Loosid Sober Tip of the Day April 22

Sober Tips
#1

Don’t let the gifts of recovery take you out of recovery.

When entering recovery, if we have the willingness to do whatever it takes to get sober, we find ourselves ‘on fire’ with the program. This simply means we are reaping the rewards of working the program. Often, it’s because when we enter recovery, we had the gift of desperation.

As time passes, we start to build a beautiful life. Unfortunately, for many, life seems to get a bit too full to keep working the program. We cut back on meetings, we cut back on service, we stop reaching out to others and before you know it, we relapse and have no idea why.

Everything you have built has been a result of the spiritual program you have now pulled away from.

Always remember that the same things you had to do in your first days of recovery are the same things you need to do throughout your recovery.

If you feel you have fell victim to this, the great news is you can change right here. Right now.

How did this tip resonate with you? What are the most important things you have done that got you sober that you do every day to stay sober? There are many people in the Loosid community who need to hear what you have to say.

With Love, Loosid :pray::heart:

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#2
#3

Good morning everyone, I really needed to hear this. I completed a 6 month VA treatment program literally yesterday. I'm on the train heading to Baltimore because I'm going back to school. Having a new lease on life has brought on opportunities around every corner. While in the program I was religiously attending 6-7 meetings a week. There towards the end, I consciously planned on dialing back the amount of time I devoted to meetings. My reasoning was classes will not only be demanding and time consuming but stressful as well. Happy hump day :v:t2:

#4

This is an awesome tip! I found that focusing on my gratitudes assists me daily in my recovery. The first year was a year of gratitude towards choosing to get and stay sober. This second year, I find situations that I would have, in the past, chosen to drink are far from desires to drink. I find that having a daily gratitudes is so helpful. I also recognize that we have to inspect what we expect.

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#5

It's easy to get caught up in life, but without my recovery program I will lose it all over again

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#6

I really neeedbti hear this.Im 8 months Sober and my biggest fear is complacency and getting too comfortable with that status.i told other brothersvaqtvmeetingvwheni got my chip the same thing when asked how I did it

#7

I'm nothing without my recovery. If I ever get complacent, or feel like I can shoulder life on my own, I need only to look at a photo of me at 70 lbs,a walking corpse. Even though life is good I'm only seconds away from losing it all. For that reason I work my recovery like a second job. The one I do because I want to

#8

9 months in and I started to let working the steps fall from my life. I went to a wonderful AA Conference that inspired me to get back to the step work. I have now set a dedicated time in my schedule to do step work.
It is a great reminder for everyone.
Congratulations everyone no matter where you are in your journey. You're in the right place.

#9

A good tip!
I continue to learn from others' ''research'', like this says, I've seen people getting the rewards of sobriety and then edging out & away from their meetings. It doesn't end well. Seen relapses when other things are put ahead of sobriety. There has to be a balance. . .
To repeat what I've heard, whatever you put Ahead of your sobriety, you may be bound to lose it.