Clean Slate Coaching

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When drinking, I was looking at the world through different glasses. I thought of myself as “the glass half full, just grateful to have a glass” positive person, though alcohol darkened how I saw the world and myself. I would sometime put on glasses of judgment, condemnation, and isolation. Alcohol was not aligned with my God-given values. I found my beliefs are the lenses through which I saw the world. What we believe determines our focus and, in turn, our actions. You see things as you believe they are—not so much as things really are, but rather as you are. Have hope that on this journey to become alcohol-free, you will put on the glasses of TRUTH instead of judgment, GRACE instead of condemnation, and STRENGTH & CONFIDENCE instead of isolation. I believe you have great and precious worth to the world. I am sending hope and encouragement for today. ~Suzanne 🫶🌵🌞

Today is a new day; if no one has told you yet, today you are seen, heard, and loved. I am so grateful we are on this journey together. Here now, breathe, now take the next step. You've got this. I am cheering for you. 🫶🌵🌞

What's here now? It's a question of presence. A question that I avoided and was frightened to be alone with when I was drinking. It's a present question of how to be in this moment. You see, when I first started asking this question, what I realized was that I was either rehashing the past or I was rehearsing the future. Rehashing is just trying to change something that has already happened, and rehearsing is trying to control something that hasn't—yet happened. And rehashing and rehearsing when I started asking this question was this is how I spent most of my life. And the reality is that the past is a great place to learn from, but it is a terrible place to live. And the future is a great place to hope for, but it is impossible to live in. The present is the only place where I have strength and peace of mind—sending you the gift of peace in your present and hope for your future. oxox

I traded the eating disorder for wine at 40; I thought alcohol would wash away all my loneliness, shame, and regret. My red wine became my new scarlet letter.
I remember when it all shifted from an occasional take it or leave it with alcohol to consuming my thoughts and putting Band-Aids on my bullet wounds of loneliness or emptiness. I attended church on Sunday morning and would sing worship songs with the guilt of having too many glasses of wine on a Saturday night. Going to church was mixed with a sense of comfort and guilt. I entered with my suitcase of sins and disappointments in myself. Now that I am alcohol-free, I have found more peace in facing my shame and letting healing light shine into my authentic brokenness than I ever did in my false or pretend wholeness. I wish the same for YOU!