Many people that have had an addiction to alcohol/drugs and surrendered to their addiction ask themselves, "does life get any easier while in recovery?"
As for myself, I stopped drinking alcohol back in October of 2009. Times were really tough, but I brought a lot of those bad times on my own with the addiction to alcohol I had. I often wondered while I drank, "can life be better than this life I now lead being an alcoholic?"
To tell you the truth, yes it is so much better living a life of sobriety, but the problems I had back when I drank alcohol still exist. Financial problems still are there, but the only difference is, now being sober, is that I can handle them much better than when I drank.
So many people in our world are struggling trying to just make ends meet, and living pay check to pay check. I feel sorry for all those that have to live that sort of life. I have always said, " if I had a choice of being financially set, or have my health, I would always choose my health, and that is exactly what I have.
I have no money even though I work full time and struggle each week trying to make ends meet just as millions of other people around the world do, but I have great health and that is so much more important than being financially secure.
Maybe one day my life and all those people that are struggling now will get a bit easier. Recovery is a struggle each and everyday, not only for me, but all those struggling with me and trying to stay sober each and everyday.
One day at a time so they say, but when you and I struggle with life itself you tend to get that urge to drink to hopefully ease the pain of what you are going through,, but you and I know for a fact drinking alcohol will never ever solve a thing in life, in fact it will be worse than ever.
You and I just have to hang in there and live life one day at a time and never let your life's problems make you go back to that horrible life we once had while being addicted to alcohol or drugs.
Things will get better when we least expect it to happen.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
How To Stay Positive When You Are Trying To Stop Drinking Alcohol
So many people that have an addiction to alcohol deep down want to get and stay sober, but most have a negative attitude thinking they will never be able to stop drinking alcohol.
This is how to stay positive when you are trying to stop drinking alcohol and it worked for me and hopefully it will work for all those that want sobriety back into their lives.
I stopped drinking alcohol completely and doing it cold turkey on October 27, 2009. I felt that I would have a hard time getting sober, but that was the negativity in my mind talking to me.
WHAT I DID AND WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO STOP DRINKING
First and foremost, I and (you) need to want sobriety bad enough that you are willing to do anything to get and stay sober! That is first, because if you don't have sobriety in your heart and soul you will have a tough time even getting to the point of quitting drinking.
You can not stop drinking just because you are threatened or forced to stop your addiction to alcohol. By being forced into stopping anything in life you will not make it, because it is not really what you want, it is what others want out of you. You may know that you are doing wrong by drinking alcohol, but you need to want your sobriety and not be forced into it. if you are not ready to change you own life than no matter what anyone says to you it will not work.
Granted, you may stop drinking to make peace in the family, but that will not last and will not be long term sobriety all because you are not ready to be sober for the rest of your life. I know because I did stop drinking a couple times, but for a short period of time and then I went right back to drinking when something went wrong and my life and I felt alcohol would ease all pain and fix all problems. That is not the case at all for me and for any of you that has an addiction to alcohol. ALCOHOL FIXES NOTHING IN ANYONE'S LIFE, it only make matters worse in the end.
When I finally made my mind up on my own that something had to be done about my addiction to alcohol , I sat down alone and thought of all the things I missed out on in life because I put alcohol before anything else and sometimes my own family. When I thought hard about what I have done, not only to my health and my body, but all those that loved and cared for me and what I was doing to them and to myself.
I changed my outlook on life and made it a positive attitude in which being positive helped me so much in starting my journey to long term sobriety. I know any of you that have an addiction to not only alcohol, but drugs can beat that addiction just as I did three years ago and still going strong in staying sober.
Think of all the foolish things you have done in you drunken state of mind and how you feel each and every morning being hungover and waiting for the time to have you r first drink of that new day.
It is a miserable life thinking, waiting and wanting that drink of alcohol to help you get through the day. We are all killing ourselves slowly, but surly and the demons don't give a crap, believe me.
Think of what you may lose if you don't stop drinking alcohol. One thing may being your loving family and close and dear friends that DON"T abuse alcohol. Think that sooner or later your addiction will catch up with you and you body will start to shut down one body part at a time, or in some case all at once.
Think of what you will miss out on if you continue to drink and abuse alcohol such as you child or children getting married and having their own family. Your grandchildren that you will never see grow up and just life in general. Life is so precious and why we abuse it is beyond me.
Remember, we are only here a short time on Earth and we have but only one life to live, so take care of your body and enjoy life the way GOD intended us to do.
So, first you need to want sobriety in your life. You need to stay positive in anything you do in life and that includes getting and staying sober. Ask for HELP to get and stay sober. If you feel you can not get sober on your own, there are thousands of excellent Rehab. Centers all over the world just waiting for you and wanting to help you change your life forever, but like I said YOU need to want sobriety first!
Don't be embarrassed of you addiction. Be open to others and tell them you are stopping drinking. Many will admire you for what you are about to do and then, those that you have drank alcohol with will try and stop you for changing your life and getting sober. Why you may ask? They will then lose a great drinking partner and lose a friend or they really true friends or just people that you have something in common with and that is drinking you lives away?
