Hey everyone
How do you all handle the bulls*it thinking thats if you get it?
What i'm talking about is the little addiction voice that questions every decision i make and trys to convince me that i have made that decision for all the wrong reasons instead of me just wanting to.
Maybe an example will help okay i decide to do a favour for someone just because i care....well bugga me the old stinkin thinkin can IF I LET IT say aw you are only crawling or you fancy her or you just want some recognition or people pleaser etc etc
I can handle all the side voices in my head and with time and a bit more faith this to shall pass. I was just wondering if others have the little fuc*a in there head at times and also it is not nearly as loud as when i was drinking and then early recovery.
Silence you bstard i'm not typing this for the sympathy vote woooops thinking out loud LMAO take care Zac
Light and love Zac
Zac...our mindgames we play on ourselves...it takes time to silence those voices...I still question myself...for me its still about trusting myself...still....it's better but I still do it, still working through that issue...questioning my motives, questioning if I am doing the right thing for the right reason, questioning am I people pleasing or am I saying no for the right reason...Zac I guess what I am saying is that I identify with you...Through the years, the mind games I play on myself have gotten better...sometimes I do find that questioning myself keeps me honest...when I find that questioning myself is driving me crazy, that it is not healthy, then I let it go...But with time comes more self-trust and with that trust comes less questioning...Another thing I do is repeat the Serenity Prayer...or ask God for his will/guidance....
Love Gina
Love Gina
Hi Zac and Gina...
The stinkin thinkin...boy I too can relate as sometimes those voices get going pretty loud in my head...yesterday was one of those days when the committee was in full session...for me, I have learned to reach out to others to help quiet the voices...talking to someone and telling them what's going on in my head is such a huge relief and even though the voices want me to think I'm nuts, when I share with others, they help me realize it's not just me...
So for me, I talk and share with others, I also pray to my HP and ask to do his will, not mine and sometimes I pray more than once to try and quiet that thinking...I also find, for me, going to a meeting and sharing (even if I don't feel like talking) just lifts such a huge burden off of my shoulders....I still question my motives on doing things and my reaction to things but I do this because when I was active, I was so selfish and it was all about me, me, me and my way was the only way, so today, I ask others for their advice to make sure I'm not doing things for my ego...I am always trying to remain openminded and willing to see things in a different perspective instead of being my old selfish, closeminded, judgemental self...The serenity prayer is a huge key and I find myself reciting it all day long, sometimes over and over....
You have such an awesome spirit Zac....when all else fails, for me, I just keep saying Let go, Let God and he will answer.....
Love ya,
Stacey
The stinkin thinkin...boy I too can relate as sometimes those voices get going pretty loud in my head...yesterday was one of those days when the committee was in full session...for me, I have learned to reach out to others to help quiet the voices...talking to someone and telling them what's going on in my head is such a huge relief and even though the voices want me to think I'm nuts, when I share with others, they help me realize it's not just me...
So for me, I talk and share with others, I also pray to my HP and ask to do his will, not mine and sometimes I pray more than once to try and quiet that thinking...I also find, for me, going to a meeting and sharing (even if I don't feel like talking) just lifts such a huge burden off of my shoulders....I still question my motives on doing things and my reaction to things but I do this because when I was active, I was so selfish and it was all about me, me, me and my way was the only way, so today, I ask others for their advice to make sure I'm not doing things for my ego...I am always trying to remain openminded and willing to see things in a different perspective instead of being my old selfish, closeminded, judgemental self...The serenity prayer is a huge key and I find myself reciting it all day long, sometimes over and over....
You have such an awesome spirit Zac....when all else fails, for me, I just keep saying Let go, Let God and he will answer.....
Love ya,
Stacey
Voices in my head, there seems to be a party going in there at times there is that many voices!!!
But thanks to you Zac I now know pretty well how to deal with them!!
Ginge from Indiana tonite
But thanks to you Zac I now know pretty well how to deal with them!!
Ginge from Indiana tonite
Hey Gina, Stacey and Ginge thanks for the response, yeah its so important to trust in my intuition now when the parliament is in session in my head and i tend to laugh at some of it and hand the rest over to god and as mentioned it is also a good way of checking myself. I totally believe in my higherpower, guides and angels.
Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative and don't get caught with mr inbetween, believe it or not that was the slogan for an add on tv in my early recovery and i repeated that and the serenity prayer thousands of times.
Also now i can laugh at myself and sometimes i'm hilariously stupid with my negative head voice to the point of putting a negative spin in just because thats the thing to do.
I'm so glad that meetings, you guys and gals, life on lifes terms, god and my growing maturity as i've heard it said that when we stop drinking we are the age maturly of when we started drinking and in my head that makes some sense.
Again thankyou for your wisdom and my love and energy to you all.
Light and love Zac
Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative and don't get caught with mr inbetween, believe it or not that was the slogan for an add on tv in my early recovery and i repeated that and the serenity prayer thousands of times.
Also now i can laugh at myself and sometimes i'm hilariously stupid with my negative head voice to the point of putting a negative spin in just because thats the thing to do.
I'm so glad that meetings, you guys and gals, life on lifes terms, god and my growing maturity as i've heard it said that when we stop drinking we are the age maturly of when we started drinking and in my head that makes some sense.
Again thankyou for your wisdom and my love and energy to you all.
Light and love Zac
Wow, it's amazing I've got that same committee (parliament) in my head...lol!
I hear it said around meetings: "I've got to stay out of my head, it's a very dangerous neighborhood.." ~ love that and I can so relate!
I hear it said around meetings: "I've got to stay out of my head, it's a very dangerous neighborhood.." ~ love that and I can so relate!
