Loosid Sober Tip of the Day December 18

Sober Tips
#1

D -E -N- I -A -L

Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.

So many of us take such a long time to enter recovery because we are in denial. The pain of getting honest with ourselves seems too much to handle and so we lie to ourselves.

Because of this, our disease progresses until we either die or reach such a level of pain that we get the gift of desperation to reach out and ask for help.

It is important to understand that everything in life worth anything requires work.

The first part of any work is an honest assessment of where we are and where we want to go.

It is also important to look at what we have done wrong in order that we can recognize those mistakes, so we don’t make them again.

We make amends for the mistakes we have done to free ourselves from our wrongdoings (more on that tomorrow).

Just for today, wherever you are, make a commitment to get honest with yourself.

If you are not sober, do you need to be? Write down all the things you have done when you were not sober that you feel were inappropriate. This will give you something to look at on paper.

If you are in recovery, are there things you are doing that are disconnecting you from your recovery? If so, what can you do to get back on a good path?

If you are on a good path, share your experience what helped you move from denial to getting honest with yourself.

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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#3

Thank you! Great message :green_heart:journaling really helps my recovery

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#4

I have 6 days and feel extremely depressed

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#5

I lived a lonely MISERABLE life for a very long time. Being honest with myself about myself. Having the courage to admit who and what I am, gave me peace and serenity!!!!!! I now walk in the land of the living...

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#6

Being honest allowed me to be ME

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#7

It took 5 years lost/quit multiple jobs got an extreme DUI, had a skull fracture and brain bleed from a seizure spent a week in the ICU. 1 trip to rehab Finally woke up in the hospital one last time after passing out in my back yard that was the last straw for me. Checked myself in for 60days of in house treatment and I’ve been sober 3 years 3 months. I finally admitted I had a problem and it was killing me. Now I have purpose and all that energy I used to survive and lie and use is now propelling me to be successful and happy and in control of my emotions and actions. Grateful everyday to be back.

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#8

Hang in there Bob it gets better.

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#9

I too love journaling! Making a gratitude list and writing down my prayers has helped a lot

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#10

So good to hear you are doing better. I’m facing that existential moment right now where I’m choosing to channel my energy away from alcohol and put it toward something positive. I just gotta get through this rough patch.

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#11

This is a great message. I’m new to this and hoping to really get myself in gear to truly work on my sobriety. Chat later got a zoom class for “drinking”

#12

Depression is common early on. Talking with others and antidepressants helped me Also going to meetings helped. Push through. There is a light at the end of the tunnel :heart:

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#13

It gets so much better. No matter how stupid it might sound to you, journal and exercise. Break a sweat. Do it again tomorrow. See if that doesn’t improve your outlook. Find a purpose. That can be volunteering at a soup kitchen. Serve others.

#14

Another good tip. Honesty! Difficult daily!

#15

I realize as I got older and my first time in recovery in 2006 that if I wanted to stop being lied to I had to stop lying and if I wanted to stop getting stolen from I had to stop stealing from others

#16

Denial is such a big part of the ego for me, letting both of those go have been helpful, little by little

#17

Bob! Congrats on 6 days! There was something someone told me about flare up periods during the first year or 2 of sobriety. Stick with it. It definitely is a struggle at first but things get better. It's taken me 14 years to collect my year of continuous sobriety and can just say from experience that it is SO worth it!! Take it easy a day at a time. :purple_heart:

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#18

Thank you your message really made me feel good.

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#19

Received a couple of numbers today. I want to feel safe in my own skin one day at a time. I don’t want alcohol.. Thankful to be here, and in sobriety.