Recently, as part of a webinar series, I was ask to make a dream board.  A dream board is just a visual representation of things I want to accomplish. It could be as simple or extensive as someone wants it to be. I threw a few pictures up on a word document and I was there. I used to have a white board with life goals on them like become organized, have more quality family time, and travel. Until I created a visual display of these things then they were just words. Now they are guiding objects to work towards.

So how does this help us in recovery. When we start down the path of recovery it could be for someone else. I started to make my wife happy but in the end it did not stick because I was not doing it for myself. She was my primary focus on my board and nothing else. It is important to have others for an inspiration. They become one of the things on our dream board but they are not the primary reason for recovery. They help us work toward our sobriety. A dream board would be words and images to inspire us to go the distance.

We need to know our destination and daily reminders of what we are working toward. If we don’t have those things then we are just working to work. We also need daily reminders what we are working toward. I’m sure you can simplify all of this and just say it is goal setting. However I have set so many goals in my life and did nothing about them so for me the word GOALs is link the word DIET. I’m not going to do it. Yet the dream board helps me see what I am working for.

Spencer