Loosid Sober Tip of the Day January 12

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

I am 7 months into recovery and I just realized this yesterday and I didn’t even know I was lying because it is second nature! About the dumbest stuff :joy: So that is what I am paying attention to today. Thank you for this!

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#4

I tried believing I could be a social drinker after I was sober for a while and fell right back into iy

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#5

Yeaa my main problem is lying too those around me that I have been sober for X-amount of time when in reality I don’t know exactly how long I will be sober for because I sneak and geek on occasion :upside_down_face:

This year that ends!

#6

This is funny because I just wrote about being grateful for clarity and how it's due to my working on honesty especially with myself! Then I clicked on this and it's talking about essentially the same thing I just wrote about in my gratitude. It's funny sometimes the way things work like this! It truly helps fortify my faith and my bond with God! Thank you so much!

#7

It's an interesting question "If you are not sober do you.need to be?" I needed to be. I very well may have averted death by a single drink. My doctor had told me to put my affairs in order and was actually chagrined when I didn't die like he said I was going to. Since then though I have noted that I went from the bottom of the heap to the top of my game and I honestly believe that part of that is that so many "normal" drinkers are not operating at their full potential. Sure they may be at 80 or 90 percent but they will never be the apex competitor in life they could be. So we ask again "Should they be sober?"For me the answer is yes and I am grateful that I got a chance to be this version of me.