When applying these prompts to your life in recovery, listen to how they resonate. Look for the echo of intentional connection in your new beginnings and the habits that support you as you move toward it. Though it may feel like an all-consuming presence, fear is just a state of being.
Whether it’s a task, a role or an entirely different way of being as you begin life in recovery, new beginnings are critical to our growth. They can also be scary and feel like a difficult undertaking. You don’t just wake up one day and decide to recover. You have to choose recovery each and every day. You have to work toward it each and every day.
It fosters empathy, makes a positive impact, and improves mental health. Ultimately, it strengthens communities and promotes compassion and altruism. Call Villa Kali Ma today if you or a loved one is looking for new beginnings in sober living. Let’s share a few tips together to prepare yourself for the first steps of your new beginning. You have to rebuild yourself without knowing what the final result looks like.
When you move into one of our houses, you’re not just moving into a sober house, you’re moving into a recovery community. Harbor House Houses was founded in 2014. We are dedicated to helping individuals in early recovery rebuild their lives. Find room for the practice of accepting (and if you’re ambitious, celebrating) mediocrity in some of your skills or experiences. You do not have to be great or even good at something for it to have a worthwhile benefit in this part of your story. The use of quotes and inspirational words is nearly limitless, so apply them liberally to your life.
You don’t have to sabotage a future life in recovery over a current crisis. Mistakes, messes, and setbacks don’t mean the end of a painting, and they won’t stop you from flourishing in life either. Life is constantly building, doing, feeling, and being. Throughout our lifetimes, we may lead many lives. Each of them will ask us to start something new.
We mustn’t grow attached to or detour around the fear we feel. The bittersweet thing about beginnings is that they come from endings, and we aren’t always prepared to say goodbye. Your life will always be a complicated tapestry of the threads that end and begin anew.
There may never come a day where you don’t have to battle your mental illness. But I promise, as you get used to Harbor House it it begins to come naturally. It won’t be plain sailing; there will be good days and bad days, but the bad days always pass, ready for a brand new day.
At least at the start you have rock bottom as the solid foundation upon which to begin rebuilding your life. There is a mountain above you which you have to climb. It can be hard to plough on when you don’t know what destination awaits. No matter what is waiting for you, it will no doubt be better than rock bottom and the relapse that came before it. We all feel fear; it’s an unavoidable part of the human experience from which you may grow or learn.
Make space to honor the endings that made space for your beginnings. Adventure, experience, loss, relationships, and chance will carry you through their journeys before a new one begins. Instead of simple tips or certain help, consider the power of these five tips to create possibilities for your new beginning. Even in uncertainty for what the future holds, hope will bloom. Spend a moment absorbing these prompts and take what you need to support your next move. The beginning, believe it or not, is the easiest part.