What goes on in the mind of a person who sees their life completely falling apart and knows that their addiction is primarily the reason for it.
Addiction: Disease or Weakness
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Posts by Robert
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
Episode #127 – Tuesday The Fix: Being an Exceptional Being
One of the most exciting things I have ever read was on page 98 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. It reads “Burn it into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.”
Episode #126 – Friday The Checkup: Reborn Again
I look at the moment in time when “I said I can’t do this anymore.” I was literally “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” At that moment, I was reborn for the last time.
I Don’t Want to Die
One of the most important things to remember is that living is not merely the absence of not dying. I guess in the literal sense it is, but that’s not what I am talking about. I am talking about learning to live in a way that causes you and me to celebrate. Life needs to be as joyous in our living as our despair was prior to recovery.
How Sharp is your Saw
“…iron sharpens iron and so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Episode #125 – Tuesday The Fix: Self Portrait
So, let’s picture ourselves. If I blame someone for my past then they are responsible for my past. There is one main problem with that. If it’s someone else’s fault that I got where I ended up, do I need someone else to get where I want to go?
Episode #124 – Friday The Checkup: How to Let Go
letting go is one of the most challenging things we do. What is the connection between something that seems desirable yet challenging?
Unseen Enemy
One of the saving grace is through this time have been the Zoom meetings and utilizing other social media platforms that makes reaching out possible. Having said that, one on one or group events can have so much more power for an individual.
WE Not ME
When I think of the TEAM concept, I often refer to Stephen Covey. For many, TEAM stands for Together Everyone Adds Merit.
Episode #123 – Tuesday The Fix: Lifetime Recovery
“Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing and that is not why we are here.”
Episode #122 – Friday The Checkup: The Inescapable
Feelings are inescapable. We must deal with and process them so they don’t deal with and process us.
Power of Personal Time
Hopefully that tiredness and that sense of loss was what motivated you to seek recovery. Eventually, pain becomes our best friend. The very thing that was our greatest source of discomfort now became the catalyst that would drive us to saying “I cannot live this way any longer.“