Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. Forgiveness is a big step in recovery. A lot of peope forgave me, God forgave me, but me forgiving myself was a big step. there were a lot of things I could forgive myself for, but there were still some things I struggled with. But until I spilled my guts, and did my 4th and 5th step, and got it all out there, and told my sponsor, it was hard. Then I had to work on forgiving myself. I had done a lot of bad things. But I am supposed to forgive as God as forgiven us, and that means MYSELF too! Once I brought everything to the surface, I realized I had to let those feeling of not being good enough go, and I could love myself again. I was worth it, but only by the grace of God. Without Him I am nothing. He is the one who saved me. So I had to stop beating myself up about the past. It made me who I am today. I didn't completely forget about it, but it doesn't eat me up inside today, like it used to. That's all I have for today! Have a great one! Don't forget to check out my Store. I now have some of my photographs for sale as well! You can also see more of my work on my facebook page. (You might have to scroll down a bit, but a do some usually every day or every other day.) Don't forget to sign up for the drawing too!
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Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. It sounds simple enough, "Be kinds and be truthful, and your life will be fruitful." Since I've been sober, I've been (trying) to be more kind, and my life isn't a big lie anymore. It's so much easier. And I have so many more blessings. My life really is more fruitful. I am happier. I may sound weird, but the more and longer you are kind, the easier it becomes, it just becomes natural. Same with telling the truth. (It sure was with telling lies.) It's so true, I wouldn't say practice makes perfect, but I would practice gets me better, gets me more toward where I WANT to be. I will never be perfect. And I've said it a hundred times. Progress, not perfection. So as long as you are better than you were yesterday, you are on the right track. You don't have to be better than anyone else, just YOU. So be kind. That's all I have today! Have a great one! By the way, almost 75% of you voted for lovethesoberlife.com, so I think that's what I'm going with. Thanks to everyone that voted! That was fun! Don't forget to sign up for a chance to win a free book! :)
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