How y’all doing today I’m feeling good today I definitely have my ups and downs don’t we all but I’m I can tell I’m getting stronger everyday my mental health is getting better honestly I know it might sound silly but whenever like I have a moment or I’m feeling down or I don’t want to do anything I constantly remind myself of why I wanted to get sober in the first place and like Daily Affirmations and lots of praying. How are y’all doing today what do y’all do when you’re feeling down to help your mental health or to keep you staying sober
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It’s great your feeling the positive effect of being sober, and that your mind set is so positive.
For me keeping a strict daily routine (but when having a low day I be easy on myself and tell myself it’s ok to stop and take extra care of myself), and meditation really grounds me.
I do need to pray more and read my bible more than I do but I thank god everyday many times.
Glad your doing well 
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Meditation wow I don’t know if I could do that I think way too much all the time a million thoughts per second I swear sometimes I’m really proud of you for showing up and being on this app and sharing with me that’s awesome and brave. Yes I pray Lots lots I talked to God just like I talked to one of my homies.
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I’ve been reading the bible too but recently downloaded this app that reads it to you, lol. Its called “You version”. Here’s the app;
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That’s awesome and thank u for sharing
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Thank you too.
I couldn’t keep my mind quite at first so I tried to just sit still and listen to audio books just to try and listen, and it helped train my mind enough to get some very positive experiences from meditation.
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That’s awesome I’m happy you found something that helps you. Life is so hard we definitely all need to find things to help us make it threw.
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When I see myself slacking on recovery related stuff, I actually do the same as u, remind myself of why I quit. When I’m down or angry or anxious etc I pray alot also, turning my thinking and acting to God. When I’m depressed and I don’t feel like doing much, I do baby steps. I sometimes have to force myself to do the things I don’t want to do bcuz they are good for me and my recovery. If I focus on 1 simple activity at a time, those baby steps help in getting me motivated which ends up with me having a productive day overall. When it comes to slacking in my recovery routine, I have to remember that things are good in my life BCUZ I am clean. Doesn’t mean I’m cured or that I can take a day off from recovery. I never took a day off from using so that same effort needs to go into my recovery daily. At least for me 
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Wow your a rockstar I love your attitude and energy.
That’s bad ass. I’m gonna try your approach and apply it to my self and my recovery 
Thank u for sharing
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Awe girl… ur sweet. Making me blush over here lol we all learn from one another and that’s what I truly love about this forum. I’ve learned so much! As soon I started trying out all these suggestions from othets my life changed! No more relapsing or sitting in my one man pity party anymore haha
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Haha 
I am loving everyone one here yall are so kind
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