God morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There are so many times where I think I have my life all planned out, and something comes up and totally ruins it! I think I have it all figured out, everything is perfectly planned and one little thing tweeks it and messes it all up. Well, that's life. I can plan all I want, but I can't plan the outcome. I might as well learn to go with the flow. Whatever it going to happen is going to happen. It is frustrating though. I like to have control over things and when I lose that control, it drives me nuts. But such is life, God is really in control and there is nothing I can so about it. So I might as well just give Him the wheel anyway. That is something I struggle with every day. I am working on it, but I still stuggle with it. I might as well learn to deal with what comes my way. It's all in God's plan anyway. Just take a deep breath and go on with life. What will be, will be. And it usually ends up being pretty good in the long run. That's all I have for today. Have a great day!
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Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. One thing I'm really good at is doing things to the extreme. I always give 110% at anything I do. I'm an all in kinda girl. Balance, I struggle with. I always have too many irons in the fire. That is one thing I am continually working on. The other day at a meeting we were talking about living one day at a time and planning ahead. And that is something I struggle with I like to plan. But one guy explained it really well for me. It's hard to own a business and not plan, you have to. I totally get that! So for that I can plan ahead, have a 401K, make dinner plans for next Saturday, plan a vacation for next March. But when it comes to sobriety, that's where you live one day at a time. Not saying I will never drink again. I can't do that. I just worry about today. Finding the balance between the two is hard. When some people hear one day at a time, they really don't even look at tomorrow. But with my sobriety, I am planning for a tomorrow, so I can do a little planning, jot a dinner date on a calendar, then I don't have to look at it til that day. Baby steps. Balance is a hard thing to learn and to teach. That's all for today. Have a great one!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There have been times in my life where I just wish someone would understand me, or understand where I was coming from. But then when the tables were turned I didn't want to give someone the time of day or understand their point of view. That's me being selfish again. Another of my faults. I just wish everyone could understand ME, it's all about ME! But why should I give you the same courtesy? Doesn't make sense does it. Us humans think the world revolves around us, and only WE are the only important one, when in fact we are the least important person. We should be self-less and caring about others. I need to stop worrying about me so much, and listen to others, try to be more understanding, and caring towards others. I need to realize and understand that I am here to care and share, not hurt and degrade. That's all I have for today. Have a great one! Don't for get to check out my store!
Good afternoon! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. There used to be a few people in my life I didn't think that deserved forgiveness. He literally tried to kill me, so no he didn't deserve it. But wait. God forgave me, He forgave all of my sins, so yes, I need to forgive everyone. Even those who I don't think deserve it. I'm sure there are some pretty scandelous and shadey things I have done, yet God still forgave me. He wiped them all away. I am to do the same. It is hard to to sometimes, and yes sometimes I still remember the things that were done to me, but the other people have been forgiven. Forgiving yourself for things you have done is also something you need to do. That was another tough one. There were things that it was hard for me to forgive myself of when I was drinking and using, but in time I forgave myself. god will help you be able to do those things. Ask Him for help, that's what He is there for. That's all i have for today. Have a great one!
Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. When I was drinking and using I thought it only affected me. I thought I was the only person I was hurting. But today I see how many other people my addiction involved. Not only my blood family suffered, but my work family was disturbed as well. My disease just kept radiating further and further like a ripple on a pond. This weekend I am involved in a Walk for Addiction Awareness. We want to Fight the Fight Against Addiction. Addiction is a family disease, and people need to know that. It's also not just cocaine and alcohol anymore either. It's the Vicodin in your medicine cabinet. It's the Xanax you take for anxiety. It's the pills we are getting prescribed everyday. We just take more and more, but think it's ok because the doctor originally gave us the prescription for it. But things can get out of control pretty quickly. We can fight this fight against addiction together. That's all I have for today! Have a great one!
Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. This quote was perfect for today. Well, I don't quote have a thousand, but today I have 900 days clean and sober. But it all started with one day. There were days when I couldn't stay clean and sober for 24 hours. So for me to think I have stayed sober this long is amazing!!! Only by the grace of God! And one day at a time. I could never have said that I was going to stay sober for the next 1,000 days. I had to say I was going to stay clean and sober today, and I would worry about tomorrow, when tomorrow came. I can't "future trip", thinking too far into the future. It will make me crazy. I just put one foot in front of the other and keep going. And so far so good. Yes, there have been some rock, but God is there holding my hand to guide me. I am never alone, and neither are you. You can do anything you want. It just starts with the first step. That's all I have for today. Don't forget to check out my store. Thanks!
Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. God made everyone different. He made everyone unique. We should not make fun of anyone for being different from the way we are. We should be encouraging others, uplifting them, making them feel like a somebody. We are all somebodys. We need to make each other feel that way. We need to stop cutting each other down, and discriminating against each others differences. We need to stop hating each other because they look different from us or believe something different. God loves us, and we are supposed to love also. We need to make each other know what. There is so much hate and animosity in the world today. What the world needs is love. It needs to start with you. Today it starts with me. That's all I have for today. Have a great one!
Good morning! My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering aoclholic/addict. At a meeting last night, we talked about change and how in the beginning of our sobriety we need to change people, places, and things. We need to change friends, and where we go, or what we do. But when it comes down to it, we can't really change other things. All we can change is ourselves. We are the "problem." We are who we have to live with. We have to look at ourselves and "find" in us what needs to be changed. "Change is inevitable. Progress is optional." said Tony Robbins. He is exactly right. Change is always happening, but it can only go either of two ways, better or worse. And a lot of the time we have a choice which way it goes. Sometimes we don't. But a lot of the time when you really look at the situation, it could be consequences for something we had done previously or repercussions for past wrongs. So today, make the right choice. Do the next right thing. Make progress. Make a positive change. That's all I have today. Have a great one! Message me below, about how to get my buy one, get one 1/2 off books! Thanks! Good morning! My name is Lauren and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict. It's interesting to think at the way I look at things is different that the way you at things, and they are both differetn than the way things ACTUALLY are. I see myself as a certain way, but you could see me as something totally different. And a lot of the time I don't look at things accurately. I look at things negatively, or I try to figure out the way things are supposed to go. When things actually happen or when I find out who someone actually is, I was totally off. I now realize I assume too much, and am a lot more negative than I thought I was. Sometimes, I just need to take a step back and analyze the situation, or maybe not analyze it at all. Sometimes I look TOO MUCH into it. Sometimes I look at things I WANT them to be, not the way they actually are too. I just need to be less critical of myself and others, and be more loving. And try to look at the big picture, and not myself. 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. When I look at this quote, all I see is that when I can't...God can. When I am struggling with something in life, when I am at my lowest or weakest or saddest, God is there. God is there as my rock, my strength and comforter. He is always there for me, I just need to call out to Him, and ask him to help me. That is the hard part. I don't like asking for help. I like to THINK I can do things on my own. And from past experiences, I have learned, I cannot. I need to trust in Him, that He can carry me when I cannot do things myself. So today I give it all to Him and trust that it will all work out. Today, I threw my back out, and am in a lot of pain, and am pretty frustrated. I had some things I was going to do tonight. But it is what it is. So I just give it to Him, and have to go with the flow. God is my strength. That's all for today. Have a great one!
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