I got sober using this app.
Kinda.
I mean both my grown up children are recovering addicts. My son dual diagnosis with bipolar. My daughter also with a side order of anorexia for her dual diagnosis. So I had a lot of knowledge about addiction through my kids.
But my first 2 plus years it was this app. Mostly the gratitude thread.
Every day.
I’d start my day, EVERY DAY on the gratitude thread. Listing everything I had to be grateful for. And I’d read what everyone else shared that they had to be grateful for. I actually retrained my brain.
- In recovery, we either learn to be grateful, or we don’t last. Gratitude is the air of recovery. Gratitude is what makes the lungs of recovery fill, the heart beat, and the life flow. The attitude of gratitude focuses on what we have rather than what we don’t.
I got to AA meetings now. I do a lot of meditation and I’m just starting to be curious about this Dharma recovery thing.
I think gratitude and keeping an open mind is key.
I found a couple of AA meetings I like down by the beach and I like to go to them. I haven’t made friends with anyone yet. That’s ok. But I do like to listen and share with others.
Hope to see you around.
