“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to let another person or event control your emotions.”

The recovery journey is not an easy path, but it can bring such happiness and inner peace that you thought hadn’t existed. The journey to sobriety is not just about changing habits. It’s more about transforming your life from the inside out and making the old habits seem useless.

Mental and emotional well-being is critical for the commitment to sobriety. Avoiding relapses can be easier for those who know from within that they have complete control over their actions, and alcohol or drugs does not. This feeling comes when you have achieved inner peace through your sobriety.

Steps to achieving inner peace through sobriety:

• Looking within oneself
  Looking within ourselves helps us find the reasons, those trigger points that made us turn to substances in the first place. If we can distinguish these, we can find a way out of it too.
  
  
  

• Self-Acceptance
  Inner peace comes from acceptance of who you are. If you keep blaming yourself for turning to substance use, you’ll never get out of that vicious circle. You have to accept the past, forgive yourself for it, and commit to the sobriety journey.
  
  
  

• Taking time with oneself
  Spending enough time with yourself will let you stay on top of your overall well-being. You will stay more focused on your sobriety and its bright sides.
  
  
  

• Mindfulness meditation
  With regular practice, mindfulness meditation helps you find your peaceful state sooner. Perform your meditations daily to find the peace within you.

Affirmation:
I have faith in myself. I can achieve back my sobriety and find my peace throughout this journey.