Loosid Sober Tip of the Day August 13

Sober Tips
#1

Alcoholism and addiction are diseases of isolation.

Yesterday we discussed the importance of building a sober network of 5 people you can connect with each day to provide you with the support you need throughout your recovery journey.

Getting help from others who are working a spiritual program of recovery and building this support system around you is a non-negotiable.

Sadly, far too many of us never ask for help and for that reason, never build a sober network.

We expect to GET but do not dare ASKā€¦ and if we donā€™t ask, we will never receive.

This is because of EGOā€¦ a three-letter word that kills alcoholics and addicts by the million.

We have discussed the horrors of the EGO before, but most of us have a built-in forgetter.

Just for today, remind yourself that EVERY person who is now (emotionally) sober had to lower their ego and ask for help.

How did this tip resonate with you? Do you need help?

If you practice a spiritual program of recovery, are you willing to give help?

Let us know your thoughts below. 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

Helpful

#4

Ego deflation!!!

#5

Ego = Edging God Out

#7

Can you expound on what you mean by diseases of isolation?

#8

Ahhh.. the ā€œbuilt-in forgetterā€! Thereā€™s SO much truth in that! I would love to have a group to check in with daily.:heart:

#9

I have to thank the good Lord for the help I so needed.. otherwise Iā€™d still be using.. I prayed for help.. because I had been clean for 14 years while I took care of my momma.. but when she passed away I relapsed.. I knew I didnā€™t want to go back down that road.. and then I got arrested.. I went to prison and was gone for 11 months.. be careful for what you ask for because God answers prayers and He does it for our own good.. I know if I hadnā€™t gone to jail Iā€™d still be using.. God works in mysterious ways and has a sense of humor..

#10

This resonated with me, cuz for my whole life it was difficult to ask for help for anything help with homework & when that would happen I would just end up in a huge screaming match w/ the old manā€¦cuz ofšŸ’© like that, I started having huge trust issues and that three letter word, Iā€™m gonna show you I can do it all by myself, no matter what it may be, the sad thing is my ego still runs me if I have to ask for help in certain areas of my life then it seems that I failedšŸ˜ž Now as far as the 2nd ?? Heck, I always need help w/ stuff, but as far as my recovery, thatā€™s the only thing that I am Humble abtā€¦I had gotten sober this time around abt 5 1/2yrs agoļæ¼ā€¦ but for some reason, I had fear running my life, & 1 thing that seemed just impossible for me to do was to get to meetingsā€¦ļæ¼kinda funny how youā€™ve been mentioning isolation, cuz after outpatient ended after 3yrs of attending, & the world coming to an end, I lived in isolation, white-knuckling what I call just starting Dry, not sober & things were getting so bad at home w/ a teenage daughter that if I didnā€™t make a change abt 5ish months ago, & that was my humility asking for help cuz if I hadnā€™t I donā€™t know where Iā€™d be right nowļæ¼ā€¦I still have a long way to goā€¦Iā€™m not feeling hopeless or helpless, because of my sobriety in the past, I now know things I need to do to keep what I have,& C as long as I keep praying to God and I donā€™t just have phone numbers but I use them because I donā€™t wanna die today!!ļæ¼

#11

Your head can be like a bad neighborhood.
You shouldnā€™t be in there alone!