Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. I saw this picture and quote and really liked it, but the catch is...it can't grow in the darkness for very long. Most plants, or some part of them, aren't completely underground. Some part of them need to be above ground to get sunlight to transfer that energy to produce fruit or whatever that plant does. I thought that was really interesting. Same with my life. I couldn't hide in the bar or my bedroom forever. I wasn't not only getting physical sunlight, but spiritual sunlight. I was going to wither away. It's interesting comparing yourself to a plant, because this can go for anyone, not only those in recovery. If you are losing your spiritual connection, you can tell, you can feel it. A plant needs light, it needs food, and water. We need interaction, love, and motivation. I get mine from going to church and AA meetings. Do whatever you need for your food and water. That's all I have for today! Have a great one!
1 Comment
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There are so many other things I should be using my creative energy for, other than worrying, but still sometimes I find myself doing it. It's one of those "easier said than done" concepts. But today, I find there is something I find myself doing more of than worrying, and that is praying. And usually if I find myself starting to worry...I start to pray. I get more out of praying, and I feel better doing it. When I am worrying, I get all anxious and stressed out and my brain doesn't know what to think. But when I pray, it gives me peace. I know I am giving the situation to God and He is in control and that relieves some of that stress and anxiety. I am just glad I have someone to turn to. That's all I ahve for today. Have a great day!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. One thing I struggle with in life is balance. When I was drinking and using, it was way out of control. I am a person of extremes. It is all or nothing, and it's usually all. Once I got sober I had to learn to deal with life and learn how to balance it. Once I got sober, I wanted to get a better job and make more money. Well, that's not a good priority. Balance is paying attention to the things that matter most at the time that they matter most. I'm at the point in my life where my kids and family matter most, so I realize that's what I need to paymore attention to. Right before I took the job I currently have I could have taken a job making twice what I make now, but we would have had to move and training would have been away from my family for 3 months, and that's just not what I needed at that time in my life. That's not what my kids needed. And I love the job that I have now. I struggle with balance on a daily basis, so I continually pray about it. Lord help me. Sometimes I don't think I'm where I need to be, but I'm exactly where I should to be. That's all I have for today. Have a great one!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There have been so many times in my life where I was for sure God had it wrong. I KNEW, my plan had to have been better than God's, but sure enough every time once the cards were played I saw He had won. My boyfriend at the time would break up with me, and it was the end of the world, but now I am married to a amazing guy. I wouldn't get a certain job, but then a better one would come along shortly after. I need to quit getting ahead of myself and stop trying to plan every detail of my life. Yes, I can make some plans, but expect some changes. God's will be done. I have learned to pray about things more and let things go more. Not everything is going to go exactly the way I want it to, and I'm used to it by now. And I'm sure it's for a reason. The hardest one to pray for and ask for God's will is people's health, and it's a kind of selfish one. Do I want them here with me to satisfy MY need for comfort? or am I really concerned with their pain or comfort? Well, that's all for today. Have a great one!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. I contemplated doing the daily grateful countdown until Thanksgiving, but I didn't know if people wanted to hear me talk about being grateful for a month, when everyone on Facebook was posting what they were grateful for a month too, so I just decided to write something today. Not that we can overload on gratefulness or anything, but I didn't want anyone to get burnt out on my blog. Today there are so many things I am grateful for, things I used to take for granted. My husband, my kids, my parents, family, friends, my job, AA/my sobriety, and most important God. God saving me, forgiving me. I have been given so many new opportunities in my sobriety, only by the grace of God. That's what I am grateful for today! That's all I have for today! Have a great one!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There is a difference between me doing something and doing something well, and that is my attitude. Me being alive, I pretty much have the abillity to do or at least try something. I may not be good at it, but I can do it. I had the ability to get sober, but with a little motivation (well, a lot) and an increasingly positive attitude and a lot of love and support I got sober, and have stayed sober since treatment with continued motivation and the positive attitude. Those didn't stop, they can't. If I were to stop going to meetings or church, I would lose some motivation. If I get a negative attitude and stay there too long, my mind starts going bad places. So, I will just keep doing what works for me. That's all I have for today. Have a great one!
|
Archives
July 2019
Lauren YoderI'm Lauren. Get inside the head of a recovering alcoholic/ addict. |