Victorious In Recovery

fo·cus

/ˈfōkəs/

: a center of activity, attraction, or attention

Transcript

[Music]

welcome

to victorious in recovery what you're

about to hear is simply one man's

journey to victory over addiction

my ups and downs and everything in

between and the solutions that i find

along the way

my purpose is this

to let you know that you're not alone in

the things that we go through trying to

recover and that there is hope of a

recovered life from addiction my name is

david victorious and i'll be your host

[Music]

welcome to victorious in recovery

it's sunday

and uh it's been a up and down and all

over the place type of week but overall

it's been pretty good

a few weeks back i

started trying to sell

the engagement ring

because i obviously don't have any use

for it anymore

and

i hadn't gotten any responses or

anything because

i mean honestly it's pretty expensive so

i didn't expect to get a lot of

responses i had some people drive in

from out of town to look at it

yesterday

and we met up at a jewelry shop and they

did their little inspection and stuff

and all of that and

they give it back to me and say okay

we're gonna think about it we'll call

you tomorrow

but in my mind

it goes back to the days that i used to

do business

and

so they cleaned the ring while we were

there and everything and i'm looking at

it i'm like man

i think they swapped the ring out on me

and so i'm like in the parking lot

freaking out and going through my

pictures going i don't know it looks

really similar but hmm maybe they're

just that good

and it's funny how your brain will do

that to you you know and i'm like

ah just breathe david just breathe

they're not who you used to be they're

not that type of people i mean just get

a grip

and i had to calm myself down you know

and my mind went

straight there

no stops

so

today

they

shoot me a message back and say they

want to buy it i'm in church and

okay i'll meet you afterwards

i told them the story because you know i

had to i had to admit i'm like

yeah sorry i had a moment yesterday and

they we all kind of laughed it off and

it was it was good after that

it's just amazing how quickly

my brain can go

from

having a nice peaceful quiet day to

they just stole my ring

and uh i don't know

you know if that ever goes away

if that's just part of the the thing or

what um i hope so i hope it does i hope

i get better at that that's just a

really

exhausting way to be

being that way with people and with

things and with places it's really

exhausting

to expect the worst and it's it's

exhausting on other people

to be honest in case you don't know it's

not just exhausting to you it's

exhausting to other people around you

i've been told that many times

and i believe it because i can see it

i can see when that starts to affect a

relationship

because of my

inability to trust

i can see it like the light dim

like there's that excitement and there's

that wonder of the beginning of a

relationship

and

then my mind starts to do what it does

best it seems like

starts to ask all these

questions and think that it's seeing all

these things in a relationship that

aren't really there and then eventually

you can see that look

and it's that look that happens when

people lose hope when

they know that there's nothing they can

do

that's going to be good enough

and it's not just in romantic

relationships this can happen

in a work relationship it can happen in

a

friendship that moment where they

realize that

you're too difficult to deal with

at least i've seen

grat·i·tude

/ˈɡradəˌt(y)o͞od/

the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

Luke 6:45A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

Bitterness, anger and resentment can act as emotional cancers, eating us up inside. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

Gratitude doesn't come naturally, it's a conscious effort. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

Its about survival.... It's about mental and spiritual stability.  That stability is what keeps me recovered. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

excuse[ verb ik-skyooz; noun ik-skyoos ]verb (used with object), ex·cused, ex·cus·ing.-to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of.-to serve as an apology or justification for; justify.-to release from an obligation or duty. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

Definition of perspective- a mental view or prospect- the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed- the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

10 October is World Mental Health DayThe overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)

I have to say the serenity prayer a lot, especially when my GAF is broke... Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVictorious)