Loosid Sober Tip of the Day March 06

Sober Tips
#1

The courage to change the things we can.

Yesterday we started with looking at the first part of the serenity prayer. If you haven’t read yesterday’s tip, simply touch the back button and read it now.

Today, we focus on the second part, the middle section of the serenity prayer:

The courage to change the things I can.

Once we have accepted the things we cannot change, we have freed up a tremendous amount of wasted time and energy that can now be used on what’s most important… having the courage to change the things we can.

Pay special attention to the word courage. The truth is, it is very easy to complain, yet it requires courage to face life’s challenges.

We have alcoholism. OK. What can we do about it?

Once we accept that we cannot change the fact that we are alcoholic, we can enter a spiritual program of recovery to see what other people do to get sober, stay sober and live a beautiful life.

That is 100% within our control.

We have been fired from our job. What can we do about it? We can accept what happened and look with anticipation and excitement at finding the next opportunity.

That is 100% within our control.

We just got into an argument with our significant other. What do we do about it? Do we argue and try to ‘win’ the argument? Of course not. Despite what you might think, nobody ever wins an argument.

We can accept what happened. We can call a friend and ask for their advice. We can meditate. We can also look for our part (where we were at fault) in the argument.

If we believe in a higher power, we can ask our higher power to direct our thinking.

All of this is 100% within our control.

We can always gather courage to change the things we can. It is inside all of us.

Knowing you have the courage, what do you want to do today that you can change?

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

Me. Keep moving forward.!

#4

WOW!!!! This is so true I never really looked at it like that, WOW the second part of the serenity prayer, having the courage to change the things we can! With years clean, and I still never really looked at it like that until now,and I'm going through a very difficult, fragile time in my recovery,so I really needed to hear dat, thanks Loosid ! thank you so much :pray:

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#5

:heartbeat::100::boom::bangbang:

#6

Persistence,determination,discipline,these sre are not strong points for me..If there is anything to change,lol, these are at the top of the list..

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#7

This has been nice having it broken down for me.

#8

Starting with changing behaviors for some coming into recovery is like opening a flood gate so much to change so much to heal so much to work on we forget to breathe “ it was so much of letting go and learning to become a person that didn’t have to be sad over the things that have happened in my life healing was a big part of my journey being able to listen and learn how I can help others that have been there and feel alone finding the courage to change the things we can”giving back it means just that every day is a new day :blush:some days might be hard some days great :blush: just keep going I hope everyone has a great day

#9

This is HOW it works....honesty, open mindedness, and willingness. Doing the next right thing. If we are honest we will accept we are alcoholic/addicted. If we are open minded we can step forward with courage and finally if we are willing to do these things we will become wise enough to know the difference. And all of this with an attitude of gratitude. Simple but not easy.