As a human being living in today’s world, you have likely experienced body image issues before. Unfortunately, society has minimized the value of feeling good in our bodies as second only to “looking good.” We’re comparing ourselves to others all day long, through real world interactions as well as the fake filters technology floods us with.
If you’re having body image issues, I highly recommend adding some sort of movement into your daily routine. By learning to move in our bodies, we learn to feel them and ultimately connect with them better. I always try to focus on – our body is our temple. We must love and nurture it and it will love and nurture us back. Let’s look at why yoga is such a wonderful movement practice to help you resolve body image issues and feel more confident and sexier in your skin.
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Many people describe feelings of depression around the time when their drinking habits became unhealthy. Others share that they’ve used alcohol to help relieve depression, but it actually made it worse. There’s a cycle at play here: depression is a common driver of unhealthy drinking habits, and alcohol often intensifies depression.
Research indicates that depending on the severity of one’s alcohol use, people with alcohol use disorder are up to four times as likely to have experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, compared with people who do not have an alcohol use disorder.
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Am I an alcoholic? Have you ever asked yourself that question? If so, you're definitely not alone. Not everyone has to hit a rock bottom before they stop drinking. In todays society they glamorize alcohol. They make it look sexy and cool, but in reality all we are doing is putting poison in our bodies. There is nothing sexy about having chronic hangovers, being dehydrated all the time, lack of sleep, and stripped of our joy. I used to drink to decompress from my day. To relieve my anxiety. But all I was actually doing is making my anxiety worse, as well as my depression.
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Can you look in the mirror at yourself and say…
I Love You!
I Love You!
And mean it?
I fucking love you!
Have you ever tried it?
If so… What did it feel like?
Have you ever tried it?
If so… What did it feel like?
Did it feel weird?
Did it feel authentic?
If not, what felt off about it?
Did you feel embarrassed?
Did you lack confidence?
Did it not feel authentic?
Instead of saying to yourself…
I won't stay sober.
Instead of saying to yourself…
I won't stay sober.
I need to lose 20 pounds.
I wish I was prettier.
Nobody cares about me.
Nobody cares about me.
I'm not lovable.
I'll never be successful.
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Are you one of these people that’s always showing up and doing things for everyone else, but not taking care of yourself?
Trust me… You’re not alone. It’s easy to get caught up in the daily rat race of life and serving others that we forgot about our own self care.
This is not safe to do in early sobriety. When we are just getting sober we have to make our sobriety number one. This can't be treated like a part time job.
I spent so many years always worrying about everyone else that everything in my life started to suffer. The first time I tried to get sober I did the same thing.
It got to a point I didn’t have anything left to give. The tank was empty!
Actually, I did this multiple times. I didn't make my recovery number one - so it caused me to relapse. I'm not saying everyone will relapse, but there's a good chance you will.
Sobriety is full time. We are unpacking and peeling back years of trauma, bad behavior, poor choices, etc. that it takes everything we have to stay present and on track. Even with a strong community, it's still our own responsibly to create our healthy boundaries. Healthy boundaries lead to treating ourselves with compassion.
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