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Shame | Strength of Sobriety
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April 1, 2015. April 1, 2015. For me. In this book I learned how to cope with my shame and use it to fuel my own emotions for a greater good. The late Ernest Hemingway once quoted;. 8220;If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything”. Anger feeding From Shame and Denial →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.
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Share the Weight | Strength of Sobriety
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April 16, 2015. Anger feeding From Shame and Denial. Meet Craig Blair, Winner of my Prose Contest! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Strength of Sobriety | Struggles of Addiction | Page 2
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Excuses, Excuses…. March 31, 2015. Think back to when you were drinking. What thoughts did you have that helped to “justify” your addiction and acquisition of alcohol? At first I could literally argue with myself and try to convince myself that it was OK to buy that case of beer. “Oh, its alright to buy that, so long as I have the money replaced by next week. I used thoughts like this to literally convince myself to pick my addiction over my bills, responsibilities and family. March 30, 2015. I walked in...
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Mending with Liquor | Strength of Sobriety
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May 20, 2015. Maybe just one more he thought to himself sitting at the bar. The dust and smoke of the place filled the entire room making it hard to breathe. The barkeeper was a fat old woman. She appeared to be in her sixties and sour as hell if it were not for a subtle sweetness about her. Want another darling? Asked the kind old woman. Yes please, but could you make it ditch, and a double as well? Does he go home? Argue and fight with her? Or is she a lost cause? There had to be a more gentle way to g...
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Nate B. | Strength of Sobriety
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May 20, 2015. Maybe just one more he thought to himself sitting at the bar. The dust and smoke of the place filled the entire room making it hard to breathe. The barkeeper was a fat old woman. She appeared to be in her sixties and sour as hell if it were not for a subtle sweetness about her. Want another darling? Asked the kind old woman. Yes please, but could you make it ditch, and a double as well? Does he go home? Argue and fight with her? Or is she a lost cause? There had to be a more gentle way to g...
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Meet Craig Blair, Winner of my Prose Contest! | Strength of Sobriety
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Meet Craig Blair, Winner of my Prose Contest! April 30, 2015. Missy sat on the glider on the back porch and observed the birds flitting around the bird. Feeder. It was a fine sunny day and she had her notebook in her hand, recording the. Birds’ movements for a science project at school. A bluejay suddenly flew up and the rest. Of the birds took flight. She picked up a small stick and angrily threw it at the bluejay. She hollered, Stop chasing the other birds away! Flew off with a raucous caw. Missy sat b...
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That Is One Ironic Videogame… | Strength of Sobriety
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That Is One Ironic Videogame…. April 1, 2015. April 1, 2015. My partner and I are very big gamers. We love our video games no doubt about it. I was playing one of my favorites the other day and I noticed that my character can become. It was really shocking that a video game would include that as a feature. I continued playing this character, running around killing things and stopping every once in a while for that quick. That is exactly what I used to do! Excuses, Excuses…. My Mistakes →. You are comment...
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Resources | Strength of Sobriety
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There are many Resources available to help you get started with your journey to sobriety. Here are a few websites that I have recommended to friends and colleagues in the past. Center For Disease Control “Alcohol and Public Health”. Alcoholics Anonymous AL-ANON Group. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out.
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My Mistakes | Strength of Sobriety
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April 1, 2015. April 1, 2015. Some may see that as the easy way out. I don’t deserve even the ease of releasing my own life and if you were to ask, most would agree. How then can we reconcile the terrible actions we have made? Is it as simple as apologizing? I think not. How then can we begin to atone for our actions when those actions are so terrible we shake the very foundations of love? Well the truth is, as I write this, I have yet to find out. Or been stitched without anesthetics?