It’s been a rough day, week.. Why do I feel so alone lately? I don’t want to drink…. I have changed so many things in my life the last few months and I feel like I don’t have anyone. Yet I still have a hard time reaching out… Trying to have some gratitude and positivity. Life is just very overwhelming right now..
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The big book says we should trust ourself into working with others when we start to struggle.
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Just keep going. We all go through it, including me right now. Just try living in the "now." That seems to work for me. Sometimes just one moment at a time. Hang in there!
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Loneliness is part of the process, but it’s only the bridge to bring better people to come in your life. I suggest meditating and letting the thoughts pass through.
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We are social creatures and feeling isolated or worse shunned really feels handicapping. If one feels that way it is more difficult to want to connect or know how to. I had to learn to be comfortable with me. Sit with myself, eat with myself and get to know myself and whether I wanted to be with myself and heal, let go of old aspects that were or are me or just situations I was in at the time. Then once I could be in my own company. I could be myself and feel safe with myself and enjoy the quiet time and reach out and have people come in that like me. Since I really like me. Somedays I am not so good at the love part. Not to come off like Stuart Smiley here. Keep attempting to connect when you can but allow yourself to get to know the changing you.
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I had to build a whole new social life in the sober community. So I went to 90 different meetings in 90 days. Well I attempted to anyway. This helped me find AA meetings that I enjoyed for every day or night of the week. Then I kept going to those meetings and made sober friends that were going through similar experiences or had wisdom that I needed. Plus we did stuff together such as hikes, comedy clubs, dinner parties, and even parachuting etc.
I was never lonely again.
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