Alcoholic Focus

Focus is extremely important in almost all aspects of life, whatever it is that you are doing, the more focused you are, the more successful at it you will be. This is exactly the same with recovery, remaining focused is very important. I have lost my focus over the past couple of weeks. I have had a virus which has knocked me around a bit and we have also had a family holiday during this time, so my routine has been thrown out quite significantly and this has had a knock-on effect to my focus.

It has now been over 7 months since I had my last drink and for a while there, the thought of drinking had not even entered my head, however over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that thought creeping back in, ever so slightly. Not in a way that would compromise my sobriety (at least not yet) but in a frustratingly, annoying way. I have been wondering why and what may be causing this to happen. The weather is starting to warm up and the days are becoming longer, this used to always make it easy to have and enjoy a drink. My Aussie Rules Footy team, The West Coast Eagles, are doing extremely well this season and have made the Grand Final, usually a big day of partying and drinking. But these are mere challenges. This is life and life goes on in sobriety, you decide how you go about these events and how you avoid drinking during these times. My problem is not the weather, or the fact that my football team has achieved something it hasn't achieved in 9 years, my problem is my lack of focus.

I have allowed the past couple of weeks to affect my focus and my mindset. With this, allowing old ways of thinking back in. I was talking about it with my partner last night and just talking about it was helping me feel better and get focused again. Writing this blog is doing the exact same thing.

I believe writing this blog and working on this website are keys to my ongoing recovery. When I am working on these projects, my mind is focused. Focused on what blog post I am writing next, what feature I want to add to my website, what photo to upload to Instagram, Pinterest or what to update on Facebook or Twitter, you get my drift... The point is, I don't want to have the time to think about alcohol. I don't want the thought of it to even enter my mind especially at this stage of my recovery, 7 months in, so therefore I need to be extremely focused and have my goals of sobriety & entrepreneurship clear in sight.


Success built from failure,
The Alcoholic Entrepreneur

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