I'm not here to tell you what you should or shouldn't do. However, I've become wildly successful after maintaining connections in the rooms. I couldn't have done what I'm doing without continuously working the steps, staying in contact with a sponsor, and socializing with young adults my age in the rooms! 90 meetings in 90 days had an extremely compounded affect on my sobriety in the beginning. It allowed me to stay connected with my peers, get outside doing stuff with positive people, encouragement to stay sober and it really had a ripple affect on my sobriety. I felt more alive, more free and wise, grateful for everything I have and cleared my head from all the chaos that went on before my 90 in 90. Speak up in meetings, be proud of your sobriety, honestly if I can do it, you can to. Act as if you are a good person and soon enough you will become one. You can't change your addiction in one day. You can change your sobriety in 30 days. Figuring out what goals I REALLY wanted, reasons for why I wanted them, and a plan of action really prepared me for building a strong network of sober friends, frequent contact with my sponsor and the willingness to turn my life over to a higher power. Growing up I was a good kid, upbeat and optimistic, using led me down hill quickly, I acted out in childish way. Everyone makes mistakes, therefore, I decided I wasn't alone and I said heck with it I'm going to give it a shot because it will be better than using. I now know my hard work has payed off and continues to pay off in numerous ways. There are countless people I've met throughout my journey who have seriously helped get me to where I am today. If it weren't for them, I don't know where I would be. Young in sobriety, is the beginning, not the end. Know deep down what it is your fighting for. You aren't the disease, you are, responsible for your sobriety. When you fall down, land on your back, if you can look up, you can get up! Never lose confidence, because it will lose you, if you have lost faith, act as you would if you were the most confident version of yourself and allow your brain to rewire itself. The more bold decisions you make, the more assertive you become, the more you'll build new habits which allow you to rewire your brain. You control the dopamine in your brain, if you want to be the happiest person ever, start faking it. At some point, you'll increase, over time, the natural dopamine level in your brain for good! At that point, it will be hard, to deplete it because you naturally built it up, so you'll feel so good, do really well, and take good care of yourself so falling back down wouldn't be an option. Buster Douglas, beat Mike Tyson, his mom told all her friends in town her son was going to knock Mike Tyson out! A couple of days before Buster Douglas fought, his mom passed away. Before she died he didn't want her telling all of her friends that he was going to beat Mike Tyson, he knew the odds were against him and it was a slim to nothing chance that he'd get through three rounds. After his mom died, he made a promise to himself, that he wouldn't let his mom down, and he was the first person to ever beat Mike Tyson! This means a lot to me, it shows character, true colors and that if you put your mind to anything you can achieve it. Never look at the odds, remember Buster Douglas, next time life smacks you in the face and find your reason to get back up and fight back and live the life you want!
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