Dare To Be Yourself Without Drugs And Alcohol

Whether you are young or not-so-young, there is one fact which is probably true-- when you began using drugs and alcohol, you may have thought it was a great way to fit in with others who were doing the same thing. If you think about it, though, there is something that is much better than taking on a self-destructive lifestyle in order to be one of the crowd-- you can now branch out into an entirely new venture, and dare to be yourself!

If you are like most people, you are probably wondering what you can gain from such a radical move. There are a number of answers to that, and all of them are equally valid. For starters, when you are no longer bound to drugs and alcohol, you will also no longer be bound to a lifestyle which holds you back and holds you down.

If you have not yet thought of it in those terms, perhaps now is a good time to start. As many people begin to use drugs and alcohol because they do not wish to conform, consider how much conforming you have been doing as a result! If you have been going where your crowd goes, if you have been doing what your crowd does, it would seem you have lost something very important somewhere along the line.

When you dare to be yourself without drugs and alcohol, you are making a great positive statement about yourself! You are now beginning to assert that being an individual is your true priority-- and there could not possibly be anything better than that!

If you have been focusing on drugs and alcohol for a long time, you may have lost sight of who you really are. You may have been going along with the crowd for so long that you are not sure what is important to you and what you want from life. The best thing about this dilemma is that it is never too late to start, and today is the very best time to start.

When you take on the task of asserting this priority, you will find that you will no longer be in the position of having drugs, alcohol, and that lifestyle defining who you are. Although the thought may seem a bit intimidating at first, it should not be; after all, what could be better than finding that there has been a competent, intelligent, very individual person there all along? You will find what works for you and what does not; and you will find a nearly-limitless world of possibilities opening up for you each day.

You have not reached this point by accident. You can reclaim your goals, your interests, your dreams-- and you will have a much healthier life in which to enjoy it all. All you need to do now is to decide that you really do want all of those things-- and then take the challenge to dare to be who you are!