Saturday I had a booth at the open house at Spero Wellness in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. https://www.sperowellness.com/ Dr. Kristie Gehring and her staff offer a high degree of health care. Due to my physical condition, I was not satisfied with the results of general health care. My wife and I have been seeing Dr. Kristie and her staff for several years. I want to thank Spero Wellness for inviting me to be part of their open house. Below is a picture of me at the event. When I do events like this I value the conversations I have with people about mental health, addiction, and trauma. Selling my book becomes secondary to my desire to reduce stigma and share stories so that healing can begin or continue.
My book, blog, and facilitating a support group are ways of growing our identities and reaping the implications of our effort to recover. If someone said to you, “Who do people say you are”?
You may reply, “A Father or Mother, Son or Daughter, Doctor, Clergy, Alcoholic, etc. We may include, “a person in Recovery”. It is a beautiful testimony. When we began our Recovery we may have said, “Where can I go to get support”? We come from various backgrounds and experiences. Our Recovery plan will look different as a result of finding what works best for us. I commend each one of you for taking bold steps to heal and to help others heal.
The implications of healing can initially be something we do not want to hear. There is suffering and people can reject us due to our desire to rock the boat and heal. Our path is through suffering in order to rise to new life. Healing means eliminating those habits that consume our lives, feed our ego, and infuse our pride which are masks of our hurt. It is like a courtroom prosecutor, it can also be the voice inside of us defending our ego self against letting sadness, anxiety, addiction, and trauma enter our reality so that we may heal.
We need to lose our life, the ego-driven resistance, to one of learning to love ourselves and the people we interact with. We are called to find our identity by creating and following our Recovery plan. I am sharing my plan with you:
SuperHuman Being
Peace
Larry
email: ljw@superhumanbeing.net
website: https://superhumanbeing.net/
Larry’s Recovery Plan
- To continue to manage his symptoms, and continue journaling (tracking symptoms, scaling of symptoms, reflection) and attending support groups.
- To continue his relationship with GOD, and incorporate into his recovery.
- To be balanced in the following areas of his life: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual.
- To continue engaging in pleasurable activities that also support mood and emotion regulation.
- To continue the practice of Dialectable Behavioral Therapy skills, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, and Mindfulness.
- To continue self-compassion, and self-kindness.
- Continue ongoing individual therapy as maintenance, and continue activities that enhance his quality of life.
