SHAIR 91: "Sober and Serious" with Keith Campbell, strive to be a better person every day

Keith Campbell joins us on the SHAIR Podcast today. Keith has a thriving Facebook Group called Sober and Serious with over 3,700 active members. This is a group for people who are Serious about their recovery and striving to be a better people every day! Omar: Let's talk a little bit about what your daily routine looks like and include your recovery routine. Keith: I usually wake in the morning and I do a little meditation and prayer, and then take a shower, get ready, go to work. Usually when I get home from work, then I head off to a meeting usually if I have time. After that, usually some fellowship with the people in the meeting, and life is good. Try to help people. I got some guys that I sponsor, and when they're willing, I'll meet up with them and take then through the book too. Omar: Now, you say pray and meditate in the mornings, so how do you maintain your spiritual condition your conscious contact with a higher power on a regular basis, either daily basis or weekly basis? Keith: I do a lot of praying mostly for other people, but the Serenity Prayer I use. I go to church. I thank God a lot of the times for everything in my day-to-day routine and everything he's gotten me through, and I just continue to try to grow in my faith. Those 2 things I try to do, is grow in my faith and grow as a person in my recovery. Omar: How much clean time do you have and when is your anniversary date? Keith: I've been clean since March 5th of 2015, so I have over 16 Omar: Tell us, Keith, how old you were the first time you drank or used drugs or more importantly how did they make you feel? Keith: I was pretty young, 12 or 14, when I first drank. I don't know, made me feel, I guess, happy. Omar: What was keeping you from getting clean or staying clean when you first got introduced to recovery? Keith: When I first got introduced to recovery I just wasn't following the suggestions in the program. I thought I could do it on my own. That's what kept me from staying clean before. I didn't go to meetings except for when, to get my sheet signed for court, but when I started going to these meetings for myself, that's when it all changed. I was there with an open mind to grow and learn, do whatever it takes, and if that means following these people's suggestions, then that's what I was going to do. That's helped me tremendously.