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.
One of the aspects that is common to most all people of recovery is that we would live a chaotic life that was mostly directed by how we felt. There was never a reason to the rhyme. We were emotionally responsive and very rarely did we have on intellectual or practical approach to our daily living. Many things we would do because it was a degree of normalcy in our life, but for the most part we would go through life flying by the seed of our pants.
Anytime I’m caught up in the challenges of my life the I find it so helpful and RE refreshing to assist someone else. I like their next suggestion, which is to serve others.
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I’d get a feeling of grandiosity or “who were you to tell me”. I need to step out of self long enough to admit that I don’t know anything about my addiction or recovery as a practice. Everything I knew and did got me to the position I am in. Which for me was helplessly and hopelessly addicted to alcohol and other substances.
This reaction could very possibly cause a person to relapse. One of the elements that they discuss regarding this virus and the social distancing it has founded is that “social support and active involvement in the program of recovery both play a huge role”.
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We must learn to become grateful or our chance of true long-lasting sobriety will likely not come to us. We need simply to learn to be grateful for the little things and move toward more significant things. As we grow in our recovery then we can begin to appreciate the bigger things as they come to us.
Growth mindset means one embraces challenges, persists in the face of setbacks, takes responsibility for their words and actions, and acknowledges that effort is the path toward mastery. It is basically the reason why “practice makes perfect”.
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>Somewhere along the line we must stop the power struggle within, “cease fighting everything and everyone”, surrender and begin to understand the Power of H.O.W. By now all of us should know that H.O.W. stands for Honesty, Open-mindedness and Willingness. If we do not do this we stand little to no chance of ever recovering from our “seemingly hopeless state of mind and body”.