Alcohol, and drugs can blur our minds, and make us believe in things that are not true. When I sobered up , reality was hard to handle . I battled reality through my sobriety and still wanted things to go my way for almost 10 years. We all want things to work out just like we intend them, however this is not happening. Believe in God and things or days will go with the flow and nothing will over whelm you that you cannot live with. It is a two way street , you must accept those things that use to baffle us and continue to baffle us, but do not try to control them. Life is a struggle and it is tough at times but if you stay close to the 12 steps of living life day to day then all will be better just not exactly the way you might have expected.
Change is something we alcoholics are pretty good at. If you think about it we changed where we lived in hopes of stop drinking when we were in a new place but continued to drink. Change when one is sober is good but can be strange and scary. This is when you pause take a deep breath of fresh air and let go and let God into life. The answer will come, your body will go into motion at times reluctantly but usually for a positive reason for you at this time of day. Hopefully you understand what I am saying. I have ten years of sobriety and live life one day at a time. I do not consciously do this but it has become habit. I don't think to far in the future , I stay in the moment and try to see what I can give all the day to others. Try this in your life and see how it goes. Take Care. Chris
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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Does Drinking Consume Your Life?
Does Drinking Consume Your Life?
By Chris
Does drinking alcohol consume
most of your off time? Then you might be alcoholic,
do You drink because you have to have the rush alcohol gives to you. Do you often black out from too much to drink? Well, these are examples of drinking too
much but does it mean you cannot control your life because of these habits?
These are things in life to consider if it takes up your lifetime. In other words, do you spend time with your wife drunk most of the time and
around your family? You are the only one that can stop the insanity. Now you
did not want to hear that but this is true. No one can make someone sober. You
can encourage a person to get help, but
don’t be rude about it. Try informing this drinker that maybe he or she should
not drink because of this and that problem in your life.
Treatment centers surround themselves with the 12 step
program, but is this outdated? It still works is what some would say and it is
the only way. I do not subscribe to this theory as I have seen time and time
again an alcoholic attends meetings right and left then went back
to drinking so AA will not save you so
who the fuck will save your drunk ass. You,
and that is a hard concept to take hold of. You are in control and you know
this deep down, but unable to admit it to your inner self or to God. Yes, God
is the spirit that has made you and brought you into this world. If you don’t believe
me on God I will surely debate you. No, you do not have to attend church, but
it would not hurt going. I do not go to church but I feel good after I go for
some reason. I guess for me I am blessed and maybe you are also that drinking
is a blackout of my life substance I do
not think of. So why the blog, well it is to document my progress through my
ten years of sobriety, coming in May 2019. The trials and miracles that have happened to me. Nothing too far out but I have
and still am growing up with sobriety. Social sobriety is the world and how I
interact with life sober and conduct myself. Enjoy Life Today 3.30.2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Everyday Worries
The worries that drag us down and holds us back from living the life we deep down dream about.
So I would like to just quickly share one tip that helps me out with this issue.
It is a simple two question combination that I have asked myself over and over until it became a habit. And until the questions often pop up automatically in my head in worry-inducing situations.
The first question goes like this:
How many of the things I worried would happen in my life did actually happen?
Most things you fear will happen never happen. They are just monsters in your own mind.
And worrying is most often just a waste of time.
This is, of course, easy to say.
But if you remind yourself of how little of what you feared throughout your life that has actually happened you can start to release more and more of that worry from your thoughts.
So I ask myself this question to remind myself of how few of the things that I have worried about over the years that have actually become real.
When fears feel vague in your mind, when you lack clarity then it is very easy to get lost in exaggerated worries and disaster scenarios.
So find clarity in a worry-inducing situation by asking yourself:
Honestly and realistically, what is the worst that could happen?
When I have answered that question then I follow it up with spending a little bit of time on figuring out what I can do about it if that pretty unlikely thing happens.
In my experience, the worst that could realistically happen is usually not as scary as what my mind could make up when it is running wild with vague fears.
Spending a few minutes on finding clarity in this way can save you a whole lot of time, energy and suffering.
I hope this question combo will help you too to calm yourself down and to think more clearly and optimistically again.
Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead!
Chris
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