5 Principles of Reiki

Just for today, I will not worry

Just for today, I will not be angry

Just for today, I will do my work honestly

Just for today, I will be kind to all living things

Just for today, I will be grateful for my many blessings

Living Alcohol Free

Living alcohol free takes work. It takes support and a shift in thinking, a realization that life is still going to be the same. The only change is me.

Life goes on.

The Moodiness of Life?

Is it me who is moody? Or life?

I’m discovering how each day can be vastly different. Some days are great. Some days are boring, Some days are shit. Some days I am irritable. Some days are peaceful. Some days are a mixture of everything…

Every Day is Different

This is the constant – that every day is different. What is difficult to see past is, just because I’m feeling bored with life this day – doesn’t mean my entire life is now boring. Just because I’m feeling great – doesn’t mean every day is going to be like this.

Feeling Great Is Not a Given Just Because I’m Changing

I’m not going to be “Joyful Stephanie”, 24/7. A pollyanna existence is possible – but not always easy. With change, comes the leaning into, and “being” with the uncomfortable days, the crappy moments. The boring moments.

Relating an Absence of Alcohol to the Mundaneness of Life

At this point on my alcohol free journey, past the feeling great because I’m no longer drinking “pink cloud”, is the relating drinking wine to what makes life more fun. Work hard, play hard, was my motto. Without the playing hard part – now replaced with a more relaxed, calm part – life feels not as rewarding without the party hard part.

New Chapter in Life

As I enter this new chapter in life, I know that I will eventually settle into this more relaxed, calm way of life. My life is far from boring. It is the acceptance that life is a lot of work, small successes, to gain the rewards of a happier, more personally rewarding existence.

Just for today, I will continue to work honestly at an alcohol free life.

S, 💛

Blogs About My Struggles With Alcohol

• Mystic Order – Reiki Level IIIA – 21 Day Cleanse – A Miracle Has Happened
• Spiritual Discipline – My Alcohol Addiction – My Story Now
• Personal Development – Cutting the Ties That Bind – Saying Goodbye to Alcohol
• Is Too Much a Choice or Addiction?
• Personal Development – A Wild Woman’s Journey With Drinking and Hedonism While Walking the Spiritual Path
• Personal Development – A Wild Woman’s Slow Transformation Towards Her Best Self
• OYNB – One Year No Beer – This Wild Woman’s Successful Journey of the 28 Day Challenge and Beyond!
• Personal Development – A Wild Woman Walking the Spiritual Path – A Wild Woman Redefined? Absolutely!
• Personal Development – Living Alcohol Free – Musings During Day 78
• Just For Today – I Will Do My Work Honestly
• Just For Today – I Will Do My Work Honestly
• Personal Development – Living An Alcohol Free Life – Year One
• Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – EMDR and Inner Resources
• Another Layer