When I first experienced sobriety, I wasn't sure where I was going in my life. I was in my very early twenties when I began my journey where most were beginning their drug and alcohol “journey” towards a downward spiral.

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Most times I went to meetings people welcomed me, but other times I would get, “wow you’re young” or “are you sure you’re an alcoholic” – it seemed people forgot the one statement, “it doesn’t matter how much or how little you used, but what you want to do about your problem and how we can help”.

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Admittance is the first step.

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Be it as it may, I experienced many levels of confusion and anger early on in my sobriety. I wasn't sure what direction I was going, who I wanted to be and what I wished to accomplish. ​

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As I attended meetings, listening to everyone’s story, I was reminded time and again, not to make hasty decisions, not to worry about fixing the past (because you can’t really fix the past) and not to worry about the future, considering I was thoroughly confused about where my life was headed. And due to the habitual characteristics of making hasty decisions without using critical thinking skills, well we all know how that works, just look at our present-day radicals.

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At that time in my life, my struggle was, how can I drink responsibly and how can I escape this place called meetings. Why was I here and did I really need to be here for the long term.

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When it came to how I looked at my family members, I asked myself, how did I get here and not them? Why was I the one with the problem when everyone in my family had a problem too.

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The why’s and how’s were never going to be an answer acceptable for me.

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I had to find a deep level of acceptance, there was no such thing as drinking responsibly for me. There was nothing I could do to fix the past and there wasn’t anything I wasn’t powerless over when it came to having a sense of direction for my life moving forward. Yes, I am powerless over my addiction, but I am not a powerless being.

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I have choices and with those choices comes responsibility. It took me many years to learn about myself and I didn’t arrive as such a journey where I know everything.

 

No such thing.

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Life is a journey. Life is about learning and never arriving to a place where you know everything. If you have arrived at such a place of knowing it all, you may need some therapy.

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Acceptance is painful and when I started to accept, I began to be better to myself and others.

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Because of Life Coaching and Reiki Healing – I have the opportunity to expand on my journey. I am no longer limited to my old forms of thinking and free of conformity.

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If you have arrived at a point in your life, where you are looking for something fulfilling and need guidance over those hurdles, now is the time for us to work together in reaching those goals.