Welcome to
Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and I’m happy to say, back to Foster’s
Faith-filled Fridays with Breanna Foster and Trench Classes United as she
continues her faith journey sober, allowing herself to feel and deal with all
that life is handing her!
When
someone gets sober and starts the recovery journey, it’s not uncommon for grief
emotions to come bubbling to the surface. (Bubbling seems a little less
dramatic than an erupting volcano so we will stick with bubbling!) J
Whether
their loss was five months ago or five years ago, whether they experienced one
loss or a number of losses over time, a person in recovery often finds
themselves facing the full depth of their painful emotions for the first time.
No
surprise, the fierce attack of the emotions can feel so overwhelming that a
person’s first instinct is to do what they have been doing for months, years,
or even decades: numb with some substance, i.e., alcohol, drugs, or even a
behavior that serves as a distraction from the pain, for example, gambling,
pornography, shopping. I’m sure you get the gist.
Being
sober is an emotional rollercoaster, a ride you can't control. And I've learned
how to allow myself to feel pain but let me tell you something: my dad passed
away December 2016 and his birthday is next week and I'm a wreck, like a real-life
emotional rollercoaster wreck.
Scary,
right!! I've masked my emotions with the façade that I'm great and life is
hunky dory, but it's not…and I'm okay with that. I'm not pretending anymore.
I've vowed to talk about my feelings, not to distance myself but to face
everything head on.
I'll find
peace in knowing my God is with me through every emotion and hard time I'm
going through in my life!
6 Don’t
worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need,
and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you
will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His
peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Riding the
roller coaster of sobriety,
Breanna
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