5 Months Sober and life keeps getting better.
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5 Months Sober and life keeps getting better.
I haven't logged in or posted for awhile because I joined an online recovery group with daily meetings for support. I appreciate sober recovery and want to share that indeed, my life keeps getting better with measurable internal and external results at 5 months of sobriety. My mind is more of a tool now, and I can direct and redirect her to the task at hand, The more that I challenge my mind as I witness growth, she seems to stand at the ready ready to figure things out through learning and creating. This is such a relief because I felt so slow in early recovery and starting a new job two months into recovery felt difficult and embarrassing at times because my mind felt hungover and unresponsive nearly everyday.
I know that having a daily work routine where I go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time has helped immensely. I do push that bedtime and waking up time an hour forward on my days off and I sleep 9-10 hours instead of 8 on those days but my job is mentally AND physically tiring and I believe that this extra sleep is restorative.
Some folks in the recovery community discourage us from sharing our recovery with coworkers or managers, but being transparent with a select few has offered grace, compassion, and friendship on the days that I feel "crunchy", or in need of a hug and encouragement. I also have a coworker who is one year sober this week and although we only see one another once or twice a week when he makes deliveries, we share and encourage one another and have each others' phone numbers to text when needed.
The greatest gift so far is witnessing my bravery and strength in facing trauma that began in childhood and continued through adulthood. The Luckiest Club is the meeting support, book, and podcast that has helped guide my recovery and through this connections to people who have drank or used over similar trauma but have recovered and are healing has been so instrumental and helpful in this stage of my recovery.
Resentments and the tendency towards perfectionism personally and in judgement of others are what I am vigilant about because I know they can lead me to relapse again, along with the residual yearning for "fuzziness" of a buzz when I am frustrated by the challenges that come along in relationship with human beings. I view alcohol as the wolf at my door. I know that it is my thing and it will always be my thing. It isn't fair, but it is true. And I am committed to continue on in my recovery of life without alcohol.
I hope that this post encourages you to keep on keeping on in your quest in living life without alcohol or drugs. We are worthy of sober recovery!
Love,
Kitty Mama
I know that having a daily work routine where I go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time has helped immensely. I do push that bedtime and waking up time an hour forward on my days off and I sleep 9-10 hours instead of 8 on those days but my job is mentally AND physically tiring and I believe that this extra sleep is restorative.
Some folks in the recovery community discourage us from sharing our recovery with coworkers or managers, but being transparent with a select few has offered grace, compassion, and friendship on the days that I feel "crunchy", or in need of a hug and encouragement. I also have a coworker who is one year sober this week and although we only see one another once or twice a week when he makes deliveries, we share and encourage one another and have each others' phone numbers to text when needed.
The greatest gift so far is witnessing my bravery and strength in facing trauma that began in childhood and continued through adulthood. The Luckiest Club is the meeting support, book, and podcast that has helped guide my recovery and through this connections to people who have drank or used over similar trauma but have recovered and are healing has been so instrumental and helpful in this stage of my recovery.
Resentments and the tendency towards perfectionism personally and in judgement of others are what I am vigilant about because I know they can lead me to relapse again, along with the residual yearning for "fuzziness" of a buzz when I am frustrated by the challenges that come along in relationship with human beings. I view alcohol as the wolf at my door. I know that it is my thing and it will always be my thing. It isn't fair, but it is true. And I am committed to continue on in my recovery of life without alcohol.
I hope that this post encourages you to keep on keeping on in your quest in living life without alcohol or drugs. We are worthy of sober recovery!
Love,
Kitty Mama
Congrats on five months sober! 
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