Acceptance

That which we resist, persists

This quote by Carl Jung, one of the fathers of modern psychology, so eloquently sums up what change is all about. Such is its subtlety, it takes time to sink in.

Change occurs only through acceptance, it cannot be forced, only through our own spiritual experience can we be liberated and certain of success. The longer you resist change, the longer the pain of addiction persists.

Acceptance therefore is all, the day you accept what harm alcohol does to your life, then the process of recovery starts, when you no longer resist what alcohol covers up emotionally, then you begin to be re-born.

So strong is acceptance of the facts, that it will help you reclaim your life.

Faith in the future.

Letting go of the familiar and entering into the unknown requires faith in the future. Its all about breaking from the habits of a life time and having faith in your ability to cope with what lays ahead. Its also about the realisation of the consequences of not taking positive action.

The decisions you make today, right or wrong will either liberate you from or condemn you to a life of quiet desperation.

The question is - can you let go and face what’s next?

I know you can, just weigh up the short term pain against the long term gain and know that thousands before you have faced the same doubts, yet still made it through.

There's going to be dark days at some points during the recovery process, when it comes to withdrawal it's unavoidable, and I will not lie to you, but compared to the emotional anguish and physical pain that you go through every day due to alcohol, it pails into insignificance against the benefits of sobriety.

Your decision?

I was once where you are right now, at that fork in the road that leads to redemption or oblivion. Countless times I have stood there, sick and tired of what I was doing to myself, yet too scared to change and only too eager to backtrack to the bottle and the bar; resisting change and forever turning back to the only path I knew.

Problem was that one day that road back was no longer there?

The bridges I had burnt collapsed behind me and there was no turning back, I stood at the crossroads once more and for the first time knowingly faced an ultimatum, the choice of drinking myself into oblivion or opting for the long road forward that would take me to a better place.

I chose the latter and rebuilt my life, by taking one step at a time.

Now the path is open to you, its well trodden and the route is marked by those who have gone before, it leads to your freedom and eventually to a truly full and rewarding life. Its a cold hard decision to make this journey, its a real tough call, but ultimately its the one only you can make, one that starts as all journeys do, by taking the first step.

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