. I will remember that a gray day is just that - one gray day.
Sometimes I don’t know is I want to be here (life), but I’m grateful that went I’m sober is the way for me.
Ok let’s start another 24 hours sober and drug addiction freedom.
Control
Sometimes, the gray days scare us. Those are the days when the old feelings come rushing back. We may feel needy, scared, ashamed, and unable to care for ourselves.
When this happens, it's hard to trust ourselves, others, the goodness of life, and the good intentions of our Higher Power. Problems seem overwhelming. The past seems senseless; the future, bleak. We feel certain the things we want in life will never happen.
In those moments, we may become convinced that things and people outside of ourselves hold the key to our happiness. That's when we may try to control people and situations to mask our pain. When these "codependent crazies" strike, others often begin to react negatively to our controlling.
When we're in a frenzied state, searching for happiness outside ourselves and looking to others to provide our peace and stability, remember this: Even if we could control things and people, even if we got what we wanted, we would still be ourselves. Our emotional state would still be in turmoil.
People and things don't stop our pain or heal us. In recovery, we learn that this is our job, and we can do it by using our resources: our Higher Power, our support systems, our recovery program, and ourselves.
Often, after we've become peaceful, trusting, and accepting, what we want comes to us - with ease and naturalness.
The sun begins to shine again. Isn't it funny, and isn't it true, how all change really does begin with us?
I can let go of things and people and my need to control today. I can deal with my feelings. I can get peaceful. I can get calm. I can get back on track and find the true key to happiness - myself. I will remember that a gray day is just that - one gray day.
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