Learning to say no means yes!

One of the hardest things in recovery that people seem to struggle with is being able to say no! Addicts like to be in control, my way or the high way, right? When you were in your addiction, there was no anything, you said yes to all types of addictive behavior. You thought you were unstoppable, and everything you wanted to do was never about saying no! That was then my friends, this is now. Every day you say no to unhealthy behavior, and are able resist the urges and cravings is a yes! When you let the negative thoughts go, and focus on the positive you are really saying no to impulsive behavior and yes to being in control. That is a feeling that you want to validate self with. I am strong enough to say no, and feel good about that decision. Life is about choices. You have the choice to say no to destructive behavior that does not, will not, and did not let you make positive choices. When you are in your health, and staying in the moment, you are able to say no to old behavior and yes to recognizing how strong self is when struggle is present. You will always struggle in life, but it can be healthy struggle. Remember, we all struggled when we were in our addiction cycle, but we were unable to struggle in a healthy way due to not being able to say no, right? Our thoughts at that time were based on not being able to slow down, and work through our unmet needs. We said yes to anything that could fuel our addiction. At that time, there were no consequences that we were able to surmise do to our fantasy thinking that everything would be ok if we could just continue our addiction cycle. The positive of being able to say no is the yes to our new recovery. Self is stronger, learning how to balance our thoughts and behaviors with positive energy. Our higher power is the yes in our life. Having fun means saying no to our urges and cravings! Stay in your health, stay in the moment.