Self-Improvement, Not Alcohol Decay, Defines Sobriety | Beyond Sober
A person who doesn’t have to deal with toxicity, has a happy, healthy life, and doesn’t stress out about interacting with others is, indeed, beyond sober.
Stopping drinking doesn’t make you a new person; it shows you the person you’ve become.
If you’re still having trouble and relapsing into alcohol use, it’s clear that you need to focus on improving your inner life as much as your external actions.
Because you haven’t given yourself permission to do what really benefits you, you keep doing what you disapprove of.
Self-improvement, not alcohol decay, defines sobriety.
One drink is too much and a thousand aren’t quite enough, but you know this better than anybody.
This is due to your identity even before you take a drink.
Feelings of joy might be washing over you…
And yet, are you truly happy?
Just because you aren’t in pain doesn’t imply you’re in good health.
Do you feel that you’ve arrived at a place of perfect contentment, growth, and harmony in your life?
Give yourself an honest answer to that question, because if you haven’t found that place yet, you’ll never stop looking for it.
Initially, only one sip of liquor.
If you look at booze, you’re immediately taken back to a certain state of mind that you fear you’ll never be able to replicate sober.
Therein is the heart of the matter.
If you believe that abstaining from alcohol would miraculously change you into someone who is content being alone and has the fortitude to drink water in social circumstances when surrounded by poison, you’re mistaken.
You have been given false information.
A sobriety coach should be seriously considered at this point.
Keep in mind that there is a cause for it to be failing, and that until we identify that cause, you will continue to search in all the wrong places.
-Kohdi | Beyond Sober
