Loosid Sober Tip of the Day June 23

Sober Tips
#1

Don’t let the gifts of recovery take you out of recovery.

When entering recovery, if we have the willingness to do whatever it takes to get sober, we find ourselves ‘on fire’ with the program. This simply means we are reaping the rewards of working the program. Often, it’s because when we enter recovery, we had the gift of desperation.

As time passes, we start to build a beautiful life. Unfortunately, for many, life seems to get a bit too full to keep working the program. We cut back on meetings, we cut back on service, we stop reaching out to others and before you know it, we relapse and have no idea why.

Everything you have built has been a result of the spiritual program you have now pulled away from.

Always remember that the same things you had to do in your first days of recovery are the same things you need to do throughout your recovery.

If you feel you have fell victim to this, the great news is you can change right here. Right now.

How did this tip resonate with you? What are the most important things you have done that got you sober that you do every day to stay sober? There are many people in the Loosid community who need to hear what you have to say.

With Love, Loosid :pray::heart:

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#2
#3

I have been here. A couple of times. But the real big one was, I got sober and was working extremely hard, things were going great, and then I met someone. She was perfect. Life was perfect. I stopped going to meetings, I stopped taking care of myself. I thought everything was grand still. But I started getting angrier. She and I started fighting. And one day I relapsed. We broke up. I relapsed again. I went on a bender. I hurt her. And I destroyed myself. And now I’m back at square one picking of the pieces, trying to accept what I’d done, and commit myself to the program 100%. I lost something great. I lost a few great things. I lost a beautiful girl, the love of my life. I lost myself. And I lost my sobriety of 1.6 years. I lost what I had worked so hard for, all because I got complacent.

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#4

I love this and it’s so true

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#5

Exactly what I needed to read today ! Complacency has taken me out a few times. Resting on our Laurels can be dangerous, for Alcohol is subtle foe...Remembering we are never we are NEVER cured of Alcoholism or it would be called Alcoholwasm...What we have is a DAILY reprieve from it so long as we do the next indicated step towards usefulness, healing and sharing in the power and Glory of our Higher Power.. It's a Miracle for some of us to stay Sober even 1 day :wink::pray::innocent:

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#6

Keep it Simple !

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#7

Words to live by

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#8

Great tip!

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#9

Went to get in my own head and am not busy I start to think about things which is not good for me

#10

Wow. I just got into a wonderful new relationship with a bright future but I see myself doing some of these same things--missing meetings, not calling my sponsor, getting lax on my self care. Thank you for sharing your experience; it's yet another reminder that I have to put my recovery first. My sanity, my happiness, my very life depend on it. I wish you continued sobriety and blessings 100 times over what you've previously known :pray:

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#11

Yes i have to keep up with my recovery like its my first day clean if i don't i lose focus

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#12

I journal things or anecdotes in my meetings that resonate with me. Go back to them time to time