Real 12 Step Recovery
Real 12 Step Recovery, Getting and Staying Clean and Sober
WELCOME Hi There, this blog will be about what I believe to be REAL RECOVERY not band aids or feel good BS These are the hard cold true facts that I have learned and been taught by OLD TIMERS and People WHO HAVE REMAINED CLEAN and SOBER and "GOT A LIFE".There will be no original thoughts here, Because in essence there are no original thoughts only perhaps originals and/or different ways to present or illustrate old Ideas.Now that this is understood lets get to the heart of the matter. Recovery is not about coddling or enabling. IT IS LIFE CHANGING. PERIOD WELCOME to the hardest thing that you will do in YOUR LIFE. Make no mistake, Real recovery is not EASY, it is simple, very simple, Yet you will make it hard, as all before you have. Also let's get this STRAIGHT right off the top. REAL RECOVERY has nothing to do about ALCOHOL and/or Drugs. IT IS about the way you react to life, your perceptions, and YOUR actions. Alcohol and/or Drugs are just a symptom of YOUR disease. Take notice of the word DISEASE - Which in our case translates to ILL AT EASE or simply not at ease, which is the basic nature of our problem and answer to our solution.Back to why I state that this is the hardest thing you will do. I state this because Real Recovery Will challenge everything you know/believe or really what you think you know, Because you really don't know SHIT or you wouldn't need recovery. It will make you face the truth about your biggest problem YOU and YOUR THINKING. You will face the real you not the one we would like to see with all the justifications and rationalizations just the TRUE YOU.REMEMBER GOD DOES NOT CREATE GARBAGE >>>>>>>> If you have a request or enquiry Please Email me at wiledchild@live.ca I'd like to add one other thing here for all those who read this Blog. It's something that was taught to me That was invaluable to my recovery My Spiritual Advisor Taught me this. Don't believe a word I say , do not take what I say as the truth just because I say it or anybody else, for that matter. Check it out for yourself. Try it on for size. Investigate , find out for YOURSELF only use what you have read or heard as a reference point. Find the truth out for yourself . This way it is your TRUTH not someone else's. You will also not be believing a lie or untruth if you always check things for yourself . Do not believe everything you are told or read without checking it out.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

HABITS

Habits, We all have them, we have a whole load of habits, good and bad, and they basically make us who we are. It is estimated that the brain receives, on average 11000 signals from our senses, the brain can only process 40 consciously, and the rest is discarded or handled through habits. Addiction has been a habit for us. As well in our addiction we created a bunch of other habits that went along with our addiction. For most of us there were certain rituals that went with our drinking and/or using, other habits included who and where we hung out and/or with. How we obtained the means to get our drug of choice. Lying, cheating, stealing and dishonesty became habits for us. And a whole host of others. These are some of the common examples we could all probably relate to these and probably add a few. Al habits can be broken. However one of the biggest keys in breaking a habit is to fill the void that is created from the loss of a habit. These are the reasons for some of the suggestions you get from sponsors, counsellors, recovery coaches and others in your support system. You know all those suggestions such as, changing your play toys, play mates, play grounds or ones like 90 meetings in 90 days. Ones like being honest, share, write the steps, service work, clean your house, yard, volunteer. These all come together to replace old negative habits. Not only do they work in replacing old negative habits, they replace negative habits with healthy positive ones. They also have an added bonus of making you feel good about yourself, giving direction and have an overall positive effect on you, spiritually, physically and mentally. In life we will always have habits, the keys is to be aware and to make them ones that promote a healthy and positive lifestyle.
Remember God does not create garbage

1 comment:

  1. My good habit is my morning walk. : )
    It sets me up for having a good day.

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