Clean 2013 - what is your hearts desire?
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Clean 2013 - what is your hearts desire?
OK , lets hear it friends. What do you want from this new year? Of course we all want sobriety and happiness but is there anything specific you want to work on?
I want my freedom from opiates
I want my moods to be more stable (this should come in time without the damn pills)
I want to not allow other people to dictate how I feel. I want to be my own dictator for my emotions.
I want new challenges. Yes, lose weight, eat healthier and exercise more . With all those things comes that deep feel good emotion.
I want to work on my spiritual existence. Practice meditation, read more and learn better ways to think, live and learn
I want to make my world bigger, meet more people, make more friends, find joyful things that I can engage in.
I want to be of service to others, both online and in real life.
I want to make more use of my free time, to travel, to visit people and to rest thoroughly.
So thats my little list. What is yours? What will make 2013 special for you?
I want my freedom from opiates
I want my moods to be more stable (this should come in time without the damn pills)
I want to not allow other people to dictate how I feel. I want to be my own dictator for my emotions.
I want new challenges. Yes, lose weight, eat healthier and exercise more . With all those things comes that deep feel good emotion.
I want to work on my spiritual existence. Practice meditation, read more and learn better ways to think, live and learn
I want to make my world bigger, meet more people, make more friends, find joyful things that I can engage in.
I want to be of service to others, both online and in real life.
I want to make more use of my free time, to travel, to visit people and to rest thoroughly.
So thats my little list. What is yours? What will make 2013 special for you?
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 218
I am religiously exempt by choice. I have no religious affiliation and I like it fine that way. I do consider myself spiritually inclined however and have found that I have an unusual knack for manifesting and am extremely intuitive so in the new year my desire is to work on those skills. I believe in a universal energy and I am moving in some new dirctions that are somewhat Pagan/Wiccan related altho not exclusively so because I do not desire to be involved in any kind of ritualistic or name tagging stuff. I guess I'm a free thinker and doer. It has come long and hard for me to find my own way but what direction I'm going in with this is finally comfortable and personal for me.
I also want to do some kind of craft to suppliment my disability and sell in some local shops or online places like Etsy.
I want greater peace of mind and I feel I've put a lot of things into place to help myself along with that.
I have the tendency to orchestrate others lives because I often can see what they need to do to make things flow smoother for themselves, however they are not always willing or grateful so in the new year I aim to return their lives to them to do as they best see fit even if it's not what really works. And to keep my nose in my own business.
This is the year that I really want to concentrate on my own needs and desires. I've spent a lifetime of caregiving for others and being other peoples leaning post. This year I need it to be all about me, and I don't mean that in a selfish way. I mean that in a self caring and self preservation way.
I also want to do some kind of craft to suppliment my disability and sell in some local shops or online places like Etsy.
I want greater peace of mind and I feel I've put a lot of things into place to help myself along with that.
I have the tendency to orchestrate others lives because I often can see what they need to do to make things flow smoother for themselves, however they are not always willing or grateful so in the new year I aim to return their lives to them to do as they best see fit even if it's not what really works. And to keep my nose in my own business.
This is the year that I really want to concentrate on my own needs and desires. I've spent a lifetime of caregiving for others and being other peoples leaning post. This year I need it to be all about me, and I don't mean that in a selfish way. I mean that in a self caring and self preservation way.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 133
I don't want to be ashamed of myself and my actions.
I want to work hard at my business and feel proud of my achievements.
I want my fitness back (and to finish the race I have been trying to finish for 2 years!)
I want to go a bit easier on myself and even..gasp...like myself!!
I would like to be here this time next year (not actually sat here, I mean having had a sober year and Xmas)
I would like to have a proper relationship with a stable, happy man, when the times right.
I want to work hard at my business and feel proud of my achievements.
I want my fitness back (and to finish the race I have been trying to finish for 2 years!)
I want to go a bit easier on myself and even..gasp...like myself!!
I would like to be here this time next year (not actually sat here, I mean having had a sober year and Xmas)
I would like to have a proper relationship with a stable, happy man, when the times right.
