Paul Sober Harris

Read that again...

I can relate to this...for years and years I remember thinking...what is all the fuss about?... it's only drink...not as if I'm a smack head or anything...I mean that's serious s**t that is...

Then slowly but surely it starts to dawn on you..that your drinking for any reason at all, to socialise, to have fun, any excuse really...

But like me...the last 5 years of my drinking I wasn't drinking to have fun...I was drinking to function, sleep, talk, eat, get out of bed....not die!!...but all the while it was slowly killing me...

That's the grip of addiction..especially alcohol in my view...because it's socially accepted...a fun drug...it welcomes you in like a great friend...then dumps you in the gutter with no remorse at all...leaving you to fend for yourself....

Sneaky, deceiving, unexpected, and I think this is why many don't speak up....because of feeling ashamed or embarrassed of being caught out by this drug....

No shame at all...it can happen to anyone...and it does....please TALK about it..it really does help...spot the signs...

Be strong...be brave...

Much love ❤

Nothing better....

Agree?

Morning you lovely lot...

When I have lots of s**t going on ... Have I thought about drinking?....oh yes....

Will I drink....NO!

Because I know just how much worse I would feel, certainly mentally...if there's any blessing about being an alcoholic like me...when the s**t hits the fan...you are very grateful to be sober...and to stay sober...

Drinking in that state of mind right now...scares me...because I've been there before whilst drinking... things get darker and darker...to a point....well, who knows...

So take it from me... drinking when life is throwing s**t at you...is like pouring petrol over a fire....it will make it soooo much unbearable...

I am so grateful to be sober today....

Stay strong...be brave...speak up....

Much love ❤️

And you can.....

Believe that.....

Dm me READY for change...

Whichever way you're handling your recovery, do it your way...if it makes you feel comfortable, do it that way.. Don't feel pressured into doing it any other way...if it works for you... just keep going...

Whichever way you're doing it... Nobody can underestimate the strength of a recovering addict...it takes so much determination and grit and self-belief...there's not a magic pill that just makes you better...

It's a new way of life, a new way of thinking..but the biggest message I give out is to keep talking, keep speaking up, but do it in an environment, in a way that's comfortable for you...but talking is like a magic pill...once you've done it...you will feel better...

It's a long, winding, uncomfortable, unpredictable road is the road to recovery... but the road does not go on forever...

It worked for me....and it still does now....

Keep talking...keep going..

DM me anytime

Much love ❤

I get it....

That's why I do what i do....

Dm me READY for change

So true!!!!

It's just a trick....

Be strong...

Enjoy your day ...

Be strong...be brave. .

Much love ❤️

I often get asked what keeps me from drinking....this saying really... yeah I use the fast forward method as to what state and mess and repercussions I'll get myself in....but ultimately this is a huge possibility....and I always have this in mind for when that drink devil comes trying to tempt me...

Maybe not straight away after one drink... Maybe in six months?...a year?..4 years?....10 years?......

All I know is if I were to drink again....it would go on and on... maybe I'd stop?....maybe I'd die?..

That's the addictive mind taking over...making you lose control...but for how long can it last....some last for years....some may only last days..

That's why my decision was total abstinence....I never want to dance with the devil again...and when I look in the mirror...that's what I say to myself...if I drink I die....why take the chance...especially now when my life and health are just where I want them to be...

If I'm going to die....I'm not letting it be through something I could have avoided..

When those craving hits... think this....

Be strong....be brave... keep going..

Much love ❤

Fact.....

Speak up...spot the signs....coming back from rock bottom is so much harder....

Be strong...be brave....

Much love ❤️