HERE IS MY eBOOK AND MY LIFE OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
CHECK OUT THIS SITE I WRITE ON, CALLED HUBPAGES. I HAVE OVER 300 ARTICLES ABOUT ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND HAVING A HAPPY LIFE.
MY OTHER BLOG, CALLED THE CLEAN LIFE.
WORD PRESS, LIVING LIFE SOBER.
EZINE ARTICLES
ABOVE LINKS ARE PLENTY OF READING FOR YOU TO READ REGARDING STOPPING DRINKING AND LIVING A HAPPY AND FULFILLING LIFE. LEARN BY YOUR MISTAKES AS I DID! I WRITE TO HELP OTHERS REALIZE THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR SOBRIETY IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
STAY STRONG TO YOURSELF. STAY POSITIVE. BELIEVE AND LOVE YOURSELF AND STAY SOBER. YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH A LIFE OF SOBRIETY!
This is how to stay positive when you are trying to stop drinking alcohol and it worked for me and hopefully it will work for all those that want sobriety back into their lives.
I stopped drinking alcohol completely and doing it cold turkey on October 27, 2009. I felt that I would have a hard time getting sober, but that was the negativity in my mind talking to me.
WHAT I DID AND WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO STOP DRINKING
First and foremost, I and (you) need to want sobriety bad enough that you are willing to do anything to get and stay sober! That is first, because if you don't have sobriety in your heart and soul you will have a tough time even getting to the point of quitting drinking.
You can not stop drinking just because you are threatened or forced to stop your addiction to alcohol. By being forced into stopping anything in life you will not make it, because it is not really what you want, it is what others want out of you. You may know that you are doing wrong by drinking alcohol, but you need to want your sobriety and not be forced into it. if you are not ready to change you own life than no matter what anyone says to you it will not work.
Granted, you may stop drinking to make peace in the family, but that will not last and will not be long term sobriety all because you are not ready to be sober for the rest of your life. I know because I did stop drinking a couple times, but for a short period of time and then I went right back to drinking when something went wrong and my life and I felt alcohol would ease all pain and fix all problems. That is not the case at all for me and for any of you that has an addiction to alcohol. ALCOHOL FIXES NOTHING IN ANYONE'S LIFE, it only make matters worse in the end.
When I finally made my mind up on my own that something had to be done about my addiction to alcohol , I sat down alone and thought of all the things I missed out on in life because I put alcohol before anything else and sometimes my own family. When I thought hard about what I have done, not only to my health and my body, but all those that loved and cared for me and what I was doing to them and to myself.
I changed my outlook on life and made it a positive attitude in which being positive helped me so much in starting my journey to long term sobriety. I know any of you that have an addiction to not only alcohol, but drugs can beat that addiction just as I did three years ago and still going strong in staying sober.
Think of all the foolish things you have done in you drunken state of mind and how you feel each and every morning being hungover and waiting for the time to have you r first drink of that new day.
It is a miserable life thinking, waiting and wanting that drink of alcohol to help you get through the day. We are all killing ourselves slowly, but surly and the demons don't give a crap, believe me.
Think of what you may lose if you don't stop drinking alcohol. One thing may being your loving family and close and dear friends that DON"T abuse alcohol. Think that sooner or later your addiction will catch up with you and you body will start to shut down one body part at a time, or in some case all at once.
Think of what you will miss out on if you continue to drink and abuse alcohol such as you child or children getting married and having their own family. Your grandchildren that you will never see grow up and just life in general. Life is so precious and why we abuse it is beyond me.
Remember, we are only here a short time on Earth and we have but only one life to live, so take care of your body and enjoy life the way GOD intended us to do.
Don't be embarrassed of you addiction. Be open to others and tell them you are stopping drinking. Many will admire you for what you are about to do and then, those that you have drank alcohol with will try and stop you for changing your life and getting sober. Why you may ask? They will then lose a great drinking partner and lose a friend or they really true friends or just people that you have something in common with and that is drinking you lives away?
HERE IS MY eBOOK AND MY LIFE OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
CHECK OUT THIS SITE I WRITE ON, CALLED HUBPAGES. I HAVE OVER 300 ARTICLES ABOUT ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND HAVING A HAPPY LIFE.
MY OTHER BLOG, CALLED THE CLEAN LIFE.
WORD PRESS, LIVING LIFE SOBER.
EZINE ARTICLES
ABOVE LINKS ARE PLENTY OF READING FOR YOU TO READ REGARDING STOPPING DRINKING AND LIVING A HAPPY AND FULFILLING LIFE. LEARN BY YOUR MISTAKES AS I DID! I WRITE TO HELP OTHERS REALIZE THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR SOBRIETY IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
STAY STRONG TO YOURSELF. STAY POSITIVE. BELIEVE AND LOVE YOURSELF AND STAY SOBER. YOU WILL NEVER GO WRONG WITH A LIFE OF SOBRIETY!
