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.
When it comes to being Wounded No More, I am not saying that we will never be wounded again. That would like saying we cease being human. What I am saying that the wounded feeling does not have to last.
Staying healthy is best promoted by continuing to self-examine. We make adjustments and corrections along the way… (but) If this continues unchecked the likelihood of relapse is inevitable.
When I consider personal alignment, I must consider the four dimensions of my life. As a person, I am made up of physical, emotional, mental and the spiritual. As I have four tires on my vehicle I have four areas of life that need attention. Not having all four tires aligned simultaneously causes uneven wear are on the other tires.
Trust is a foundational requirement for every healthy relationship. Without trust, there is no basis for caring. It is near impossible to have reciprocal care for a person where trust isn’t an essential part of the relationship. The quote “This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man” is a line from Hamlet by William Shakespeare and it connects self-truth as a necessary component of being truthful to others.
These feelings serve as important clues about our wellbeing and about what makes us happy and unhappy.
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Quite simply, a trigger is a person, place, thought or event that can set into motion a response. You have heard the tried and true phrase “if it were easy everyone would be doing it.” The same thing is true when applied to today’s blog.
There are so many factors… Not only are the variables different with an addiction or negative behavior, but is also associated with what triggers it. We must learn a positive response that we would want to apply that recovery solution to need to recover.
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How do we find hope in what might appear to be hopeless? As with every coin there is another side. It is my obligation to others and myself to always flip the coin to the other side and extract every bit of hope from something that appears hopeless.
As I often say, “we didn’t get broken overnight and we don’t get fixed overnight” Becoming well is a process and building a positive self-image is a necessary component. Life’s journey has many moving parts as various times throughout.