The Secret to Sober Living

The success rates are dismal and depressing when it comes to beating addiction. Based on most available data, very few will manage to achieve continuous, long-term sobriety. While possible, the chances are not very good. Here is how you can achieve success with sober living.

1. The zero tolerance policy

It is amazing how much this concept gets avoided and lost in the shuffle of spiritual wisdom in typical recovery circles. The concept is simple and effective: you simply make a deal with yourself that you will not relapse back to your drug of choice under any circumstances, period. Then the rest of your life is simply structured around maintaining peace, serenity, and growth in pursuit of this goal.

But what is critical is for the zero tolerance concept to come first and foremost. You simply “cannot go there.” Doing this can make a real difference in how you feel about yourself on a day to day basis.

2. Holistic path

As your recovery continues and start to accumulate more time sober, the challenge of staying clean on a day-to-day basis starts becoming a little easier, and actually finding peace, serenity, and balance in your everyday life becomes the new priority. Relapse is still a threat, and always will be of course, but now the challenge starts shifting away from simply abstinence and towards achieving something greater with your life.

A holistic approach to recovery is what drives success in this area. As you stay clean and sober, life fills up with passion and purpose again, so the need for striking a balance becomes critical as our lives become busier and busier.

3. Creative life with vision and purpose

How would you like to see what really gets an alcoholic in recovery motivated for change and has the power to take their recovery to the next level? The big payoff is not in merely abstaining from chemicals but in actually finding a new life with passion and purpose in it again. This is about finding your passion and purpose in a new life while growing as a person and possibly helping other people in a meaningful way.