I have read that keeping an" optimism journal " is a positive approach in fighting the negative demon that easily slides into our mindset when we are considering having a drink. The voice that tells us we want to have a drink or have that second when we are trying to mod.
In the journal you write what you are grateful for as an aid to help the positivity going. In this case why you are grateful that you didn't have that drink or those drinks. Write down what you are proud of about your actions. What the situation was and how you handled it. Hopefully it was positive but if not write down what you are going to do next time the situation tempts you again. Write down your plans. Maybe show or tell someone close to you how you did.(if you are so lucky to have one.)
I have written a lot of post or threads on MWO as a way of motivating myself to write down how I have been doing with the battle to AF or modding. It really makes me feel as if I am talking to someone. I often just copy and paste then onto a document file on my computer. I don't always send them but I go back and read my entries regularily. My document file I call my "Optimism Journal". It seems to help reinforce why I am wanting to stop the drinking routine I am in. I don't send the entries because I realise my story is often so much like others that I read on the MWO forums .I feel it is kind of repeating the same plight over and over again. If it works for you please use this idea . I hope it will help you with your battle against the demon.
However on the positivity approach I want to thank all who have written on the forums now and in the past. I am truley grateful for all of you who have taken the time to write.
Our individual battles against alcohol and is indeed an overwhelming one. The degree to which our drinking consumes our lives may be different yet;all of us who come to the MWO forums, want to get out of the place we are at now with our drinking problem.
I am sure most would agree that our "hopefulness" does not always just appear and stay with us. It is so important to nurture this "hopefulness" The forums do this for us whether it is our own story we have written or one that we can relate to.
I don't seem to get my much of a following on the few threads I have started. If you have read any of my posting and you are interested in corrresponding through a
private message, feel free. Not sure how it works but I see it on the screen.
Anyways I am here as both Wannabe and Wannabee.
In the journal you write what you are grateful for as an aid to help the positivity going. In this case why you are grateful that you didn't have that drink or those drinks. Write down what you are proud of about your actions. What the situation was and how you handled it. Hopefully it was positive but if not write down what you are going to do next time the situation tempts you again. Write down your plans. Maybe show or tell someone close to you how you did.(if you are so lucky to have one.)
I have written a lot of post or threads on MWO as a way of motivating myself to write down how I have been doing with the battle to AF or modding. It really makes me feel as if I am talking to someone. I often just copy and paste then onto a document file on my computer. I don't always send them but I go back and read my entries regularily. My document file I call my "Optimism Journal". It seems to help reinforce why I am wanting to stop the drinking routine I am in. I don't send the entries because I realise my story is often so much like others that I read on the MWO forums .I feel it is kind of repeating the same plight over and over again. If it works for you please use this idea . I hope it will help you with your battle against the demon.
However on the positivity approach I want to thank all who have written on the forums now and in the past. I am truley grateful for all of you who have taken the time to write.
Our individual battles against alcohol and is indeed an overwhelming one. The degree to which our drinking consumes our lives may be different yet;all of us who come to the MWO forums, want to get out of the place we are at now with our drinking problem.
I am sure most would agree that our "hopefulness" does not always just appear and stay with us. It is so important to nurture this "hopefulness" The forums do this for us whether it is our own story we have written or one that we can relate to.
I don't seem to get my much of a following on the few threads I have started. If you have read any of my posting and you are interested in corrresponding through a
private message, feel free. Not sure how it works but I see it on the screen.
Anyways I am here as both Wannabe and Wannabee.
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