Perseverence........... Gotta Get Through This

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Emotional Management

There is no feeling without a thought. There is no feeling or thought without a corresponding physical response. We are not many. We are one.

It is a mistake for any of us to so divide ourselves into segments that we lose the sense of ourselves as holistic beings. There is no thought without a feeling. However by singling out a specific aspect of how we as people function, in this case the emotions, specific care can be given on that aspect. Feelings have the power to both take us to heaven and pitch us into hell. Feelings are perfectly capable of telling us the saving truth as well as sending us on the road to destruction. Feelings are powerful. As with all powerful things the task is to control and manage that power so it works to the person’s benefit.

Feelings must be understood for what they are and where they originate if the person experiencing them is to gain a life of sobriety, balance and serenity.... Earnie  Larsen

Now and again, C2R Colorado will post music that inspires our recovery.  Today we salute a 90s tune from across the pond written and performed by Daniel Bedingfield. Most of our biggest challenges in recovery have been working through our emotions. Maybe that's why they call it emotional sobriety.

I gotta get through this

I gotta get through this

I gotta make it, gonna make, gonna make it through

Said I'm gonna get through this

I gotta get through this

I gotta take my, gotta take my mind off you

Give me just a second and I'll be all right

Surely one more moment couldn't break my heart

Give me 'til tomorrow then I'll be okay

Just another day and then I'll hold you tight

When your love is pouring like the rain

I close my eyes and it's gone again

When will I get the chance to say I love you

I pretend that you're already mine

Then my heart ain't breaking every time

I look into your eyes

If only I could get through this

If only I could get through this

If only I could get through this

God, God gotta help me get through this

If only I could get through this

God, God gotta help me get through this

If only I could get through this

God, God gotta help me get through this

If only I could get through this....

lyrics.. daniel bedingfield