Do you know of any proven methods to stay motivated or inspire motivation in others? Help your peers by sharing your knowledge.
This category is all about how you stay motivated in your daily life. Feel free to ask questions or post advice.
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My daily motivation everyday is waking up and saying thanks to whom ever is ur upper power!! Even if you work or u are in school something nice to open ur day with muaic. Download positive quotes so when you wake up it set to where u read something that’s gonna give u wisdom and strength to have a good day
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Personally I find that Meditating is a very powerful way to stay motivated,meditation will encourage,motivate and inspire not only yourself,but after you learn and practice the craft of meditation and mindfulness you will find yourself inspiring others without Evan realizing your doing it.
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I find yoga to be very satisfying. It distracts my mind and body. Doing this good thing makes it seem stupid to do the thing that is bad for me.
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I find motivation in my routine. Wake up, pray, read some literature, go for a walk or run in the morning. Then off for my day. I plan my day around my meetings and keep my recovery 1st!!
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Personally I like watching movies about mountain climbing. The most recent one on Netflix is about tom Caldwell climbing the Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park. I am not a mountain climber but these stories inspire me to find ways to conquer my own fears and keep me motivated to do my best in my sobriety
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This is a great post tks for sharing…I am building a Pinterest Board for Alcohol Free Living and will share the link…I like to pay it forward and to empower others fyi
JBug
Celebrate Recovery
Let’s not trip over what is already behind us!!
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Think about now and today. Don’t think about tomorrow. When you think about the future, stopping feels so difficult. But if you think about today only, its easier. And tomorrow, you can do the same thing. Every day it gets a little bit easier.
I'm brand new and still figuring out the platform, but this is a topic that is very dear to my heart.
I struggle a LOT with staying engaged with recovery. I get bored, feel like I'm not learning anything new, skip meetings, stop going altogether, then stop doing anything for my sobriety at all, and then, unsurprisingly, I drink again.
A mini-relapse might get me back into recovery, for a while, but the boredom is grueling, for me, and sharing about it doesn't help. People react like I'm just crazy, or intentionally being difficult.
But I've been listening to this great podcast about ADD lately. It's the companion podcast to the book "the drummer and the great mountain" and is a goldmine of self-care tips and insight.
The guy says that people with ADD have fewer dopamine receptors in our brains, so it's really difficult - if not impossible - to focus on things that are not providing the necessary stimulation to trigger those receptors.
Also, people with ADD or ADHD are WAY more likely to become alcoholics or addicts than neuro-typical people, so there's probably going to be at least a couple in any recovery meeting, i would think.
It seems to me this is a very common issue with people new in recovery, once the initial novelty wears off. I think a lot of people relied on substances to make life exciting, and then we really struggle with trying to get this psychological need met in recovery. I was told once in an outpatient program that things like adventure, novelty, humor, and intellectual stimulation are psychological needs, and that feels true to me.
Maybe that's not exactly what is meant by "motivation," but they must be at least a little related, right?
Of course, complaining is one thing, but what to actually do about it?
I have some ideas, but so far have not dared to do them in real life. I want to sit by the door before a meeting and blow bubbles, and play the ok go song "this too shall pass" on my phone.
I also got some stickers that I thought we could give out as prizes with the chips (they're recovery-themed stickers). And i want to get a copy of the big book in dutch, which i can read, but it's not my first language, so i thought that might make the reading more fun.
Or maybe i can get my sponsor to meet me at a trampoline park or a zoo or something, but there's not a lot like that around us, so idk.
It's legitimately a difficult problem!!
I'm actually considering trying to make a recovery podcast, with a strong emphasis on fun, humor, adventure, health, psychology, and building social skills and support systems, so if anybody finds these topics interesting and wants to collaborate, hit me up! I assume you can message me directly. Again, I'm new on here, but it seems like that has to be a thing.