In our drinking life's, One of the flippant sayings we heard was, if it feels good do it. We hear that less often in sobriety, Though it sometimes appears on a bumper sticker or as a casual comment. And if we learned anything in sobriety it is we know that this remark is really a permit for disaster. We drank to feel good but we often ended up feeling terrible.
Yet the same slogan properly understood can be useful for the recovering alcoholic. We all want to feel good but a drink means temporary pleasure followed by pain, guilt,remorse and ruin,
This is not really feeling good it is a nightmare of the worst feelings we can imagine.
Happy sobriety does feel good, even though it may include short term discomfort or temporary boredom. The long run tendency of sobriety is toward having peace of mind,feeling good about ourselves and using our talents and opportunities wisely.This is the mature way to feel good,but we achieve it only by thinking and acting in the right ways.
Perhaps our slogan could be, If it makes you feel good now and in the future, Do it
Yet the same slogan properly understood can be useful for the recovering alcoholic. We all want to feel good but a drink means temporary pleasure followed by pain, guilt,remorse and ruin,
This is not really feeling good it is a nightmare of the worst feelings we can imagine.
Happy sobriety does feel good, even though it may include short term discomfort or temporary boredom. The long run tendency of sobriety is toward having peace of mind,feeling good about ourselves and using our talents and opportunities wisely.This is the mature way to feel good,but we achieve it only by thinking and acting in the right ways.
Perhaps our slogan could be, If it makes you feel good now and in the future, Do it
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