Alcohol Freedom Blog

A Recovery Prayer Analyzed

Most alcoholics first hear the serenity prayer at their initial 12-step meeting. As the meeting ends, all gathered stand and hold hands saying aloud the serenity prayer and then raising their clasped hands bellow “keep coming back!” It’s as if they are aware that some may be attending their last meeting so they are reaffirming to the weak that there is strength in their numbers.

The prayer itself is simple enough to remember and yet carries unusually strong meaning to every alcoholic in the room. The beauty of the Serenity Prayer is in its uncomplicated message of hope, peace, fearlessness and insight. All things a recovering alcoholic strives for in building a new life without addiction to alcohol. Continue Reading »

How does an alcoholic identify when he or she needs to adjust their way of thinking to be more receptive to a quality recovery?

What are the obvious signs of ego and how can they be overcome?

Everyone has an ego and some even need it to be successful, it is an integral part of who they are and what they do. To an alcoholic, an over inflated view of themselves is dangerous. Continue Reading »

Bolte-Taylor’s horrifying yet exhilarating experience has convinced her that we all have the ability to access our right brain and the astonishing consciousness that exists and is waiting for us to tap into. We all have energy around us that is dictated by our right brain. We must find a way to make our right brain function or this creative energy source that is with us always, be the more dominant brain activity. To let ourselves go and explore the energy source that’s always available to us. Continue Reading »

During their recovery one of the most difficult yet necessary things an alcoholic must do is willingly give up their ego. When an alcoholic admits defeat and loses the attitude their ego has nurtured, they will be humbled and become open and willing to change. In order to do this they must capitulate to their new life without alcohol and become physically and emotionally stable enough in their sobriety to accept and work positively with the new energy source they will inevitably find.
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Once we have made a commitment to others and ourselves that we will do something about our drinking the situation becomes remedial. Nothing else takes priority over staying away from alcohol. It does not matter how badly you were addicted, the fact you chose to stop means you knew you had a problem. To what degree matters little since alcoholism is a progressive disease and once it has hold of you, it only gets worse.
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How many times have you quit drinking? Every alcoholic or problem drinker comes to the point with their drinking when they make a promise to themselves or to someone else that they will not touch another drink. It may be after an embarrassing bender or it could be a heartfelt promise to a loved one. However this pledge is made and to who is not really the point. Continue Reading »

As you progresses through recovery, life once again begins to take on some normality and routine is a welcome by product of this. As each new day passes, you strive to accomplish as much as possible in any twenty-four hour period. Initially it is exciting rediscovering things with a sober eye and perhaps trying new things as well.

As time goes on you may begin to notice a certain melancholy when doing some mundane task that takes you back to before your drinking got out of hand. This task may be more difficult than you remember it being or not taking as long to complete. One thing is apparent, you realize now how much time you wasted on drinking, how much time has passed, and how much you have to make up for.

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This is a useful phrase when it pertains to how we deal with the frustration in our lives created by others. Most of us can remember a time, probably many times, when we drank because of someone else “driving us to drink”. Some may even say it was as good an excuse as any for drinking too much. Problem drinkers and alcoholics have an egocentric personality and do not usually take well to other strong personalities confronting them. Continue Reading »

Part of the denial process for an alcoholic or problem drinker is wrapping their head around the fact that they may actually be an alcoholic. Up to this point in your life, an alcoholic might be the person you see sleeping off on a park bench with a newspaper blanket. Alcoholics are those people who are destitute and sick, stumbling around uncontrolled, making fools of themselves in public. No way could a person of your stature be an alcoholic.

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As recovering alcoholics or problem drinkers, relapse is only a drink away.

That next drink will not be our last drink and our better judgment tells us this even if we disregard it. When we stop drinking, unless we follow a strict treatment and recovery regimen and remain vigilant, we could easily slip back into our old destructive habits. There are some warning signals we should be aware of that can alert us to a potential return to drinking behavior. Continue Reading »