Friday, October 5, 2012
How To Live A Happy Life Without Alcohol In It
Everyone in the world wants to be happy right? Some of us think that drinking alcohol makes us fun and a happy person, but are you really happy?
How to live a happy life without alcohol in it depends on each one of us and the way we go about or lives. Whether we just drink to be social or go all out and abuse alcohol. I have nothing against drinking alcohol when it is done responsibly and not abuse it. I am the first to say I loved drinking alcohol, but it didn't love me, so I had to think what was more important, my addiction to alcohol or my family and my life.
Isn't it funny how people that drink and sometime abuse alcohol thinks that by drinking alcohol they will have a ball at whatever they are doing, whether it be at a party or parking themselves at the bar for hours on end. Sure it is fun in the beginning until the alcohol started to take effect and your judgement and senses go out the window.
Is it really that fun if you may have said something wrong or mean to someone that really means something to you, and if you were sober those words would of never come out of your mouth. Is drinking really fun if you leave a function or bar and get pulled over and given a DUI, court date and possibly jail time? Is drinking alcohol fun if God for bid you were involved in a car crash and possibly hurt or killed a innocent person or persons and ever yourself?
Happiness doesn't ever come from a bottle of alcohol, and we all know that, but for some reason we continue to drink and abuse alcohol thinking our life will be much happier while drinking.
If you think this way you couldn't be more wrong! Happiness comes from true love, contentment, being positive, loving your family and friends unconditionally, loving your own life and loving yourself enough not to abuse your one and only body with the poison we all call ALCOHOL!
Only if we the alcoholics or those that overdue drinking now and then would only realize that drinking to ease the pain you maybe in, or drown your sorrows because of being in debt or a sickness in the family, or just because you are unhappy WILL NOT solve a thing in your life, it only makes matters worse!
If you want true happiness in your life, don't turn to alcohol. If you are married and have children, think of something all of you would love to do, or a place you would love to go and just do it. Spend quality time with your family and friends and do it being sober. Stop drinking alcohol and abusing it, and live life with sobriety. Believe me you won't be sorry for this life change! Your body will indeed thank you for it.
All of us are only here on Earth one time, so why destroy your life with alcohol. Make the best of each day whether you are a single person or have a family. Everyday we wake up and open our eyes to a new day is so precious, so lets enjoy life the way God intended us to do.
REMEMBER: HAPPINESS IS NOT IN A BOTTLE!
Check out my eBook and My Life Of Alcohol Addiction.
Thank you for taking time to read this Blog, and feel free to leave a comment if you so desire.
Mark
How to live a happy life without alcohol in it depends on each one of us and the way we go about or lives. Whether we just drink to be social or go all out and abuse alcohol. I have nothing against drinking alcohol when it is done responsibly and not abuse it. I am the first to say I loved drinking alcohol, but it didn't love me, so I had to think what was more important, my addiction to alcohol or my family and my life.
Isn't it funny how people that drink and sometime abuse alcohol thinks that by drinking alcohol they will have a ball at whatever they are doing, whether it be at a party or parking themselves at the bar for hours on end. Sure it is fun in the beginning until the alcohol started to take effect and your judgement and senses go out the window.
Is it really that fun if you may have said something wrong or mean to someone that really means something to you, and if you were sober those words would of never come out of your mouth. Is drinking really fun if you leave a function or bar and get pulled over and given a DUI, court date and possibly jail time? Is drinking alcohol fun if God for bid you were involved in a car crash and possibly hurt or killed a innocent person or persons and ever yourself?
Happiness doesn't ever come from a bottle of alcohol, and we all know that, but for some reason we continue to drink and abuse alcohol thinking our life will be much happier while drinking.
If you think this way you couldn't be more wrong! Happiness comes from true love, contentment, being positive, loving your family and friends unconditionally, loving your own life and loving yourself enough not to abuse your one and only body with the poison we all call ALCOHOL!
Only if we the alcoholics or those that overdue drinking now and then would only realize that drinking to ease the pain you maybe in, or drown your sorrows because of being in debt or a sickness in the family, or just because you are unhappy WILL NOT solve a thing in your life, it only makes matters worse!
If you want true happiness in your life, don't turn to alcohol. If you are married and have children, think of something all of you would love to do, or a place you would love to go and just do it. Spend quality time with your family and friends and do it being sober. Stop drinking alcohol and abusing it, and live life with sobriety. Believe me you won't be sorry for this life change! Your body will indeed thank you for it.
All of us are only here on Earth one time, so why destroy your life with alcohol. Make the best of each day whether you are a single person or have a family. Everyday we wake up and open our eyes to a new day is so precious, so lets enjoy life the way God intended us to do.
REMEMBER: HAPPINESS IS NOT IN A BOTTLE!
Thank you for taking time to read this Blog, and feel free to leave a comment if you so desire.
Mark
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