Loosid Sober Tip of the Day March 18

Sober Tips
#1

The gift of desperation.

This saying is used quite often throughout the spiritual program of recovery. Though the phrase seems to be contradictory in nature, it is not.

The simple truth is that many if not most who suffer from alcoholism or addiction need to get the gift of desperation in order to enter a spiritual program of recovery.

Why is this?

Yesterday, we discussed three reasons why we think we do not have a disease.

Because of this, we keep trying to control our drinking or substance abuse until we finally reach a point that the pain that our disease has caused too much pain. It simply becomes too much.

This is called the GIFT of desperation.

Unfortunately, millions of people each year never get to that point. This is precisely why we call it a gift.

If you are reading this, take solace in the fact that you most likely have received the gift of desperation.

Now it’s your job to throw everything you have into the spiritual program of recovery.

Why? Because you deserve it.

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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#3

Thanks for reminding me of how I got here and why I stay

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#4

It took a long time in a program before I was gifted with desperation. I couldn't do it and I knew I wasn't gonna make it. But God!!!! After ten years of trying recovery April 1st will be two years of actually doing the deal.

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#5

The GOD of desperation..Aug 7,2021,entered my body,.brain,and soul and I've been Clean and Sober ever since.I was detoxing on a park bench in Meadville Pa, for the first time in my life, "this emperor had no clothes"

#6

10/30/2024 was a relapse and a gift of desperation. I'm done...

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#7

Alcoholic poly neuropathy did it for me. By the Grace of God I can walk. It doesn’t matter though. As long as we get there . :love_you_gesture::sunglasses::heart:

#8

I was in a coma for three months and I woke up only 90 lbs then it took me 6 weeks to learn how to walk again with no family or friends there for support. After I was released to homelessness because I had lost everything I had before the coma I found myself living under a bridge and dealing with the elements. I had a breakdown and decided that treatment was going to be my only salvation.After I was admitted into treatment the nurse told another staff to take me to the hospital. The doctors said I blew a hole in my stomach and I had a fumgass growing on it that came back from when I was comatose. The next morning they performed surgery removing my stomach and I had 37 staples from my chest down to my bellybutton. I blamed God at first for punishing me all of my life,and then I was given the gift of desperation and I realized I did everything in my life to myself. God gave me the gift of life, and I have never looked back since.Tjank you god for my life and new freedom.Amen......