Sober Motivation: Sharing Sobriety Stories - What got you sober may not keep you sober - Solo episode on motivation in sobriety

Episode Date: February 22, 2023

Welcome to this short and sweet solo episode with me Brad. I had a few thoughts I wanted to share so what better place than here on the podcast. If I asked you what was your motivation for getting sober how long would it take before you said yourself? The whole idea of this episode is my thoughts on: What got you sober may not keep you sober. Consequences seem to fade such as impaired driving, hangovers, strained relationships, arrests, physical health  or embarrassing moments. The sting from these consequences can fad over time and that is why I think it is important to always be reevaluating our motivation and our WHY to committing to staying sober.  So many times you will talk with someone and they are on the top of their sober life game and next week they are back at it again and when you ask what happened the answer is I don’t know.  What happens during these tough times that causes us to abandon ship and return to what we feel will help us out?   So the question becomes what brought you into sobriety and is it enough to keep you going on the journey? When the consequences of some actions dry up what will keep us going? I think a big answer to all of this is we have to develop a love for ourselves. Of course we can being our journey for external reasons but time and time again those tend to fade away. I know easier said than done trust me I know because when I started on this journey I did not feel worthy of a sober life or worthy of love from others or love for myself but I was tired of the pain addiction was causing in my life. The short answer is I was disappointed in what I had become and couldn’t look in the mirror at the shell of a person I was.  We can change people, places and things and those are all a must but Where ever you go there you are. Right? At some point to internal work has to start and that work may never end I know it has not for me. I lived to escape myself and escaped myself to live. Also motivation alone may not keep us sober but maybe it can be a tool we can utilize to support the process? Throughout addiction many of us lose hope, hope in ourselves and hope in life being any different but the truth is there is hope in sobriety but it may not be immediate it is something I believe our actions will produce. Working on doing the next right thing time and time again.   What keeps me going is I know exactly what my past way of living does to me and I don’t intend to play with fire today.  I also love nothing more than being present in life and being a work in progress.  Nothing truly feels better than waking up knowing I have a chance to make a difference today. Nothing feels better than to wake up with hope because I lived to long without that.   So the big question remains what motivates you to stay sober and has it changed from what motivation you to get sober? And if is has not there is nothing wrong with that maybe you added some new things to the list. This is something I take a look at everyday because we can’t stay clean on yesterdays shower. Send me a message over on instagram @sobermotivation and let me know what your motivation is or send me over an e-mail [e-mail] Hope to hear from you soon

Welcome back to season two of the Subur Motivation Podcast. Join me, Brad, each week is my guests and I share incredible and powerful sobriety stories. We are here to show sobriety as possible, one story at a time. Let's go. Welcome to this short and sweet solo episode with me, Brad. I had a few things I wanted to share, so what better place than to do it here on the podcast. I hope everybody's having a beautiful day. Thank you so much for all the support with the podcast.

were well over 100,000 downloads in a couple of months. So let's keep it rocking. If I asked you, what was your motivation for getting sober? How long would it take before you said yourself? The whole idea of this episode is my thoughts on this. What got you sober may not keep you sober. Consequences seem to fade, such as impaired driving, hangovers, strain relationships, arrest, physical health,

or embarrassing moments. The sting from those consequences can fade over time. And that is why I think it is important to always be re-evaluating our motivation and our why to committing to living a sober life. So many times you will talk to someone and they are on the top of their sober life game. And the next week they're back at it again. And when you ask them what happened, the answer is usually, I don't know. What happens during these tough times that causes us to abandon ship

and return to what we feel will help us out? That's just a question. So the big question becomes, what brought you into sobriety? Is it enough to keep you going on the journey? when the consequences of some actions dry up, what will keep us going? And I think the bigger answer to all of this

is we have to develop a love for ourselves. Of course, we can begin our journey for external reasons. But time and time again, those tend to fade as well. The sting, the pain, seems to fade away with time. I know this is much easier said than done, trust me. I know because when I started on this journey,

I didn't feel worthy of a sober life or worthy of love from others or love for myself, but I was tired of the pain addiction was causing in my life. The short answer is I was disappointed in what I had become and couldn't look in the mirror at the shell of the person I was. We can change people, places, and things. And those are all a must. But I love this quote.

Wherever you go, there you are. Right? At some point, the internal work has to start. And for me personally, that work has never ended since I started. A little bit of my story there. I live to escape myself, and I escaped myself to live. That's my addiction in one life. Also, motivation alone may not keep us sober, but maybe it can be a tool we can utilize to support the process.

Throughout addiction, many of us lose hope, hope in ourselves, and hope in life being any different. But the truth is, there is so much hope in sobriety. But it may not be immediate. It is something I believe our actions will produce. Working on doing the next right thing, time and time again, again, we'll start to see and feel some hope. What keeps me going is I know exactly what my past way of living does to me and those around me, and I don't intend to play with fire today.

I also love nothing more than being present in life and being a work in progress. Nothing truly feels better than waking up knowing I have a chance to make a difference today. not only in my life, but those around me. Nothing feels better than to wake up with hope because I lived too long without it. So the big question remains, what motivates you to stay sober? And has it changed from what motivated you to get sober? And if not, there's nothing wrong with that, but maybe you've added some new things to the list.

This is something I take a look at every day because we can't stay clean on yesterday's shower. I hope you enjoyed this short episode, under five minutes. And I would love for you to send me a message over on Instagram at Sober Motivation. And let me know what's motivating you. Is there anything motivating you? Has your motivation changed over time? Or send me an email, Brad at Brad T as in Train, mcleod.com

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