When the going gets tough...

 

I know that I am so much better for the struggles that I have been through over the comfort that I have enjoyed.  An adventure is far better than a vacation.  Failure is far more therapeutic than success.

Stop

Today, I am learning to STOP! and take care of myself.  In spending every waking hour helping addicts and alcoholics recover, the energy necessary is overwhelming.  So much energy is required to counteract the energy of addiction.  The energy of addiction is like empty carbs - full of nothing but energy burning waste.

Today, is 3-3-13, a cold Sunday and I am sick from getting the energy sucked out of me.  I am operating in low energy so I STOP!!  I do tne following:

 

1. Pray for help.
2. Meditate for peace.
3. Make a list just for today and another just for tomorrow.
4. Eat something good.
5. Get some help and go for a run.

 

 

 



FAITH = Finding Answers In The Heart



 

The spiritual part of recovery for me is like the wet part of a wave...When I live it, I grow.  When I feel it, I am at peace.

From the wisdom of children.

 

Addiction and Athletics; Ruin and Recovery

Hope = Heart Open, Please Enter

Living soberly and taking sober risks is sometimes the hardest thing to do when it comes to intimacy and matters of the heart.  Sex, no problem. Love may equal pain and rejection or it may be the greatest gift ever.  We are told to not rush into relationships in early sobriety and we are told that getting into relationships in early sobriety is like putting miracle grow on our character defects.  After being sober for a few year now, I am learning that practicing the language of the heart does not mean that I can speak wisely about love, but that I can speak more honestly about my own experience with love. I can be more authentic about what I feel and what I want...without manipulation or lies.