“I’ll do whatever you want me to do. If you want me to start going to meetings, then I will. If you want me to start reading, meditating, eating better, and exercising, then I’m cool with that as well. If you want me to lay low on the weekends and spend time with my family, well, then fine. I’m all in. Please help me to change my life because I cannot do it alone. Please help me to find health and happiness. I’m ready! I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
This is the type of attitude we need in order to get addicted to health and change our life. We have to be honest, open, and willing!
We have to be humbled in order to overcome our addictions and change. We need to have that quiet humble demeanor about us—where we remain constant in our mood. How can being humble help us to maintain a consistent mood?
We must be open and leave our hard self behind. There is no room for hardness unless you want to fall hard. Our sobriety is all dependent on how softened we can become. Who has a better chance at changing: the one who is quiet and patient? Or the one who is loud and vulgar?
There is also the importance of not getting offended when you are given hard advice or counsel. Be coachable! How can we help you to change if we can’t tell you something about yourself that you might not like? Sometimes its hard to see the truth about ourselves.
Acting argumentative, being controversial, and always being offended means more pride than humility. Loud personalities lead to poor or impulsive decisions. Striving to have a slow, humble personality leads to a constant spiritual feeling, which will help you to remain calm when adversity strikes.
Being humble is the opposite of being prideful. The prideful man doesn't think he has a problem; the humble man knows he has a problem and is willing to submit and soften his heart.
