Love the Sober Life
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Store
  • Donate

Day 342

1/18/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
Good morning!  My name is Lauren and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  When I was in treatment, I knew I was going to have to earn my trust back from everyone: my husband, my children, my parents, friends, and boss. Each one was going to be different.  I lied to all of them, but in different ways.  I lied to make myself think that what  I was doing, ok.  I had broken each person's trust in different way.  I knew that just me saying I was sorry, was not going to be enough.  You can only say sorry so many times, before it has no meaning at all.  Pretty soon, it just becomes words you say, to make yourself feel better after doing something wrong.  Saying sorry is different than apologizing. To me, an apology is a true change of heart, an understanding that I was wrong, in what I did or said. And my trust was not going to be gained my telling everyone I was sorry, and I wasn't ever going to do it again.  It was earned by actions.  Me living what I was sorry for, in the right way day after day. I had to be able to trust myself too.  Another phrase I like is, "Trust takes years to earn, seconds to break, and forever to repair."  Boy is that true.  I know for some people, I may never fully get their trust back, and that is my own fault.  But I can work every day towards that.  To be honest, and truthful.  To be living my words through actions.  That's all for today!  Have a great one!  
1 Comment
Your husband
1/18/2015 06:25:51 am

Wow.. so true trust is the foundation of any relationship, and I trust you and love you very much

Reply



Leave a Reply.

     
    Sign up today to get in the drawing for one of my books!
    Sign up today!
    Powered By Swing Apps
     

    Archives

    July 2019
    January 2019
    May 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    RSS Feed

    Lauren Yoder

    I'm Lauren. Get inside the head of a recovering alcoholic/ addict.

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Store
  • Donate