Comments on: Which Do We Need in Recovery – a Laser Focus or More of a Balance? http://www.spiritualriver.com/which-do-we-need-in-recovery-a-laser-focus-or-more-of-a-balance/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The "REV"http://www.spiritualriver.com/which-do-we-need-in-recovery-a-laser-focus-or-more-of-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-32525 The "REV" Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:54:42 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=1022#comment-32525 My experience in early recovery was nose to the grind stone. I ate, slept,dreamed, and loved recovery. I couldn't believe I could actually participate in this life without "using." Because of this laser focus I have the life I enjoy today. Today I enjoy a balanced lifestyle, never forgetting where I came from. Some people might say "Your not serious about your recovery." Why, because I don't attend meetings daily, or get involved in the fellowship like I did in the past. This is completely and utterly ridiculous. My laser focus in early recovery has benefited me a good life. I work, participate in relationships, pay my mortgage, study,read, listen to music, and give back to the community, on many different levels.Most of all I consider myself a loving person today. I could not do any of these responsible things before I got clean. I still write and study the steps, I still go to meetings, I talk to newer members in the fellowship, and try to carry a message of recovery. I'm not as obsessive today about the "program" but I'm without a doubt still in the process of recovery. Thanks Patrick, I enjoy checking in on you whenever I can. Keep on Keepn' on. My experience in early recovery was nose to the grind stone. I ate, slept,dreamed, and loved recovery. I couldn’t believe I could actually participate in this life without “using.” Because of this laser focus I have the life I enjoy today. Today I enjoy a balanced lifestyle, never forgetting where I came from. Some people might say “Your not serious about your recovery.” Why, because I don’t attend meetings daily, or get involved in the fellowship like I did in the past. This is completely and utterly ridiculous. My laser focus in early recovery has benefited me a good life. I work, participate in relationships, pay my mortgage, study,read, listen to music, and give back to the community, on many different levels.Most of all I consider myself a loving person today. I could not do any of these responsible things before I got clean. I still write and study the steps, I still go to meetings, I talk to newer members in the fellowship, and try to carry a message of recovery. I’m not as obsessive today about the “program” but I’m without a doubt still in the process of recovery.

Thanks Patrick, I enjoy checking in on you whenever I can.
Keep on Keepn’ on.

]]> By: Patrickhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/which-do-we-need-in-recovery-a-laser-focus-or-more-of-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-32444 Patrick Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:10:45 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=1022#comment-32444 Awesome comment, Fawn. Thank you so much for your insight.... Awesome comment, Fawn. Thank you so much for your insight….

]]> By: Fawnhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/which-do-we-need-in-recovery-a-laser-focus-or-more-of-a-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-32443 Fawn Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:06:33 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=1022#comment-32443 For the first year I needed the focus. I sort of had to live by the whatever you put in front of your sobriety you will lose rule. I didn't have any choice. It came naturally out of my total desperation. I guess that because balance doesn't seem to erupt out of desperation it is taking alot longer to develop. Balance doesn't seem to me to be "nessessary" - I stayed sober for years without it - but it is HUGELY life enhancing. It used to be that John Couger Mellencamp described me perfectly when he said " I know there's balance 'cause I see it when I swing by", but now I'm not doing quite so much swinging by as before which I'm hugely grateful for. The effort I put into staying on tghe beam has most definately been worth it. he knew there was balance 'cause he saw it when he swung For the first year I needed the focus. I sort of had to live by the whatever you put in front of your sobriety you will lose rule. I didn’t have any choice. It came naturally out of my total desperation. I guess that because balance doesn’t seem to erupt out of desperation it is taking alot longer to develop. Balance doesn’t seem to me to be “nessessary” – I stayed sober for years without it – but it is HUGELY life enhancing. It used to be that John
Couger Mellencamp described me perfectly when he said ” I know there’s balance ’cause I see it when I swing by”, but now I’m not doing quite so much swinging by as before which I’m hugely grateful for. The effort I put into staying on tghe beam has most definately been worth it.

he knew there was balance ’cause he saw it when he swung

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