Do you know just how far you’ve come in your journey to recovery? Have you given it enough reflection? Do you realize the immense challenge that you have to face day after day in order to be where you are now? Do you fully understand how powerful and capable you are?
Owning your recovery journey is a separate practice that will allow you to clear your mind and stay true to your goal of living a life free from addiction. Utilizing your recovery journey for growth will ever inspire you and allow you to reach more milestones and live a completely new life.
But why is it inspiring and pivotal for growth? What is so special about being fully aware of your recovery journey?
Being fully intimate and aware of your recovery journey as it happens is inspiring, as it will never fail to show how able, capable, and powerful you are. A full awareness of your journey is inspiring as it will allow you to see all the past struggles that you’ve conquered. It will put you in a place of relief, hope, love, and aspiration. Knowing how you were able to conquer your trials will give you the confidence that you need to keep on making good decisions and doing the right things. As you reflect more and more, being fully aware of your recovery journey will also allow you to know your true purpose.
To begin utilizing your recovery journey for inspiration and growth, you can start practicing the following:
1. Writing A Journal Or A Memoir
Writing things down will allow you the safe and serene space to lovingly recall everything that happened. It will allow you to see things as they happened and understand the life you have now in a better light. Do this by following these steps:
1. Decide on a regular time for writing.
2. Write about the following: your experiences, significant events, insights, and feelings.
3. Should you want to, you could share your writings with others through the following: social media, blog sites, or a published memoir.
As you write, you will be able to process your experiences and feelings. You will feel ever inspired by the strong and brave soul that you are. You will also be able to inspire others.
2. Participate In Support Groups
You could do these by speaking about your experiences during recovery meetings. Through it, you will be able to hear yourself as you narrate everything that you went through. You will be able to understand yourself better in a safe space free from any form of share. You could do the following:
1. Volunteer to be a speaker to share your story on local or online support group meetings.
2. Take time to prepare for your talk. Focus on how your journey was and the lessons that you learned.
3. Be intentional in engaging with your audience. Make it a point to offer support. Instill hope in their mindset.
Speaking about your story will reinforce the immensity of the adversities that you’ve overcome. You will be inspired anew as you inspire others.
3. Create Art
Art is a form for us to express ourselves, be it through music, painting, or dance. Allow art to give rise to everything that you need to express about your recovery journey. Allow it to pull all the genius and insights out of you in order to ever be inspired and ever be an inspiration to others. You can do the following:
1. Channel your feelings, insights, and experiences by pouring over creative outlets. You can craft, paint, or write music.
2. Share your work of art via social media, by performing, or having an exhibition.
3. Raise awareness about recovery through your art. Through it, others will be inspired as well.
Apart from renewing your zeal for a life free from addiction, creating art will also give you a therapeutic outlet. It will also serve as a potent medium to share your journey.
4. Write For Recovery Publications
Writing about your journey and making it available to others will be easier if you are published in recovery publications.
Recovery publications have a wider reach and will allow for your intended audience to be directly targeted. Do it by:
1. Do research on websites, newsletters, or published magazines that zone in on recovery.
2. Reach out to each and pitch your story, zoning in on your personal story.
By doing this, you will be able to reach more people, and those who need inspiration through you will find you easier.
5. Recovery Podcast
You are not limited to writing; you can also talk about your experiences through a podcast. A podcast is ideal because you will be able to give yourself a dedicated time and space to reflect on your recovery journey. You’d also be able to invite other people to join you, and numerous people would be able to hear you. Do it by:
1. Intentionally plan your podcast format. Organize the episodes that you’ll have and the topics that you will be discussing. Focus on your recovery journey. You can also interview others.
2. Record each episode and edit accordingly. Ensure that the quality is good.
3. Have your podcast published on popular platforms. Promote it to people in your local community and online support communities.
Having a podcast will allow people to easily access your story. It will also make it easier for people to connect with you.
You have come a long way, and it’s time to pat yourself on the back. Do this by reflecting on your triumphs and successes and endeavor to make it known to others, that they can experience such triumphs and successes as well.
Reference:
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction