How I've continued to move forward in my recovery:
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How I've continued to move forward in my recovery:
Quite simply I've been achieving that by reinforcing the positive and leaving open the "choice" and the "power" to me!
I don't like to hear "I can't drink"!! I mean who likes to be told they can't do something? I don't. But what I can handle with ease is the fact that "I choose NOT to drink". Ahh...that's better. I'm in control. Not the disease, not anyone else. I feel I have the power! I say to alcohol now..."Hey thanks for the brief buzz, but frankly I'm absolutely sick of how you make me feel the next day, hung over, weak, anxious, depressed. You name it. I'm sick of you and you do nothing positive for me anymore like you used to. You've done nothing but try to destroy me over the years and I've just had enough. Period. Good bye".
I'm also approaching my sobriety like an artist's painting in progress. The painting is not considered finished until it is framed and hung. Honestly I don't think I ever want my painting considered finished. I find it more satisfying to look at it each day and admire what each stroke is creating towards the finished masterpiece. Each day of sobriety is a stroke towards completing the painting.
Do yourself a favor and watch Bob Ross videos on Youtube and you'll understand what I mean. I LOVE his calm demeanor. With every stroke you wonder just how each one ties in to the painting, but each little step creates something beautiful in the end.
Here's to day 17 for me!
I don't like to hear "I can't drink"!! I mean who likes to be told they can't do something? I don't. But what I can handle with ease is the fact that "I choose NOT to drink". Ahh...that's better. I'm in control. Not the disease, not anyone else. I feel I have the power! I say to alcohol now..."Hey thanks for the brief buzz, but frankly I'm absolutely sick of how you make me feel the next day, hung over, weak, anxious, depressed. You name it. I'm sick of you and you do nothing positive for me anymore like you used to. You've done nothing but try to destroy me over the years and I've just had enough. Period. Good bye".
I'm also approaching my sobriety like an artist's painting in progress. The painting is not considered finished until it is framed and hung. Honestly I don't think I ever want my painting considered finished. I find it more satisfying to look at it each day and admire what each stroke is creating towards the finished masterpiece. Each day of sobriety is a stroke towards completing the painting.
Do yourself a favor and watch Bob Ross videos on Youtube and you'll understand what I mean. I LOVE his calm demeanor. With every stroke you wonder just how each one ties in to the painting, but each little step creates something beautiful in the end.
Here's to day 17 for me!
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Well said - and inspirational. Funnily enough as I was driving home earlier I said something like, 'Thanks, but I choose not to drink today'. Not quite sure who I was saying it to - in fact it was a thought, rather than out loud.
It is pretty weird come to think of it that one can remember thinking a thought!
I've spooked myself now.....
It is pretty weird come to think of it that one can remember thinking a thought!
I've spooked myself now.....
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