so, I am back in the working world and have been for a while now. it's funny because working your typical 9-5 is always something I've done, even while using. but how I see my day and how I go about my day are completely different. I've always planned to use before work, at lunch and immediately after. so now, being sober, and working the same 9-5 if quite different.
I am just thankful I have changed scenery. I left my old company and went on to another. I left the old area where I worked and moved on to the next. I left that life I was ONCE living and MOVED ON to the NEXT!
MOVING ON played such a big part in this recovery, thus far. those who want to get clean NEED TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE! you need to get rid of those past thoughts, those past memories, and move on. also, and I am thankful for this, you need to lose those friends who brought you down (luckily, it was not my close friends I have used w/, it was a random crowd I'd go out of my way to meet just to pick-up). YOU are the shot caller when it comes to quitting, so CALL THE SHOTS!
3 months in and I am on top of the world. SURE, this is NO WHERE NEAR the 5 years I put in prior, but sobriety is sobriety and I actually feel MORE CONFIDENT NOW than I did 4 years into my last go-round.
I am just thankful I have opened my eyes, saw life a bit different, and realized that I am the SHOT CALLER in my life, not the people around me. I can do WHATEVER I want to do, esp. if it betters my life and my future. I am truly thankful for what I have.
I am just thankful I have changed scenery. I left my old company and went on to another. I left the old area where I worked and moved on to the next. I left that life I was ONCE living and MOVED ON to the NEXT!
MOVING ON played such a big part in this recovery, thus far. those who want to get clean NEED TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE! you need to get rid of those past thoughts, those past memories, and move on. also, and I am thankful for this, you need to lose those friends who brought you down (luckily, it was not my close friends I have used w/, it was a random crowd I'd go out of my way to meet just to pick-up). YOU are the shot caller when it comes to quitting, so CALL THE SHOTS!
3 months in and I am on top of the world. SURE, this is NO WHERE NEAR the 5 years I put in prior, but sobriety is sobriety and I actually feel MORE CONFIDENT NOW than I did 4 years into my last go-round.
I am just thankful I have opened my eyes, saw life a bit different, and realized that I am the SHOT CALLER in my life, not the people around me. I can do WHATEVER I want to do, esp. if it betters my life and my future. I am truly thankful for what I have.