Loosid Sober Tip of the Day May 24

The war is over… if you want it to be.

Millions of us have fought our alcoholism or addiction tooth and nail, refusing to admit defeat. We think THIS time, somehow, and in some way, we will be able to stop.

It works… until it doesn’t.

We try again... We slip… So we try again.

Sometimes we put a week together. Sometimes a month… some of us a year or more until it happens AGAIN.

We swear one final time to God, to our wives, our husbands, our significant others, our mothers, our fathers, our children, our friends, our entire universe that we will never ever ever drink or use again… until we do.

We swear again one more final time… then another final time… then another.

What you need to know is that alcoholism and addiction are undefeated.

The only way to win is to surrender.

This is where so many of us lose the battle because to us, to surrender means to lose and our egos simply will not allow that.

Take solace in the fact that the entire program of recovery teaches us to surrender each and every day to our powerlessness over drugs or substances SO THAT WE WIN.

The war is over… if you want it to be.

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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Grammar check- alcoholism and addition ‘are’ undefeated.

I think sometimes God allows us to become addicted since we’re choosing our own will over Him. When we turn back to Him, He welcomes us with open arms and eventually breaks those chains. I don’t feel a strong or regular pull to drink anymore, and for that, I am grateful.

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Wow! Thus is what I needed to today! Going on 2 months sober and was really wanting a drink. I do believe that I will get through the day without. Needed these words today. Thank you!

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I always think I can control it this time as long as I don't go back to opiates. But eventually I lose control with every drug I use

I am the same for sure. It doesn't matter what I start off with, in short time, I am right back to the opiate abyss