Pep talk!

[nonights]

I know I need a pep talk right now. We are doing this because - -- .

[Ladykonnie]

Because we love.... We want to live.....we want to bless others.... We want to stop chasing the next high.....we want to be a better us.  We have SO much to offer those around us, CLEAN and sober.

[ywf27]

I would say taking control. Not allowing drugs to control me...that's a big motivation for me. I struggle each day but through MH and willpower get a new day under my belt. Unfortunately right now I'm living to kill time but everything on here tells me it gets better. We all need to believe in that and believe in ourselves. When my world gets a little to dark I come here too. Thank you for your post it will undoubtedly help everyone who reads it.

[dominosarah]

When i found myself laying flat on my back after i fell thru that last trap door i opened my eyes and realized i had one way out and that was to climb up and out, so i did~

[nonights]

Thanks MH. I was trying to shut up the dark voices in my head yesterday and each comment you guys made helped me climb my way back to happy. I am so full of love for you guys.

[CRSeaside]

Dear Nonights. I hope this pep talk helps you.
  Doing the same thing over again & expecting different results is the insanity.
   Picture your body. Visualization. I'm off other medications too, that weren't helping me anyway. I look within. Thanking myself I don't have to send 10 pills per day thru my liver, kidneys. stomach. You know.  Your body thanks you.    Hope this helps.  Pamela

[spider6]

....wanted to see what life was really like before I left.  I never really gave it a chance....started using at 14.........maybe get to see what I'm really like.....I'm going to be 55 this month....my odds are decreasing with each relapse.........it's time.    

Why do you want to stop besides the obvious?

[msdelight]

When we use, we isolate. When we isolate, we are alone.  When we are alone, we feel worthless and unloved. When we feel worthless and unloved we hurt ourselves. We die on the inside. We die on the ambulance. We crush Gods plan for us.  Being here on the forum and sober, I have realized that
-My life is pretty good, better than I thought it was.
-People who have abandoned, abused and hurt me in the past do not define me. Their actions are about Them, not me
-If I kept it up, I would end up broke and broken because my sweet pea, throwing money and drugs at problems does not solve them. It masks it and postpones dealing with situations until they become worse and/or can longer be fixed.
-Drugs cause brain, liver, kidney damage and death.
-I worked SO hard and put up with SO much to make my kids the beautiful young adults they are today and I could blow it ALL to hell in an instant
-Chemicals are not a substitute for friendship and love

Nonights you are an amazing gal! Just think if you didn't stop we would have never met! I'm sure glad you did!   Love, MsD

[OxyTired]

We are doing this because we are regaining our freedom,
freedom from the shackles of active addiction.

We are doing this because we are becoming fully human again,
on substances I am truly subhuman.

We are doing this for all the people who love us,
they love us too, and want us whole.

Simply, we are doing this because living clean is so much better,
in every way imaginable!

[meegWpaw]

because we love nonights and we know nonights loves nonights

[gnarly_1]

HI Each day I write out a gratitude list about being clean and life in general do it so when you get hit with ''one of those days'' you got something to fall back on it does not need to be fancy just 10 things your greatful for.....my wife, my kids, my grand kids, the new baby in our family, my home, the food I eat, the water I drink, my job, all or most of these can and often will be lost to our addiction be grateful if you have them be more grateful that you have not lost them so many have................................................Gnarly...........................................

[sofloblindman]

Because it's the right thing to do!

[VICourageous]

I want to LIVE..I want to GIVE..I want to keep on living with this Heart of Gold...Cuz I'm Getten Old!!    Sing along.......

Ditto the above too!
This one could go on & on..lol

Bless Us ALL
Vickie

[odaat1]

Because I LOVE me...for the first time.....
Because I am tired of being a slave..in bondage
Because I don't want to hurt the ones I love...anymore..
Because I want to be an upstanding member of my community
Because I want to be an honest, partner, daughter, sister, employee, friend
Because I go to sleep at night only answering to me and my Creator
Because I wake up knowing and remembering what happened the night before
Because I am worth it!!!

[brandiroars386]

Because I was so tired..... tired of searching and counting, tired of lying, tired of manipulating, tired of pretending everything was fine, tired of what my life was becoming, tired of the person I was, tired of what I had become.  I am doing this to gain my life back, to regain the trust in my relationships, especially my husband, to find ME again, to be proud again, to give my future the best chance possible, that includes ME AND my FAMILY.

[Ldytaz]

I want to be ME again....

[bama88]

Because I was tired of being a slave....because I was sick and tired of the pills....because because because.....the list goes on and on

[AShellof_Me]

Because... I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror any longer.  
Because... I want to have a relationship with my daughter... with my son when he’s well...  my husband... my friends...  with others whom I love.
Because... I want to be able to leave my house!
Because ...I don’t want to be sick and tired of being sick and tired...
Because... I don’t want my daughter to have to bury me... or walk down the aisle without me there... or have her first baby without ME!
Because... I want to garden and paint and read and listen to music.
Because... I want to share my hope and strength with someone else who needs and wants to hear it...
Because... I don’t want to DIE.
I want to LIVE. :) even when it's hard.

[penny1974]

Because ultimately we make out own happiness not other people or the things we consume or even material objects. It can truly be done on our own. We only live once so not life to our fullest with clarity and great memories that we can look back on and smile

[ActingBrandNew]

We are doing this because - -- .

...if we dont we will die.

[weaver71]

I wasn't happy anyway, not even on the drugs. There is nothing to lose really, accept all the crazy effects on life. It took me awhile to realize I wasn't actually giving anything up, even though I'd try to quit and eventually give in, I'd sit there with a spoiled buzz. We do it because we know we want to in our highest self. We don't always want to keep doing it, but I didn't necesarrily want to change my kids diaper either. Our potential calls us and we can't ever be satisfied until we try to fullfill it. Aristotle figured that out a long time ago. He said that happiness is in the hope of ones entelechy. Entelechy of an acorn is an old growth tree with plants and animals in it's shade. Whatever that potential is in you, that is why.

[jugglin]

We owe it to our families, and most importantly ourselves to be the best we can be!  To live a REAL life and not in a fog, numbing ourselves, missing out on REAL life!

[nonights]

Thank you.

[IBKleen]

I smell good now and friends and family don't lock their belongings away when I come to visit. I do this because the rewards are so great. I'm a junkie for the rest of my life--I got that but I don't have to be in active addiction and I don't have to do the things I did when I was using. Being clean is an opportunity to change and I try to do that everyday. Some days I fall short but I never give up trying!