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”.
>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”.
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.
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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?
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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 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”.
“Mindfulness training, a method of self-observation based on ancient Buddhist psychological models of human suffering, has recently shown promise in the treatment of addictions. Remarkably, the early Buddhist models might be able to further inform our current understanding of addiction and offer novel treatments that outperform traditional options. While Buddhist meditations were not originally designed to specifically treat substance dependencies, Buddhist psychological models show considerable overlap with the current models of addiction, and Buddhist practices aim explicitly to eliminate the causes of craving”.
One of the most famous quotes on being responsible is found in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous and it is in titled “The Responsibility Statement”. This statement reads “I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA to be there and for that: I am responsible.”
When I first came to recovery I was told that I only had to change one thing. Not too bad, right? Who can’t change just one thing? This certainly piqued my interest, so I decided to ask them what that one thing was. Their response was humorous and challenging at the same time. That one thing was EVERYTHING.