Faith, Hope, and Love during Recovery
Recovery from any addiction can be hard, long, frustrating, and hopeless at times. However, having faith, hope and love during the recovery process can strengthen you as a recovering addict and can lift those around you as well.
Faith: Faith is essential in recovery. Believing that you can and will overcome addiction is vital. Having faith allows individuals to press forward and continue on through temptations, set backs, relapses and opposition. When you have faith and believe in yourself, not only will you empower yourself in recovery, but that positive belief will strengthen others around you. Having the support of other positive people in your life can help your recovery as well.
Hope: Having hope is also essential in recovery. Hope can translate into the desire to overcome addiction. It can fuel recovery when your resolve is waning. Hope is the light at the end of the tunnel. Staying focused on that light-no matter how small or dim it becomes-can help propel recovery in a positive forward direction.
Love: Love is crucial to overcoming addiction. Learning to love and accept oneself for who you are can allow for recovery to happen. Acceptance requires love- love for oneself and others. Many addicts want to blame their addiction on others and learning to love and accept others for who they are ignites forgives and dissolves blame. Love truly can heal and healing is a necessary part of recovery.