What gives you hope?

In a hopes of drawing more people into sharing either their battle with addiction, recovery, co-dependency, or struggles even a family member is dealing with or has dealt with in a loved ones addiction, I am changing the venue of the blogs. I can write about the various drugs and their effects all day long. But it is the heart felt words of those who have dealt with various addictions in various degrees that really bring the true strength of hope. And with that, I ask, what gives you hope?

You know those days, when the road seems rougher then most. The days it takes every last bit of strength you have in you to even crawl out of bed. When the light that was shinning pretty bright is now flickering. What gives you the hope, the strength, and the power you need to pull thorough and stay on the road of recovery?

It is different for all. Some it may be the smile of their child’s eyes for others it may be the good book, and others may only need to reflect on the yesterdays and achieve all the strength and hope they need to face the day in a positive light. What is it that gives you that extra boost to make you face life head on and continue to take those steps forward?


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Accomplishing your dreams and hopes

Everyone has dreams and hopes for their future. Those in recovery have a whole newfound set of dreams and hopes. Once clouded by their addiction, dreams and hopes were deep buried, thought unattainable, or purely non-existent. Like the Christmas song “Put One Foot in Front Of Another” from the Christmas animation “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”, the first step in achieving anything is making that first step towards it. You already have begun that by getting help with your addiction and maintaining a clean recovery.

Regardless of what your dreams or hopes are - may they be big or small; in order to achieve it you must act on it. You can sit back and write down your dreams and hopes, but if you do not take them any further than that, they will never materialize. Say your dream is go back to school, just looking at the courses offered does not take you over the gap of dream into action to accomplishment. However, when you actively enroll in a class you took that first step towards achievement. Now you just need to keep stepping towards that goal.

Two things hold people back from achieving dreams and hopes – motivation, and fear of failure. Lack of motivation can make it difficult to get started on a project, especially if it is something you don’t want to do. If it is something that needs to be done, you may need to change your approach or break the project down in smaller bites to achieve it. If you still can’t seem to get the motivation to do something that is necessary, you may be dealing with some depression and should consider talking to someone. Fear of failure can be overcome by taking small steps until the fear diminishes. By breaking the task down, with each accomplishment the fear will begin to dissolve resulting in a completed project and a rise in your own self-esteem.


If you need help, are struggling with an addiction, or know of someone who is, please contact A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center today. We are here to help.
http://www.abttc.net/
Phone: 800.971.1586
Fax: 800.401.8464
24 Hour Addiction HelpLine
Tel. (800) 396-9389 (7 days 24 hours)
e-mail: info@24houraddictionhelp.com
http://www.24houraddictionhelp.org/

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