Pain is oftentimes the gateway to something better. Let the pain push you around and knock you down as many times as it takes until you can feel it again. Then feel the pain with all that you are. Let it overcome you and wash into your very core until it seems unbearable. Remember pain is what reminds us we are still alive, that we still have a chance to change, to overcome, and to conquer.

With that knowledge and understanding in mind, ask the pain to help strengthen you. Allow the pain of being at the bottom, with no further place to fall, to be the same pain that motivates you to begin your climb to the top and to overcome. You have the ability to end the pain, but only if you embrace the strength that comes with it. Find the strength that helps you to carry on, and helps you to fight your way out of darkness by guiding you toward a source of hope.

Pain tells us to slow down because we are wounded, or because we need help. Pain is an indication we must attend to ourselves and, if we are not able, we must allow others to attend to us. Allowing others to sooth our pain and comfort us when we are vulnerable is difficult and frightening. It forces us to admit we need help. But, we are not often specialists in our own pain and we must turn to those who are; those who have been there before and those who understand.

Pain gives us a means to succeed. It forces us to find a way to make it stop rather than remain trapped at the bottom, confined to its grasp. Acknowledge that the pain can show you the way out of hopelessness if you consider it your ally. Know that it can guide you to a successful recovery, to a fulfilling life, and help you find the way back home. After acknowledging its presence and succumbing to its benefits, it will slowly dissipate day by day until you realize it is gone. And in its place is love. Love for yourself, love for your accomplishments, and love for those who continued to love you despite their own pain. And in this place of love, take a moment to be still while you acknowledge and appreciate the pain for showing you the way to strength.

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Current mistakes are not exempt from our self-condemnation.  Failing to apply spiritual principles in all of our affairs on a daily basis may generate an opening for excessive critical self-examination. For people struggling with addictive behaviors, it seems that lessons are best learned through painful experiences. The easier, softer way just doesn’t seem to have a lasting impact like practical understanding after overcoming a hardship.  Consider viewing a blunder with a different perspective, as an opportunity to learn and grow.

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We do hammer ourselves for numerous reasons, but once in recovery the justification most frequently shared is that we believe we are not progressing as quickly as we think we should.  Mentally obsessing about not yet achieving our desired results, rather than being grateful for how far we’ve already come, creates negative emotions and energy that rob us of the current moment.  We know exactly the appropriate amount of information right now.  We are the correct weight, height, age, maturity and status in this very second.   We are evolving precisely as we should.

Put down the bat and pick up the feather.  We must learn to be kind to ourselves. We deserve as much love and consideration as we offer the next person.  A strong foundation in recovery enables us to forgive ourselves, as well as others.  Tools in our recovery tool-belt allow us to take action towards our personal goals, rather than wishing we had already achieved them.  Initially, it is suggested to surrender and accept that we have an addiction.  Moreover, the ultimate surrender and acceptance is trusting that everything is exactly as it is supposed to be in each moment.

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Did you know?
It’s about the journey, not the destination.  We waste precious energy placing unnecessary pressure on ourselves while striving to reach a certain goal.  While doing this, we may miss several blessings along the way.  For example, on a drive to the beach, while the final destination is to swim in the vastness of the ocean, we may not notice the beauty in our surroundings all along the route.

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