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Continue reading →: Help yourself …They always say to help yourself before helping others. I’ve come to a point in my sobriety that once I finish the 12 steps I’m available to sponsor others, I’m coming up on the one year mark May 31st. Although this feels like a daunting task, it makes me all…
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Continue reading →: Stick up for yourself …Stick up for yourself. No harm no foul just move forward and let the dust settle. According to Google.com that means “wait for a chaotic, hectic, or emotional situation to calm down, become clearer, or stabilize before taking action or making decisions.” There are so many ways we can conjure…
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Continue reading →: Be proud of yourself …Create a life for yourself that you’re proud of. How you feel about yourself matters. Live with integrity, set good intentions, and live honestly. Don’t cut corners. Put the work in, and you’ll be glad you did it. Have compassion for yourself. It’s natural to feel fatigue from caring so…
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Continue reading →: Whatever You Want …Whatever you want go out and get it. The only thing standing in the way between you and what you want are your thoughts. Be in the present. Know that you’re worth it. You deserve the best and nothing less. Find meaning and purpose to your life. Work on that…
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Continue reading →: You are not alone …You are not alone, no matter how hard on yourself you are, you are not alone. All the times you wish things were better they can be better. All the times you’ve cried feeling lonely, we’ve all been there. The point is to love yourself anyways even when it gets…
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Continue reading →: How You Communicate ….It’s all about how you communicate. For years I’ve written to others with the hopes of getting a response and have received replies here and there and more recently permissions to message -message requests accepted and that makes me happy! You have to work hard to earn it communication doesn’t…
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Continue reading →: You Can Do This …I finally have 9 months sober free of adderrall and so very proud of myself for making it this far in my recovery. You can do this. No matter how blue I’m feeling, lonely, tired, frustrated I always manage to pick myself up again. It’s so important to communicate to…
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Continue reading →: Have a heart ….When I find myself being negative I have to stop myself and not let myself go down that road. Steer clear of using statements such as everyone or everything or all or nothing thinking tell yourself that’s simply not true. It’s not true that no one likes you. It’s not…
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Continue reading →: Stay true to yourself ….Stay true to yourself. You do what is right. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. Don’t be peer pressured into believing things you don’t have to agree with and can simply keep a distance from. Protect yourself from negative energy. Be a positive person! If we can’t all agree…
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Continue reading →: Love is not for ….Love is not for the faint at heart. You have to have some courage to overcome obstacles standing in the way between you and your insecurities. You also need to have some faith, that means be positive in light of adversities and maintain a positive perspective on all things having…
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Continue reading →: You can do this ….The truth is we don’t have experience with what we want, and too much experience in things we already have, we must find an in between. How to achieve when we don’t know what we’re doing and we don’t know how to get there. It’s like school you don’t know…
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Continue reading →: Love without limits ….According to Google.com, “To love without limits means accepting your partner’s imperfections, allowing for individual growth, embracing forgiveness, and maintaining open communication to navigate life’s challenges together. It involves shifting your focus to giving love and focusing on strengthening your partnership through consistent effort, gratitude, and a willingness to adapt…
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Continue reading →: Be a Good Person ….According to Rick Hanson PhD, “For many of us, perhaps the hardest thing of all is to believe that “I am a good person.” [1] So what does it take to be a good person. Think of what you value in yourself and in others. Talking to my sponsor she…
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Continue reading →: Working on my 4th Step ….Still in treatment I have 111 days sober today and working hard on my recovery. Yesterday I started reading through my 4th step with my sponsor, learning how to not seek attention and validation from others, and work on my insecurities. She recommends when going into new friendships think how…







