Sometimes, when you’re trying to quit drinking, the voice in your head can get really loud. So I send out free one minute audio messages of encouragement (and ass-kicking) to anyone who wants them. This is a transcript of One Minute Message #015.
You’re listening to this audio*
because you’d like to be sober
and you’d like support to do it.
I have good feelings about you, and about this.
There’s lots of people who have drinking issues
who don’t do anything about it—
who don’t try anything.
They get locked in their head with wolfie
and they think that what they hear in their head is true.
They get stuck.
We can’t exaggerate the downside of the drinking elevator.
It goes right to the bottom.
When you have an opportunity to step off early,
you do that.
When you have an opportunity to have some support
and some tools
you do that.
The reason I feel optimistic about you
is because you’re listening to this.
There are many, many people
who don’t even know that there’s help available;
who are stuck.
And that’s not you.
You’re here, you’re trying, you’re adding to your sober toolbox
you’re getting momentum, and you’re reaching out.
That gives me a good feeling about you.
*listen to the free one minute messages (there are 200+), including this episode #15, here.
This is one of my absolute favorite OMMs, to which I have listened MANY times. I love the optimism, the positive feedback, and the hopefulness that is conveyed about our efforts to change and get help. I hear this: “You are here, in Changeland, which is a really great place to be. And guess what – just by virtue of choosing to be here, you are already on your way to real change. You can do this, after all you are here already and that’s not an insignificant thing. I feel good about you and you should too.”