The Language of Letting Go: May 6th

Feeling Good

Make yourself feel good.

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. Recovery is not only about stopping painful feelings; it is about creating a good life for ourselves.

We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good. Going to meetings, basking in the sun, exercising, taking a walk, or spending time with a friend are activities that may help us feel good. We each have our list. If we don't, we're now free to explore, experiment, and develop that list.

When we find a behavior or activity that produces a good feeling, put it on the list. Then, do it frequently.

Let's stop denying ourselves good feelings and start doing things that make us feel good.

Today, I will do one activity or behavior that I know will create a good feeling for me. If I'm uncertain about what I like, I will experiment with one behavior today. 

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

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Making myself feel good cannot not involve food, booze or cigarettes, if I want to maintain recovery! I can stop painful feelings and create a good life for myself by practicing ABSTINENCE instead of addiction.

I do not have to punish myself with excess.............I don't have to deny myself activities that help me feel good.

There are lots of activities that produce good feelings, like blogging and chatting with friends, or sharing myself with my health coach team. When I give BACK is when I get out of my own head and into the beauty of a life worth living.

For today, I will enjoy activities that create good feelings for me.  I will exercise and write; I will reach out to others & I will smile a lot.

For today, I will choose to feel good.