Hard Times

When in your life would say you went thru hard times and how did you get thru to the other side alive?

Man, Im still going thru hard times lol.
The only thing I do , is just try to take it one day at a time bro. I try not to worry about tomorrow, but just focus on today, because tbh, I cant change tomorrow, whats going to happen is out of my control, but what is in my control is what I'm doing today.
Dk if you believe in a higher power, but I leave my life in gods hands.

I think the hardest I been through is when I filed for disability for my back. It took a year to get approved. They make sure you are very hungry before you get it

I always try to take it one day at a time when going through hard times. Which is usually easier said than done, but I make myself small goals and work on tackling them. Even something as small as getting up and making myself breakfast. When I'm stressed, or down about something, the hardest thing for me to do is eat. Not sure why, but my appetite is always the first thing that goes. Achieving that goal of making myself breakfast (and eating) motivates me to move on to the next one and so forth until I tackle the day. The hard times are when I learn it's the little things and the small victories that help keep us going.

I listen to a lot of motivational videos on youtube. When I feel like a lazy pos, I put one on and lay in bed listening for about 15 minutes and then Im ready to get the fuck up and go!!! I dont always need a video but some days I do.
Probably the most important thing is having gratitude. I dont believe in religion at all anymore but I do believe in the power of appreciating every moment we have of being alive. Sometimes we forget how good we really have it. Even when we feel our shittiest, we can pull ourselves back up. I was damn near dead in 2008, in alcohol rehab, .4% BAC , lethal levels of alcohol so many times I forgot how many. I ended up in the hospital several times. Ambulance. ER. The whole nine yards. Nothing worked. Friends intervened. I went to AA. I went to church. I prayed my ass off day and night for god to help me to stop drinking. Nothing worked. Alcohol was destroying my life in almost every way you can think of.
11 Years later and alcohol has ZERO power over me. I kicked its ass once and for all and never looked back. Dont ever let anyone tell you that once an alcoholic always an alcoholic. That is a 100% lie. If anyone is battling with alcohol, dont be a sally, you can kick its ass and be free.

Anymore I just give thanks for the things I have not dwell on others. It is not a religious thing it is just a positive thing

shit, i went from a corporal to a private, got 90 days in jail, and lost almost all of my pay for 18 months. so i would say that was a pretty shitty period of time in my life going from a top dog back to the start and broke as all hell.

what did i do? well, i didnt feel sorry for myself for starters because in all reality i did it to myself with my temper and drinking. then i just went on a mission to get everything back and keep on trucking one day at a time. it was easy because i was single and didnt have a family to take care of but i also didnt learn my lesson. got busted a few more times after that losing rank and money for fighting while drinking. so after the last event a sgtmaj told me that if you have 1 beer or 100 and get into a fight it doesnt matter who started it or even if the other person was wrong. you will lose. so not a drink after that point and havent been in trouble busting people up since.
i am not a motivational type of person but myself personally i find that removing what causes issues out. then finding what you really enjoy doing and devote 100% of time and effort into it. that way you can be productive with something you enjoy and keep yourself away from all the negativity. keep the mind and body busy so you arent dwelling out what you did or what's eating you. that will get and keep you on the right track imho

Just keep plugging away and knowing that just like the good times. the bad end as well eventually.