Loosid Sober Tip of the Day October 14

If you don’t go within, you go without.

Getting to know ourselves is easier said than done. For those in recovery, we often realize that before starting on our sober path, we had spent our lives seeking outside validation and tended to focus on the externals.

Whether it was the new car, the house, the fancy watch, nothing seemed to fill that empty hole that resided within us.

In fact, if we look within, we see the more we focused on the externals, the further we distanced ourselves from where we needed to go.

Recovery is an inside job. This requires courage to be open to look within and clean up what is inside that will release us from the pain and set us on a path to freedom and happiness.

Choose to start your work inside each morning. Feel the feelings and take note of the disturbances. In order to fix life’s challenges, we need to know the challenges that exist.

It is only then we can get excited to get to work to release ourselves of what’s blocking us and begin our journey to get to the other side.

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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This is a great tip. Most of my life, I have looked outside of myself for happiness or gratification. Whether, it was drinking and using, a man, shopping. They were only temporary feel goods. Today, I am more connected to my inner feelings, needs, and wants. Having a close relationship with my Higher Power that helps me to be in tune with my needs to live a serene life. It's all new to me and I know it takes time but I'm so thankful that working my 12 steps helps so much. I'm getting to know Sharon and I love it.

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I completely agree, inside is what needs attention like me doing my gratitude every morning is helping with my self esteem and confidence, I notice that the more positive I instilled in my life daily has greatly helped improve the way I feel inside, if I’m feeling good inside then I can take care of my daily tasks much easier

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