Tag: spirituality
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Selfish and Self-Centered
So I’ve heard once or twice that I’m selfish and self-centered in the extreme. And this was a big shame trigger for me at the beginning. I already felt terrible about myself. Hearing this made me think about myself even more. But I’ve learned over the years that this doesn’t need to be interpreted as…
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A Spiritual Awakening
I hear that this is key to my recovery, but what is a spiritual awakening and why is it so important? For me, awakening means becoming aware of something. I’m waking up, or becoming conscious. What do I need to become aware of? At first it was that I was an alcoholic. But that was…
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Forgiveness
Oh boy is this a tricky topic. And sometimes I question whether I know how to forgive or not, but I have some experience with the subject. When I got sober, I was convinced that my parents and childhood were to blame for my alcoholism and subsequent circumstances. If they hadn’t screwed me up I…
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Acceptance
The dirty 10 letter word I used to dread. It’s supposedly the answer to my problems, but how and why? There are many definitions of acceptance, but my favorite is the “willingness to tolerate a difficult or unpleasant situation”. And tolerate means to “allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not…
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What does it mean to be spiritual?
I am one of those that confused religion and spirituality. And once I learned the difference, I still thought there was a religious component to spirituality. Religion is a set of rules that a group is to follow or receive consequences. Similar to the law, it’s one sided and doesn’t leave much room for interpretation.…
Sober Tiffany 