Self Injury Recovery – Finding Your Optimum Spiritual Self in Recovery
How can we find our optimum spiritual self in recovery?
The answer to that is a process that unfolds before us over a period of years or even decades. Why is it like this? Because everything in recovery is essentially a process. Take, for example, the process of surrender when an addict or alcoholic is first coming to terms with their problem and decides to ask for help. For most people, this moment of surrender is not an event, but instead it takes years and years of fighting and struggling with addiction–desperately trying to control their drinking and drug use–before they can finally admit to their problem and take steps towards a healthier life.
Finding our best spiritual self in recovery is no different. This journey is a process just like everything else, and it can take quite a long time for us to seek out our highest spiritual self. The reason for this is mostly because we block ourselves from achieving such a state of spirituality. All of the great spiritual teachers and leaders have essentially said as much–that the answers are within us all if we just take the time to seek them out and practice some simple gratitude in the stillness and quietness of our lives.
One big problem that many recovering addicts and alcoholics have is that their minds are filled with dogma and limiting beliefs that have possibly carried over from their childhood. These might be mental blocks, such as believing that only religious people are spiritual, or that the only way to connect with a higher power is in church. Spirituality is much broader than that and goes outside the boundaries of what other people think and believe. True spirituality is derived from your own personal quest for knowledge and inner peace; it has little to do with what is in books or what a religious figure might tell you.
Another major problem that people have is that they do not give themselves enough credit for their own spiritual progress. We have hectic lives and do the best that we can in recovery, so why beat ourselves up for not meditating for 8 hours each day? Sometimes we have to take peace and serenity when we get it, and be grateful for it as it comes to us. This is the secret of gratitude and in finding your optimum inner self. Celebrate those inspiring spiritual moments and focus on them and recognize them for the gifts that they are. Do not disregard your own spiritual growth just because you are not walking on water or claiming complete peace and serenity during every waking moment. Finding our optimum spiritual self in recovery is about finding peace among the chaos that will inevitably come with your normal, everyday life.
Finding your spiritual self is a natural function of living the creative theory of recovery, as spirituality is the “glue” that holds the creative life together. Pursue the creative life in recovery and your spiritual self will naturally fall into place as you practice the spiritual principles that drive a successful recovery.
Daily Journaling for Self-Injury Recovery: A Therapists’ Guide for Clients
by: Psy. K. R. Juzwin
self injury recovery quotes…?
has anyone got any good self injury recovery quotes?
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”
– Albert Camus
i always think that one is really beautiful. click the link below for more inspirational quotes, more steered towards depression but still relevant.
Self Injury Recovery Video – What do you think?
This is my recovery from self injury. I found God, and He has helped me more than anyone will ever know. I’m looking for opinions on my story and video. Comments would be great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5qBL5aaUw
Thanks in advance everyone
i thought it was REALLY good. It was very alarming but in a way that made me aware. The only thing that i wish could have been included was the way you went about stopping it. I felt kinda helpless because I probably wouldn’t know exactly the right thing to say to someone who was doing that. I’m going to school to be a teacher right now so it’s highly possible that i may encounter many kids doing this so it would have been helpful if you would have put in there the part of the story of HOW you were saved. Just my opinion though. GOOD JOB!
What do you think of this self-injury recovery tattoo idea?
I saw an idea on here yesterday when I was checking out the site for a tattoo that involves roses and honeysuckle. The user said the idea was because they are her birth month flower and since my Birthday is in June I thought it was an awesome idea. Not to mention that those are two of my favorite flowers.
I was thinking of having the tattoo on my upper shoulder (not sure which side….any advice?). I would love the tattoo to be symbolic of my ongoing struggle and recovery from a self-injury habit. I was thinking about having white honeysuckle and an orange rose. I’ve heard orange and white are the colors that are symbolic of recovering/recovered self-injurers and it would be a more subtle reminder than an awareness ribbon tattoo.
I also may want to encorporate “Jeremiah 29:11″ and “Beautiful, Loved, Worthy” somewhere in the tattoo. Any ideas how that could work out? What about sticking my birthstones (Alexandrite/Pearl) there somehow?
Thank you for the help!
Hey that’s my tattoo idea! Haha. J/k.
I think that’s an awesome idea and I may want to do something like that. I’m also going to add in a bee because my name means “Honeybee.” I’m not quite sure how to work out the birthstones or text. Maybe someone else will have an idea.
You may want to simplify the text. Just go with Jeremiah 29:11. What if you get a dotted-line path from the bee that spells out the reference? Not sure how that would work out.
And remember to have the alexandrite on the tattoo purple, green, and reddish…not just one color. One of the characteristics is the fact that the birthstone changes color in different light and you should try to capture that in the tattoo.
Let me know what you decide and good luck with your recovery. I know you can do it.
What do i do when my boyfriend gives up on me during my recovery from self-injury?
I cut myself tonight, and he was furious. It had been a few months since my last slip up, and it’s been 7 years since this whole ordeal has begun. What do I do? I’m not sure if he’s just reacting poorly or if he really won’t be the support I need.
Does anyone have any ideas where i can find self injury recovery websites?
I’m in the recovery stage now, but I keep having relapses, I can go up to 60 days and not have one, then something stupid comes along, and that ruiens that.
Here’s a list:
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Self_Injury/Site/Transcripts/self_injury_recovery.htm
http://gabrielle.self-injury.net/
http://www.shard.r8.org/
http://www.palace.net/llama/psych/selfinjury.html
http://www.lifesigns.org.uk/
Good luck. You can recover! (Or help your loved one to.)
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