Loosid Sober Tip of the Day September 5

What is the quality of your sobriety?

In recovery, many people get fixated on the amount of sober time they have and compare it to others. As mentioned in a previous sober tip, the world record for sobriety is 24 hours and nobody has broken it yet!

Much like it’s never about the amount of years in one’s life, but rather the amount of life in one’s years, the same applies to sobriety.

Putting down the drink or the drug only allows us to enter a spiritual journey that we call recovery. Working a spiritual program allows us to be free from all the things that used to hold us back.

We often find people in recovery with only months of ‘sobriety time’ who are happy, joyous and free. Most often, this is because they actively work a spiritual program and, as a result, have what many people call ‘emotional sobriety’.

On the other side, there are many who have decades of ‘sober time’ who are miserable and still stuck in the bondage of self.

Freeing ourselves requires work, but the great news we all have the ability to achieve that freedom.

Find solace in the fact that you can be free any time you want. Choose freedom today. 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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Great point.!!

I have a buddy in recovery who says the guy who wakes up at 6am has more sobriety than the guy who wakes up at 7am no matter the number of days or years sober they might have.

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This is so elegantly put. We get to choose our sobriety every single day. Starting over isn’t easy but it’s worth the challenge

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This is so true! 86 days today and I have the best spiritual recovery life!

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I've been sober 8 months and change. Until I started going to church again and AA did I realize I was just being a robot. I'm finding my spiritual happy now

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This is so important!!!! Emotionally and physically detoxing is so important!

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I’m not a one day at a time guy nor am I a day counter guy. I do resonate with the quality of sobriety and making sure you keep working to maintain it.

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Congrats!

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I love to count my hours, days, months and years of my sobriety. My sobriety date is 11-26-19. This helps me remember just how low I had become before I realized I needed to change my entire life. Our minds will forget pain over time. Example, I do not remember how painful it was when I broke my arm at the age of 8 years old. I put my family through painful days during my addiction and I don’t want to forget it. This helps me stay focused on my sobriety and help others who are willing to go to any lengths to get what we have. For me it’s not about competing with my sober family but competing with me, the guy I am today is better then the guy I was yesterday. Attitude of gratitude :pray:

I've got today and all I have to worry about is doing something to make today better than yesterday. I've been doing that for 45 days and I'm feeling good about it. I do my best to avoid comparing my progress to others, we are all working at our own pace and all I care about is I don't have to use today! That feels good!

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