The Importance of Personal Growth
STRIVE FOR PERSONAL GROWTH
For most, personal growth is the lifelong process of self-improvement and developing new skills, attitudes, and habits to become a better version of yourself. To me, it’s growing amongst your environment instead of against it. It’s the act of looking inward to achieve a purpose or result, in the pursuit of passion and purpose in life. It is a form of inner work that enhances mental fitness and resilience. It is the unstoppable, nourished magnification of the mind, the heart, and the soul.
Enhancing personal growth is important in all aspects of live, and it’s especially important in addiction recovery. Being able to recognize yourself and see weaknesses is a key step to fighting addiction. Recognize why you’ve become an addict. Recognize how change could improve your life. Find the strength and discipline to need it. Fight to obtain it.
Although there are many clinical treatments to help recovering addicts, little can be successful without the individual’s desire to better themselves. First, you must want help. Discover alternative ‘highs’ in life to conquer the lows. Make yourself feel purposeful. Express yourself truly and emotionally. Stay active and connect to the world around you.
Break the pattern. I’ll believe in you if you do.
A study from Oregon Trail Recovery shows that “engagement in personal growth activities explains 15% of the differences in relapse rates among individuals in recovery.”
May you find meaning in everything you encounter.
To “mean” is to have in the mind as a purpose, an intention. Something meaningful describes an entity that holds significance and intent.
The idea of meaning is objectively displayed, yet we might not agree on what is meaningful, and what is meaningless. The assignment and determination of meaning and purpose is entirely subjective.
Everything that matters to you is determined based on what you assign to carry meaning. This point might seem obvious and easy to understand, but it is difficult to fully incorporate.
Our reality is determined by 3 major things: our MIND, our BELIEFS, and our SENSES.
Addiction disrupts all three of these.
If you’re convinced that reality is an unchangeable, rigid experience, consider the perception of this reality as subjective. Everything you do, think, and value influence your perception of the world around you.
“What are you going to do now?"
"Keep growing"
"Despite everything?"
"Amongst everything.”
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