The Secret to Living Sober
Living sober has nothing to do with sobriety per se, it is more a state of mind actually. Of course, when you are living sober you technically are not going to be getting drunk. But for the true alcoholic, how can this ever be sustainable if they are miserable while gritting their teeth in order to avoid alcohol at any cost? Of course it is not sustainable, as most any alcoholic will return to the bottle before they reach a suicidal level of desperation. And realize that for a struggling alcoholic, suicide can be a very real option at times.
Alcoholics are passionate people. They love to get drunk and they love the way it makes them feel and it becomes the purpose of their life. The problem is that it eventually quits working as their tolerance increases and it becomes impossible to “get happy” anymore. Because they tend to be full of passion, alcoholics need a solution that leads to a purposeful life as well. If all you do is remove the liquor from the life of an alcoholic, they will show discontent and become restless until they return to drinking.
Because of this level of passion, it stands to reason that any alcoholic who is living a sober life must live it with passion. This is the truth. Not behavior modification or counseling on Tuesdays and Thursdays or even 12 step programs, but passion.
Passionate living is what fuels the sober life. Passion is the key to living sober.
12 step programs can work wonders for some people, as long as they are enthusiastic about sobriety and about helping others in recovery.
Do this little survey: ask any oldtimer in recovery if they are passionate in their recovery like they were when they were drunk. They will inevitably tell you that they are. Otherwise they would not be living in recovery. They would be drunk.
