{"id":1170,"date":"2025-07-12T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sober.ie\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:22:33","slug":"god-as-we-understand-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sober.ie\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/god-as-we-understand-him\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod, as we understand Him\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

To anyone suffering out there and have difficulties with the \u2018God Complex\u2019. In Cuan Mhuire they teach you that \u2018You Are Good, You Were Always Good, God Made You Good\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Religion not your thing? Why not try this on for size?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2018You Are Good, You Were Always Good, Good Orderly Direction Made You Good.<\/span><\/p>\n

orderly<\/span><\/p>\n

\/\u02c8\u0254\u02d0d\u0259li\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn to pronounce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

adjective<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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    \n<\/span>neatly<\/span> and <\/span>methodically<\/span> arranged.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>“an orderly arrangement of objects”<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I have always been a methodical person so this works for me. But if you can change one thing, be it starting journaling or even having a timetable to stick to it can help.. Personally my methodology is to do the next right thing, take the next right step. And don\u2019t forget there is help out there. Speak with your doctor and try and get a referral to the new Galway City Alcohol Service, I have tried them first hand and would highly recommend them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    I now attend AA and have found a fellowship that I finally get, if AA isn\u2019t your thing why not try out an online Smart Recovery meeting?<\/span>
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    \n<\/span>Anyways I\u2019m only in early sobriety myself and not here to preach. I\u2019m writing this to say there is hope, even if you can\u2019t see it today and that change is possible. We are all human beings at the end of the day, nobody is greater or lesser than you. Eckhart Tolle would proclaim that some of us just have bigger ego than others but we all make mistakes and it\u2019s never too late to turn your life around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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