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Why Gratitude Keeps You Sober

May 20, 2015 No Comments

If you have been sober for a couple of days so far, chances are you have heard someone say the word ‘grateful’ in a sentence.

If you have been sober for 1-2 weeks, chances are you have heard the word grateful used in so many sentences you feel overwhelmed by the word and are starting to question whether ‘grateful’ is a substitute for a word other than ‘grateful’.

Understandably so.

Gratitude is thrown around a lot in recovery. You hear the hard-core sober men and women say: “Get off your pity-pot and get in gratitude.” You hear gratitude is a necessary component of sobriety,” and “Write a gratitude list when you get in your head.”

Fun in Sobriety Part 1

May 15, 2015 1 Comment

“Since I’ve gotten sober, my life has sucked and I have no fun” -Said No Sober Person EVER

Okay, drama queen/king. I hate to break it to you, but sobriety is nothing but fun.

*Gasp*

Sorry to burst your little negative bubble; you are now free to do ANYTHING. You are a free man/woman from the constraints of alcohol and drugs. You are not bound to anything; you can go wherever you want to go, do whatever you want to do, and be whoever you want to be.

If you’re stuck in the short-circuit thought: “My life is over; I’m sober,” you’re not alone. But, you are wrong.

Top 5 Routines of Actively Sober People

May 5, 2015 No Comments

In the midst of our disease, our world is chaos.

Everything we do feels rushed, overwhelming, and debilitating. Everyone we talk to is frustrating, nosy, and again, overwhelming. Every thought that enters our head feels cluttered, irrevocably powerful, and disheveled.

Our world is chaos and we don’t even realize the extent of our pain; what we do feel, however, is the weight of our thoughts: “life is so hard,” “why can’t I just get through one day without feeling like the world is ending,” “how can I keep on living this way forever?”

Then we get help. Whether self-diagnosed or court mandated, we find ourselves in a rehabilitation center for drugs and alcohol, or maybe even dual diagnosis.

Lonely No More: Developing Friendships While Clean & Sober

April 30, 2015 No Comments

More often than not as a substance abuser, isolation is part of our story.

Maybe we have a few ‘using’ or ‘drinking’ friends, but generally we harbor feelings of loneliness and social anxiety.

Some of us may claim that we’re buddy-buddy with our dealer, our drinking/using friends are our road-dogs, and we’ve had heart-to-heart moments with our favorite liquor store manager. All of these claims may be true as long as we have a demand for a substance and they have the supply. Unfortunately, when you sever the demand, the supplier may not maintain his/her warm and fuzzy feelings for your presence.

Category: Sober living

Why Gratitude Keeps You Sober

Fun in Sobriety Part 1

Top 5 Routines of Actively Sober People

Lonely No More: Developing Friendships While Clean & Sober