Why is Sobriety a Gift?
Getting to recovery is a journey made of many smaller steps. Sobriety in itself is a gift because it keeps reminding you that you made it here from where you were. Even if that was yesterday, you are one step closer to your goal of being away from drugs and substances and finding hope for a new day. Learn more about why sobriety is a gift and how to embrace it wholeheartedly in recovery.
Finding Purpose in Pain
It seems like an overused trope, but there is opportunity to see life differently when you look at how your purpose has been turned into pain. Perhaps you sought after achievement, accolades, or approval. Maybe you were looking for someone to notice you because you felt like you were not feeling appreciated. Trauma, neglect, and pain from the past can come back and cause people to use drugs or alcohol to numb it out. When life is about sobriety, it is focused on vulnerability and gratitude. Sobriety gives you an opportunity to be more aligned with who you are underneath the veneer of addiction. Here are a few reasons you can learn to love sobriety and focus on the healing inner journey:
Socialize with New People
The challenge of recovery is finding new friends and people with whom to hang out. Some friendships are going to stick with you but others fall away because they are not able to fully support or come alongside you in the journey of recovery. Perhaps you hurt them with your actions or apologized, and yet, they did not come back to you. Those friends you meet in sobriety may be just what you need to feel less alone on the journey and will learn how to make friends who are into some of the things you are now that you are not drinking or using drugs.
Growth
Sobriety teaches you what you can manage, and also what you cannot manage. The pain is there because you need to learn from something in your life. You learn to stop hiding from the pain, anger, anxiety, and whatever is driving the addiction and begin to release all of that so you can feel things again and heal. You cannot escape the pain or run from it. You can face it head on and survive, which is what sobriety teaches really well.
Sober Fun
Using drugs and alcohol as fun activities for so long teaches you that you can only have fun when those are in the picture. The opposite is true in that you don’t need to drink or do drugs to feel better about yourself or enjoy the moment. In fact, blacking out or not remembering who you are with or what you were doing is not enjoyable at all. You may find you have greater highs and greater moments of clarity when you seek sober living. Instead of missing connections, you become more vulnerable and present to your life. In this way, sobriety teaches you to be present and thankful for the moment: a true gift, indeed.
It is hard to live in sobriety without support or help from others. We provide resources and information so you can move forward and heal from recovery. Palmetto will help you learn how to enjoy sobriety. We offer special focus for professionals including chiropractors, nurses, doctors, lawyers, and more who need help with addiction recovery. Call us to find out more: 866-848-3001.
