"Pray for the willingness, to be willing, if you're not willing."- Heard In the Rooms If you read my previous post about apartment hunting, you saw that I tried to quit smoking a while back. Unfortunately, I did not get the apartment and my attempt to quit smoking was not successful. My therapist asked me …
Category: recovery
Little Setbacks
When someone discriminates and judges me, my initial reaction is self-pity and I may shed a few tears. My secondary reaction is to retaliate and cause pain back to the person who has hurt me. Luckily in sobriety I have tools today to pause and not cause unnecessary wreckage. I can take a deep breath, …
Baulking At My 4th Step
Step 4: “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” I've done at least four 4th Steps in the last 7 years and I know the immenseweight that is lifted off you once you have completed this step and share it with your sponsor. It feels like a grand piano has been taken off …
Welcome to Soberlish!
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. Welcome to sacdizzy's Soberlish. You may be wondering why I selected the name Soberlish. When I first entered into recovery, I discovered how wonderful I felt about myself and my body. I started with Alcoholics Anonymous more than 7 years ago, and though I do …