The harsh reality of addiction reared its ugly head again today. Another youngster died from an apparent overdose. For some it debilitates them in fear and sadness. I get it, been there before. Its ok to grieve, in fact it is needed. However wallowing in the sadness does no one any good. This isn’t a rip on anyone but we’ve been through this before and it will happen again.
Archive for the ‘Sobriety Hints’ Category
April5
It Happens.
March28
Priorities
Prioritizing is something im learning more than ever. In the process this site…taken a back seat and oddly, im ok with it. Blogging was a huge part of my life since 2008. Its produced a book which was never a thought when I started. Shoot, it was just an idea that one of my mentors suggested and from it over 900+ entries followed. Between running my own business now + school + attempting to have a resemblance of a social life…I haven’t blogged for almost 2 weeks.
March18
Its Been A While….
Its been a while since I wrote anything. Between work + school + homework….there are some days I get home from the office, have a bite to eat, take a shower and pass out. Absolutely love it. Just wanted to share an email session I had with one of my boys who moved away. If anyone is struggling with fear, anger and lack of peace hope this can help.
March10
It Does Get Better
A while back one of the guys who used to live in the sober living was posting stuff on FB wondering what the point in being sober was a about. We never saw eye to eye and in the end it was more of a mutual agree to disagree standoff. I know, someone not agreeing with me….shocking.
March9
Pain Is Perception
Pain is perception. It’s a poster that I have in the gym. Ask anyone that trains with me if they have learned to push past the pain. Without a shadow of a doubt they will all say yes. Physical pain is one thing, if you just cant move anymore…I’ll let you stop. When it’s the mind that cannot handle…you’re gonna finish.
March8
Life Is Good
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. (1 John 5:14-15)
March5
Love One Another
Love one another….its a phrase I heard over and over again in class tonight. As the professor was going in depth with it and discussing the relevance of being a follower of Christ practicing it…kept nodding my head in agreement. Love my family, yep. Love my friends, yep. Love those I work with, yep. Love even those that hurt me in the distant past, yep. Love the one that ive been writing about….
March3
Progress Not Perfection
I met with my sponsor for about an hour today, totally needed it. Having someone who knows me so well with the ability to point out things that I need to work on is appreciated. The level of trust that has been built over the years is valuable. There really is nothing that I cant tell him and I don’t have to worry about any judgment. A reliable sounding board that often times just sits, listens and gives me the time to figure things out on my own.
March2
Perspective
Solutions, way more important the problem. If you happened to read the entry I deleted, great you can skip to the next paragraph. For those that didn’t, today sucked. Realized I needed to make some changes in my personal life. We’ll leave it at that.
March1
Accepting His Answers
“God if you have anything to tell me today…speak to my heart.” Two weeks ago I was watching Charles Stanley preach and this was something that really caught my attention. So much so that I put it as an alert in my phone to pray every morning. What im growing to appreciate is that God is always speaking to my heart about something, its if im gonna listen that makes the difference.
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