Learning
to Live
My blog is about learning how to
live life free from active alcohol addiction. This is a lifelong process that
can never be mastered or perfected, but it can always be improved. I am 658
days sober, as of July 1, 2013, and each day I have been faced with some sort
of obstacle that I have had to figure out in order to find my way through it
without turning to alcohol as the solution. My hope is that I may be able to
help shed some light on some new ideas and also learn some other helpful ideas
that will allow myself and others to live in sobriety. My goal is to try and
get a network of recovering and struggling alcoholics together so that we can
share our experience, strengths and hopes with each other in order to help each
other stay sober one day at a time. We all struggle some days and excel on
other days, but most alcoholics do not know how to cope with either of them, so
they drink. Today we have a choice; we can either continue to drink and cause
destruction, or we can do something different. This blog is a way in which we all
can continue to do something different so that we may be able to stay sober
another day. There are people who believe that alcoholics are selfish people,
and they are right. We are extremely selfish in our thoughts and actions, while
we drink, but we are even more selfish in our recovery. In recovery, our
sobriety needs to be a selfish act in order for us to stay sober long enough so
that we may be able to help another alcoholic to achieve sobriety. My hope is
to do more than just stay sober. My hope is to truly learn how to live and I
believe that together we can all achieve that goal.
I think that this a wonderful idea for a blog. Keeping up with your sobriety via blog is a good way for other struggling alcoholics to find some sort of inspiration to quit. I like your honesty and the fact that you aren't afraid to tell the world how long you have been sober. I have an alcoholic in my life. Do you have any advice on something to say to her to get her to consider stopping?
ReplyDeleteHello Jason. It just is great that you are reaching out and sharing what you know. So many people need help and support and they need to know the wonderful world of ex addicts and alcoholics helping each other. Please keep it up and I pray the wind is at your sails. John Joseph
ReplyDeleteTreating Addiction,
DeleteThank you for taking the time to view my blog and comment on it. Continue to check in from time to time as I am continually updating the site with new information. I hope that this will allow another person to find their way into a sobertastic recovery. Through sharing my story I have an opportunity to meet new people and stay sober as well. Please feel free to share any advice you may have. Thank you and God bless.
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI would like to thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. My honesty is only due to my continued progression into recovery and it is still a work in progress. I must remain open in my recovery in order to make sure people know where I'm at, and so they can hold me accountable. My sobriety date is very important to me because I have been designed with a built in forgetter and if I forget what day that God freed me I may also begin to forget that I am an alcoholic. I must not forget that because for me, to drink is to die. As far as your friend is concerned, I can only say that each of us has to reach a point of being sick and tired of being sick and tired before we can truely make a decision to want to quit. In order for us to reach that point though, we must first realize that we even have a problem with it. Just try to keep in mind that, if alcoholic, your friend is a sick person and may not even be aware that they are sick. There is no clear cut answer to give in the way of advice because we all have to be reached in different ways. Just let them know your concerns and let them know how their drinking affects you. It may just be the seed that starts to sprout and take root and lead them into sobriety.