Loosid Sober Tip of the Day February 15

Sober Tips
#1

How do we get back our self-esteem?

This is a very common question with a very simple answer.

In our active addiction, self-esteem is one of the first things to go. How do we gain back our self-esteem? By doing esteemable acts.

Focus each day to doing an esteemable act. Reach out to a friend who you know is struggling and simply let them know you are thinking about them and they are not alone.

Go up to a homeless person an offer to buy them a cup of coffee or sandwich if you can afford it.

Ask the cashier at the store their name. Wish them a great day.

We tend to severely underestimate the power of simply recognizing a person and acknowledging them as an equal. Why? Because we are all equal.

Little acts of self-esteem will build momentum. Before you know it, you will be beaming with self-esteem.

How did this tip resonate with you? What are 3 esteemable acts you can do today?

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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#3

We all are equal Love that concept

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#4

I absolutely agree, we are all equal. Hope your day is filled with some peace and serenity.

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#5

This is so true. I find that engaging in acts that I’m proud of is helping me gain my confidence back. I’ve set a goal to do something (however small) every day. It is meaningful to others and myself.

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#6

Yes!!

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#7

Agreed🙂

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#8

www.senseofselfwork.com. This is a great life coaching program for getting back the parts of ourself we lose in addiction.

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#9

This is good. Also radical acceptance helped me a lot.

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#10

That's an awesome goal! I'm going to borrow that one! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

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#11

What's radical acceptance?

#12

I hope it works for you too!

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#13

Ty! :laughing::grin:

#14

Radical acceptance is a method of essentially clearing the decks on the things that have happened with you to you by you in your past. I don't know if there's a set way to do it but when I was in my program we essentially acknowledged all of the pain that we had caused and the reasons that it may have happened when there were reasons and then we basically accepted that this had happened that we had done these things and that we are now different people and that therefore we must look at life from a going forward from this point viewpoint. The other side of it is that when you have people who won't let your past go you can when they list your horrors maybe for the fifth time say yes I did all those things and where do we go from here? And it is their response that lets you know whether they are somebody who has a place in your life in the future.

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#15

Thank you for answering my question! I appreciate it :joy::raised_hands:

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