Nov 03 2008
When Your Life Becomes Unburdened From Alcohol
You may have been drinking for years and the cumulative effect of the alcohol and your actions has taken a toll on your health and your general existence.
Archive for the 'Positive Attraction' Category
Oct 27 2008
For Alcoholics, Higher Power Makes A Difference
“I cried to the Lord and He answered by setting me free” PSALMS 118:5
Alcoholism is such a destabilizing illness that can remove one from their life’s direction in a very short time. Heavy drinking leading to loss of family, livelihood, position in your community and your health can leave you exhausted and morally depleted. With their backs firmly against the wall and facing a frightful future, most alcoholics will turn to their Higher Power for the strength they need to make the difficult decisions. Continue Reading »
Aug 21 2008
Dealing With The Mental Obsession To Drink In Recovery
The Early Days Of Recovery
The voice in your head says “wouldn’t it be great to have a beer when it’s so hot outside? You know how much you like the smell and taste of a freshly cracked open beer…”; the voice can be relentless…”you know you usually have a couple drinks of scotch when you relax at night on the patio…”. And so it goes, the mind games of early recovery and that incessant voice reminding you how great it was/is to drink. Continue Reading »
Aug 11 2008
The Recovering Alcoholic Must Lose Their Ego To Find Serenity – Part III
How does an alcoholic identify when he or she needs to adjust their way of thinking to be more receptive to a quality recovery?
What are the obvious signs of ego and how can they be overcome?
Everyone has an ego and some even need it to be successful, it is an integral part of who they are and what they do. To an alcoholic, an over inflated view of themselves is dangerous. Continue Reading »
Aug 04 2008
The Recovering Alcoholic Must Lose Their Ego To Find Serenity Part I
During their recovery one of the most difficult yet necessary things an alcoholic must do is willingly give up their ego. When an alcoholic admits defeat and loses the attitude their ego has nurtured, they will be humbled and become open and willing to change. In order to do this they must capitulate to their new life without alcohol and become physically and emotionally stable enough in their sobriety to accept and work positively with the new energy source they will inevitably find.
Continue Reading »
Jul 30 2008
Just For Today I will Not Drink
How many times have you quit drinking? Every alcoholic or problem drinker comes to the point with their drinking when they make a promise to themselves or to someone else that they will not touch another drink. It may be after an embarrassing bender or it could be a heartfelt promise to a loved one. However this pledge is made and to who is not really the point. Continue Reading »
Jul 22 2008
A Life Strategist Will Get You Back On Track Fast – Too Much Time Has Already Been Wasted
As you progresses through recovery, life once again begins to take on some normality and routine is a welcome by product of this. As each new day passes, you strive to accomplish as much as possible in any twenty-four hour period. Initially it is exciting rediscovering things with a sober eye and perhaps trying new things as well.
As time goes on you may begin to notice a certain melancholy when doing some mundane task that takes you back to before your drinking got out of hand. This task may be more difficult than you remember it being or not taking as long to complete. One thing is apparent, you realize now how much time you wasted on drinking, how much time has passed, and how much you have to make up for.
Jun 03 2008
The Difference Between A Therapist And A Life Strategist
These days one hears the phrase life coach or life strategist used a fair bit. People from all walks of life tend to need some personal development as they proceed with their life’s journey. Whether it is for their career path, personal improvement and health concerns, they believe a personal coach will help their development. Those folks that can’t afford the real thing will cruise the aisles in bookstores for just the right self help book for their particular shortcoming.
May 27 2008
Time To Clean Your House of ALL Alcohol
So you’ve decided to take the pledge. Or maybe you just decided it’s time you started controlling your alcohol consumption better.Congratulations!
There are some simple steps to take that will make it easier for you to reach your goal of modified or total abstention from drinking. Your compulsion to drink could become obsessive in the early stages, washing over you in waves like wild surf.
If your spouse is still drinking, even socially, watching as they nurse their drink like a child with their first ice cream cone of summer makes it worse. At this crucial time in your recovery, your spouse should abstain from drinking in front of you until you are better able to deal with others drinking around you. Continue Reading »
May 12 2008
8 Ways A Recovering Alcoholic Will Enjoy their Freedom From Alcohol
It took me a good six months before I enjoyed my first morning of freedom from alcohol and a feeling of well being that told me the hard part was over.
Some take longer and some less time to feel the initial stirring of serenity and peace flow through their bodies. There is a slight feeling of anticipation tempered by a subtle anxiousness because of the unknowns you will face. You’ve waited so long for this feeling, others have talked about it and you’ve witnessed how some recovering alcoholics seem to beam when they speak about their new lives.
When you stop drinking you will be able to enjoy many things once again, things you used to do without even thinking twice. Chances are you will never take life’s simple pleasures for granted again.
