The Secret to Sober Living
The statistics are frightening when it comes to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Based on most available data, very few will manage to achieve continuous, long-term sobriety. While it certainly is possible, the odds are stacked against us. Here is how you can achieve success with sober living.
1. The theory of the zero tolerance policy
It is surprising how often this idea becomes ignored in traditional recovery programs and discarded as being unimportant. The concept is simple and effective: you simply make a deal with yourself that you will not relapse back to your drug of choice under any circumstances, period. Then the rest of your life is simply structured around maintaining peace, serenity, and growth in pursuit of this goal.
But what is critical is for the zero tolerance concept to come first and foremost. You must not “allow yourself to go there in any way.” Doing so makes a big difference in the way you feel about yourself and your recovery.
2. Holistic path
As your recovery continues and start to accumulate more time sober, the challenge of staying clean on a day-to-day basis starts becoming a little easier, and actually finding peace, serenity, and balance in your everyday life becomes the new priority. Relapse is still a threat, and always will be of course, but now the challenge starts shifting away from simply abstinence and towards achieving something greater with your life.
A holistic approach to recovery is what drives success in this area. As you stay clean and sober, life fills up with passion and purpose again, so the need for striking a balance becomes critical as our lives become busier and busier.
3. Creative recovery with both passion and meaning
Would you like to find out what most motivates a struggling alcoholic and has the ability to boost their recovery efforts immeasurably? The big payoff is not in merely abstaining from chemicals but in actually finding a new life with passion and purpose in it again. This is about finding your passion and purpose in a new life while growing as a person and possibly helping other people in a meaningful way.
