Loosid Sober Tip of the Day November 27

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 is 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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Yes it does. !! The war for me is over.!

Don’t engage in war today!:+1::heart:

Right on time, seriously :pray:

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Yes it does!

It jus proves u have to know u are unhealed to get healed...periodt

We have to surrender or we cannot heal to move forward

I’m still battling today. Caught in the grips of self hate and lost hope. Surrendering means honestly - vulnerability - which I’m not sure I can muster. Stuck pretending to protect myself while lying to my husband to avoid the judgement I am all too familiar with. I’m exhausted from the battle which I’ve barely begun.

I am grateful that even though I lost a few battles I finally won the war and I feel like if I did it anyone can I was so lost so hopeless But God!!!! I am grateful for the Texas Prison system doing time saved my life!!!!