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How to Stop Pain from Consuming Your Life
Finding Hope Family Support Groups
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Finding Hope Team
How to Stop Pain from Consuming Your Life
The more our pain consumes us, the more it will control us.
Can you relate? I know I can. Many of us loving an addict can.
Pain is real. Hurt is real. Fear is real. Anger is real. And when we allow these emotions to consume us, then they will start to control us. They will control our reactions to others. They will control how we feel about ourselves. They will control how we see the world. Ultimately, they will cause us to give up our HOPE.
When we are in pain, we begin to think that we will never get out of this cycle and that we will be stuck in pain forever. I remember thinking, Will I ever be happy again? I didn’t think it was ever possible. As pain and suffering consumed me, that is all I could think about. I truly believed that this was what the rest of my life would be like.
But I am here to tell you that I am now happy. I found peace because I no longer let pain consume me. But I am not immune to pain, and you are not either. That is why we must learn how to work through pain in a healthy way.
Here are some helpful tips to get us through pain so that it does not control us:
- Recognize that you are in pain. By acknowledging that our pain is real, we can begin to heal.
- Give the pain to God for Him to carry.
- Pray the Serenity Prayer and make a list of things that are in your control and things that are not in your control.
- Find a healthy way to release the pain. Go for a walk, listen to worship music, journal, read God’s word, call another Finding Hope member, or attend a Finding Hope meeting. Find what works for you.
The pain will not go away overnight, but we can find peace and hope again. Don’t let pain control you anymore; take that first step towards healing.
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.” 1 Peter 5:10
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