"Remind me this day, as I choose not to numb my senses

1. No substance will take away or change my circumstance
2. If I were to feel better from a substance it would be temporary
3. I am creating lasting change in my life by facing it as a SOBER individual
4. I walk faster towards my goals when I am not walking through "Sludge"
5. The friends I left behind on my journey, have started their own journey to their own destination---I have not abandoned them
6. I am not alone, I have support, both physically here, emotionally here, and spiritually here.
7. I feel better when I fill my body with goodness, just like I feel better when I fill my heart and mind with goodness."
8. Nothing I put in my body will take away what I feel in my mind.

Easter Sobriety

Easter may just be another holiday you don't care about.  Or, perhaps it is a holiday you care a lot about...either way, for many people it is another excuse to take a drink or substance to numb out the loneliness  abandonment, and hopelessness that many people feel as a part of life.
I encourage you to take an Easter moment in sobriety and imagine a white bunny rabbit in a yard.  Just looking for its next meal...it is only worried about survival.  A very simple existence: looking for the next meal and staying away from predators.  What can we take away from this?
1) Look for your next meal: the next positive thing that can feed your soul and mind with happy thoughts and warm feelings of unconditional love and acceptance.
2) Avoid predators: poisonous people and substances that want to enter your life or your body and do nothing but damage the progress you have made.

Take a moment to enjoy Easter! Sober!...and Hop like a bunny rabbit, to the next day...one day at a time!