Recovering ostrich
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Posts: 2,551
I want to be sober, first and foremost.
I would like to work on my weight... I'm always working on my weight, but after a few wines, suddenly I think I can eat what I want.
I would like to do the small projects that I have for my house.
I would like for How I Met Your Mother to quit dragging its heels and show me who Ted meets.
I would like to work on my weight... I'm always working on my weight, but after a few wines, suddenly I think I can eat what I want.
I would like to do the small projects that I have for my house.
I would like for How I Met Your Mother to quit dragging its heels and show me who Ted meets.
Grateful to be free
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Arizona
Posts: 3,680
I want to relax and live my life from a place of honesty. I've been living my life like a film crew is looking over my shoulder, overly conscious of things, apologizing and worrying that I'm not up to snuff.
I've accomplished some very important things this past year. Difficult, terrifying, exhausting things, yet keep feeling like I've failed. In 2013 I am moving into a new stage of my life, and I want to move into it honestly, and without trying to make out like I am anything other than what I am.
I don't know who I think I need to put on a show for. No one really cares all that much, but I feel like I need to keep dancing for someone. I want to stop dancing and just dig in my garden so to speak.
I've accomplished some very important things this past year. Difficult, terrifying, exhausting things, yet keep feeling like I've failed. In 2013 I am moving into a new stage of my life, and I want to move into it honestly, and without trying to make out like I am anything other than what I am.
I don't know who I think I need to put on a show for. No one really cares all that much, but I feel like I need to keep dancing for someone. I want to stop dancing and just dig in my garden so to speak.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Somewhere in the sands of time
Posts: 1,462
I want to remain sober first and foremost
I want to spend more time with all 3 of my kids
I am going to go back to school to get my masters in nursing and then who knows from there
I am going to travel, sober this year!
I used to love to scrapbook, going to start that up again too
and sewing!
Who knows! I am just so freakin' excited about the future!
I want to spend more time with all 3 of my kids
I am going to go back to school to get my masters in nursing and then who knows from there
I am going to travel, sober this year!
I used to love to scrapbook, going to start that up again too
and sewing!
Who knows! I am just so freakin' excited about the future!
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: San Diego
Posts: 611
I hope to stay sober this coming year, go back to college and flight school, take some guitar lessons, write and journal more often, be more financially responsible, and help others as much as I possibly can. Lastly, I'd like to learn to like who I am.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Midwest
Posts: 8,335
I want to explore under lying reasons I drank in the first place.
I want to put more into my marriage - my husband is my best friend.
I want to laugh with my family more.
I'd like to pay off debt.
Finish a few home improvement projects.
Regain the pleasure of reading.
I want to put more into my marriage - my husband is my best friend.
I want to laugh with my family more.
I'd like to pay off debt.
Finish a few home improvement projects.
Regain the pleasure of reading.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: California
Posts: 13,040
Originally Posted by Tamerua 
I would like for How I Met Your Mother to quit dragging its heels and show me who Ted meets.
Other things on my list:
-Reach one year sober 10-12-13
-Health and happiness for my family at home and on SR
-Continue to exercise and eat healthy, rather than diet
-Continue working on eliminating debt
-Visit my family in NY over the summer
-Test scores to go up at my school, not going to be fun for me if they don't!!
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 3,065
I want to :
Be able to walk into a room and not feel self concious/like everyone is talking about me/hates me.
Stop being afraid of my children's and husbands emotions. I guess that starts with not being afraid of mine.
Save money and buy a new kitchen, front fence and roof for our deck.
Freedom from obsessive thoughts about drugs.
Freedom from my Ed.
Freedom from guilt/self hatred/suicidal thoughts.
HAPPINESS!!!!!!
Be able to walk into a room and not feel self concious/like everyone is talking about me/hates me.
Stop being afraid of my children's and husbands emotions. I guess that starts with not being afraid of mine.
Save money and buy a new kitchen, front fence and roof for our deck.
Freedom from obsessive thoughts about drugs.
Freedom from my Ed.
Freedom from guilt/self hatred/suicidal thoughts.
HAPPINESS!!!!!!
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