Loosid Sober Tip of the March 03

You can turn a cucumber into a pickle, but you can't turn a pickle back into a cucumber.

In recovery, we often use this term to explain that, once an alcoholic or addict, always and alcoholic or addict.

This great obsession of alcoholics and addicts is to think one day we can drink or use again in moderation.

To combat this ‘stinking thinking’, many of us admit our powerlessness over the drink or drug in our daily practice.

This allows us to withdraw from the debating society in order that we don’t waste energy on things we cannot change.

Remember, alcoholism and addiction is 100% treatable.

For this reason, many of us find ourselves beyond grateful for having a disease which we can put in remission on a daily basis provided we work a spiritual program.

Today, choose to accept being a pickle today. Life is too short to spend it trying to turn back into a cucumber.

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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What this means to me is that I need to leave my old life behind and create a new and better life through God and the 12 step program

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I believe that this is true so I just tried to stick to my program with God's help

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Humerus spin on addiction

G.O.D. Good orderly direction humanist signing off atheist have a home everywhere and if you look up the definition, it's not so offensive unless you have a Christian and an Atheist in the same room and they are literalist then that just proves a fun afternoon

I am so grateful I can read. thank you LOOSID FOR MAKING ME LUCID EVERYDAY

ps. give yourself credit for being sober and then God and you'll never be lost. just a thought. maybe I'm going to get kicked off this site and maybe not. I find God based solutions just make you feel more crappy about yourself. all right? take care. maybe I'll see you again

One thing I hate is my phone. I did not put that (?) in there so maybe I will throw my phone out the door. AI is the devil. now evil. that's something to believe in the Divine will Master that. take care and I'm just kidding when I say you have to name it a certain thing. God is good. I just like to empower people because the strength comes from you and you allow God to guide you. thank you for your time and all of your hard work. it's good to have a friend as you reach for your higher power inside of you. don't ever give up. sobriety is forever and I guarantee you the alcoholism never goes away. don't mess up like I have. it's not pretty

pss and if you try to substitute alcohol with another drug that will become your new b**** and that one will overtake you. when I say alcohol I mean all drugs, even the legal ones the doctor gives you because you just like to get high. it doesn't matter what it is and it will get worse because the alcoholic user brain is actually brilliant. take that energy and use it for the day to go forward please. please don't do what I have tried because now I am dealing with the law and they are Minnesota ice and I did not say Minnesota. nice. STAY WITH GOD AND G.O.D. GOOD ORDERLY DIRECTIONS ARE MUCH EASIER THAN JAIL WHERE YOU WISH YOU WERE SOBER EVERYDAY AND FREE... over and out