Loosid Sober Tip of the Day Jul 19

Sober Tips
#1

In order to heal, we have to feel.

In our active addiction, most of us have used substances to numb ourselves so as not to feel anything in our lives that wasn’t going according to OUR plan.

When we enter a spiritual program of recovery, we learn that the only way to recover is to lean into the very same things we were running away from for so long.

No one has ever lived a life according to OUR plan. No matter who you are, life will have joy and sadness. Love and loss. Dark and light.

That’s called life.

When we get sober, much of our spiritual work is on complete acceptance of life on life’s terms and feeling ALL feelings good and ‘bad’.

More importantly, we change our perception of what we used to call ‘bad’.

From our ‘problems’ come our greatest lessons. From our ‘pain’ comes our greatest growth.

Just for today, be willing to accept all that comes, good and bad.

Take solace in the fact that there is a spiritual program to embrace it all.

How did this tip resonate with you? 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

Yes

#4

I have had a hard time facing the feelings I was running from but talking it through helps a lot

#5

Very true it is spiritual

#6

The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it! The steps really help :pray:

#7

I just finished journaling and on this day in 2015, two weeks shy of my 1 year sobriety at 39 years old I had a miscarriage with my first son Jermiyah. As I wrote today I found myself saying, through him I was initiated into the no matter what club of recovery. It sent me on a mission of boots on the ground and full throttle of digging deep within myself

I no longer was blaming others for what had happened in my past but took accountability for myself. Allow people to love on me and healing began in the rooms. The pain began to be a part of purpose letting others know that no matter what you never have to use again.

Now I share here divorced for 5 plus years from my childhood sweetheart, a single mom of a 8 year daughter 2 weeks shy of 11 years of sobriety and clean from drugs. 10 years free from cigarettes

It was only through The Divine and my acceptance for what happened that I share here today. Along with my ability to sit all the way down, follow some simple instructions. I celebrate the short lived life of my son. Jermiyah Emmanuel because it was through the path of recovery , My Higher Power that I made it through and I don't have to be caught up in still mourning him. The pain was real, however I was able to transmute it back into power which that was what it was always meant for never meant to destroy me.Forever Grateful

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#8

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run” Babe Ruth

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#9

I had such a death grip on controlling everything including my feelings, I cried nearly every day for three weeks and I felt so naked, fortunately I was in a safe place and have began my healing journey, recognizing that my spirituality was put to the wayside. Daily smudge, prayer and meditation is free and it works.

#10

This one hit hard today. Another version of "accepting the things we cannot change"!

#11

Challenges and lifes ups and downs with dealing with people still reminding me about my past is so upsetting at times it hurts especially when you've became a change person I no I shouldn't care about what people say but it can ruffle you