What can I take responsibility for that I’ve been placing on someone else?
I need to take responsibility for my own self-worth and not wait on someone else to value who I am and the good I do.
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I have been asleep to… douting myself and my ability to succeed
I am absolutely choosing to give myself a chance. To really give things a chance and see where it goes.
Recovery was one of those things, as I initally doubted that I would ever get clean and absolutely die an addict. Im proving to myself that I can recover. I doubted that I could ever say NO to drugs, but I proved to myself in December of 2021 that I could. I doubted that I could ever lose weight a healthy way. But im currently proving to myself that I can. I am stronger than I think! I just have to really try and think that I can!
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Sounds that nourish me the most:
Rain hitting the ground
Thunder
The sound of wind in trees
Waves crashing into the beach
People I loves laugh
Little noises Ruby makes
My partners voice
The sound of fire crackling
The rhythmic sound of my hiking boots hitting the ground on a quiet trail
I answered a few of the questions above privately in my journal 
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Travel the world, preferably with a backpack! 
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Right now what my body needs most is…
A good, cleansing cry.
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What am I not willing to settle for in relationships today, that I allowed not too long ago?
Before sobriety, I allowed my thoughts and feelings to be overlooked by my husband. If I expressed them and he didn’t understand or respond, I’d just take another drink and another, until it didn’t matter to me anymore. Now I calmly elaborate when he doesn’t understand, and I prod him when he doesn’t respond. It’s not ok for me anymore to not be seen, heard, and understood.
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This is exactly what I’m afraid of. I’m not even going to try and rewrite it, because you worded it perfectly.
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It’s been so long I pretty much don’t have the luxury of having standards. I have to put up with whatever.
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Sounds that nourish me the most are…
• Wind in the forest
• Rushing water in a creek or river
• Waterfalls
• Silence over a calm lake
• Birds singing in the morning
• Keely’s voice when she calls
• The voices and laughter of my chicklets
• My husband’s soft footsteps, trying to not wake me in the morning
• Chesney’s light snoring
• Sounds made between a mother cow and her calf
• Windows down, tires crunching on a gravel road
• The echoing hum of absence in ancient places
• My son playing an acoustic guitar
• Broom bristles sweeping my front porch
• Ocean waves ebbing and flowing on a beach
• A crackling fire in the hearth or at camp
• Rain falling on a metal roof
• Crunching leaves underfoot in autumn
• Softly falling snow
• My voice when speaking affirmations aloud
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In a perfect world, where money and circumstances weren’t an issue, what would be the biggest dream you’d want to chase in the next five years?
I would want to build new houses for homeless families and families in need and help them make a new start.
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A lack of verbal boundaries of family members.
I’m really interested to come back and answer this prompt in the future. I pondered it over the weekend and most of my answers felt fake. I have this image of myself in my head that is largely based on a past version of me and was influencing my answer but I’m not sure that my values and goals align with that person anymore.
Ultimately I think I would just want to live a slow life without the worry of a job to pay the bills — have a small seaside cottage alone in the danish countryside in a close knit community and drink lots of strong coffee, go for long meandering walks, read, write, run, bike, and garden
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I have been asleep to my own power and ambitions.
I’m ready to awaken to my own ideas, to pursue my own passions, and to assert my power instead of holding my tongue and only supporting other people.
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@ShesGotMoxie @Callie99 @Butterflymoonwoman @DryIn785
I’m very grateful for all of you posting your responses over the weekend. 
My family’s cabin was crowded full of folks drinking and it was so lonely and triggering for me. I didn’t have sufficient cell service to load this app to interact but I was able to load up my email which I realized had notifications/responses going to my spam folder and I was able to recover and read all of your responses from my bunk. It warms my heart and puts a smile on my face to have this small safe space with you all!
I’m just free writing and processing thoughts from this weekend in my journal tonight and I’ll return to prompts tomorrow (Monday).
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This thread u made has been a beautiful one to read. I look forward to ur questions bcuz they make me think of things that I would never normally think about. Ur weekend sounded stressful and very isolating 
what an awful event to have been in. Yes they are family but at the same time it’s such a lonely feeling being the only one to not partake in the drinking. When my ex and our roommates would drink or do drugs (this was a long time ago), I’d be up in the bedroom by myself, lonely, angry, resentful etc. It sucked but how powerful for u to be able to get thru that sober! Not easy I’m sure. But I’m grateful u got out of there with a clear mind and heart
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Absolute authenticity. Not settling for unhealthy communication from anybody and having to be around toxic people by proxy.
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yaaaaasssss that- tnk u for the way u put that. Laying here reviewing things from my past relationship that I kept stuffing just to keep the peace….right??? AWAKEN:heart:
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Just wanted to share a positive psychology group idea I made to be used at work-inspired by positive experiences and positive psychology.
Objective/Goal
To facilitate positive attitudes toward one’s personal experiences, individual traits, and life events. The goal is to minimize compulsive or gloomy thoughts that may arise in a struggling, shameful, guilty or overall hopeless mindset, and to instead, develop a sense of realistic optimism toward life and recovery. To have a positive, fun, upbeat group experience.
The statements I would like to write out are as follows-
WHAT I VALUE MOST ABOUT MY SOBRIETY IS
THE LAST TIME I FELT AT EASE WAS
THE LAST TIME I HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WITH SOMEONE IN RECOVERY WAS
SOMETHING THAT MAKES MY HEART SMILE IS
THE LAST TIME I FELT AT EASE AROUND ANOTHER RECOVERING PERSON WAS BECAUSE
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SHOW TO MY FAMILY OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER IS
ONE OR MORE SENTENCES I WOULD TELL MY 13 YR OLD SELF
WHAT I TRULY WANT FROM THIS RECOVERY EXPERIENCE IS
ONE OF THE MOST RELIEVING THOUGHTS IVE HAD SINCE COMING TO RECOVERY WAS
A PERSONAL CHALLENGE I WANT TO HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH WITH IS
THE LAST POSITIVE WORDS I TOLD MYSELF ABOUT RECOVERY SOUNDED LIKE
ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MEMORIES OR SOUNDS I HAD IN MY PAST WAS
MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE IS
I LEARN THE MOST FROM
WHAT I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IS
ITS TIME FOR ME TO DREAM ABOUT A NEW LIFE BECAUSE
Ahh that feeling in the heart of awe inspiring connections, love, wonder, curiously following the heart, safety, and seeing you guys express your self. Fukin love this app just sayin-you guys make me laugh, think, identify and connect. Happy Monday (one way or another lol)
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