The Recovery Guy Blog
Robert shares varied concepts and approaches to understanding behavior that diverts us from our healthy desire to become well. We delve into social and medical aspects.
Gratitude
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.
Why Growth Mindset Matters
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”.
The Power of H.O.W.
>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”.
New Thinking Supports New Living
action is what ties everything together. When we were in our addicted states we were living in a reactive mode. Action was not a part of our life while we were drinking and using.
There Is No Shame In Being A Newcomer
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Minding Your Business
Why not look at our self from a more practical business approach, an approach any corporation would take to protect their most vital assets? How do we go about this? How do we take something as interpersonal as our life and relate it to a business mindset?
Fear vs. Faith
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Being Mindful Of My Mind
Why should I focus on the mindfulness approach in overcoming my addiction? How can I embrace my thinking to help ensure personal success?
The Need to Belong
“The need to belong refers to the idea that humans have a fundamental motivation to be accepted into relation-ships with others and to be a part of social groups. The fact that belongingness is a need means that human beings must establish and maintain a minimum quantity of enduring relationships. These relationships should have more positivity than negativity and be meaningful and significant to the relationship partners”.