Remember to Focus on the Positive Things

Courage To Change — March 29, 2019

I’ve had a bad few days. In fact, it’s been a couple of weeks at this point. All I could see was the pain, deadlines, stress. I could not see past how hard done by I was. I have five amazing kids and they’ve seen the worst possible version of my these last few weeks. I’ve become the monster I tried to tame. I forgot to remember to focus on the positive things in my life. Aside from a moment here or there when one or the other of them was particularly cute or adorable, I have been bound and down, living in a self-made hell of my own design.

Quick and Simple Disclaimer: The readings in this post are literally taken wholesale out of the book entitled Courage to Change. You can find it at Amazon, Here. The portion entitled Alleged Insight, well that mess is all me.

If you’re an introvert, go buy the book, if you’re a broke introvert, the text from many good books can be found HERE, if you’re in dire straits however, go find an Al-Anon Meeting, it saved me.

So onward to Today’s Reading

It’s time I started being nicer to myself. The voices in my head that tell me I’m not good enough do not speak the truth; they merely reflect the damaged self-esteem that results from living with alcoholism. When I…