Sobriety (or not) in reading

[vulprix]

Happy upcoming New Year, TT&M family! 🥰

 

I am currently on pain medication for some major medical events that have transpired in my life recently, but today I had a fulfilling reading experience.  However, reading while not-quite-sober is a jarring experience for me.  I am someone who loves to feel in control, so though I am pretty lucid today, the fact that I am dizzy and experiencing some side effects of the medicine has my mind racing a bit when I am reading.

 

How do you manage the responsibility of a reading alongside being sober, or not-sober?  I am just curious to hear about others' experiences and thoughts on this topic.  No judgment whatsoever here, just coming at things from my own perspective 🙂

 

Happy reading

[Decan]

Absolutely, sober, like the Pythia in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi 🙂

I’m not sure but she just was drinking a glass of pure water and sat?
It’s to check though because I don’t exclude that she didn’t inhale some vapours..., in the days of antiquity we don’t really know, lol

Edited December 31, 2020 by Decan

[katrinka]

My reading rules are the same as my regular rules. Sober is fine, buzzed is fine, wasted is not. 

[TheLoracular]

It is because of my fibromyalgia and the medications I have to take for its symptoms (and the medications cause their own symptoms) that I can't operate as a tarot reader for clients or most random querents any more.  I can't predict even an hour ahead of time how I'll be feeling.   This limits a whole lot more than just tarot.  Like.. everything. 

But I did some smashingly good readings while buzzed back when I drank recreationally in my 20s and 30s.  I have no regrets for my tipsy card slinging back then; it was at parties where both me and the querents were drinking and it fit together just fine. 

[Helena]

I think a little buzz can thin the veil a bit and your inhibitions. I'm one of those people that believes drunk people don't really do things they'd NEVER do otherwise. They just don't have the control to stop themselves lol. As long as it stays in the realm of opening one's mind, I don't see any issue, but if I'm feeling silly or scattered, then no. There should be a sense of reverence, IMO. 

 

I was actually reading with a friend one time for a light-hearted reading. We were drinking some wine, and I was having trouble understanding the message. I asked if spirit could explain in a different way and went for jumpers. I forget all the cards, but I remember that two of them were definitely the devil and the sun. I said, "Friend, I think we should quit...I'm not feeling right about this." I went to the bathroom and the message of those four cards hit me - this isn't cool, you're just having fun and not taking this seriously. Stop. It. 

[Reborn2020]

For me, personally, I think I read better sober. Then again I didn’t really start reading till this year, and 200 days in to my sobriety, my intuition has really been way more on point than when I would be drinking or smoking. So much so that earlier today I had a situation that I was dealing with. I spoke out loud saying I felt like the 2 of Pentacles. Of course that was the first card that jumped out of the deck after I shuffled the cards when I got home. 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Reborn2020

[Ekati]

Although i love wine i would vote for sobriety😊

 

 

 

[le_charior]

On 1/7/2021 at 11:53 PM, Reborn2020 said:

For me, personally, I think I read better sober. Then again I didn’t really start reading till this year, and 200 days in to my sobriety, my intuition has really been way more on point than when I would be drinking or smoking

Congrats on 200 days, well done! 🥳

 

I am at 2 years 1 month sober, and I also feel that my intuition, and in general my whole connection to my spirituality, has improved a lot. 

Edited January 9, 2021 by le_charior

[Reborn2020]

10 hours ago, le_charior said:

Congrats on 200 days, well done! 🥳

 

I am at 2 years 1 month sober, and I also feel that my intuition, and in general my whole connection to my spirituality, has improved a lot. 

Thank you! And congrats to you as well!

[Grandma]

Congratulations @Reborn2020 and @le_charior!  Keep coming back - it works if you work it.  

 

Personally, I do my best reading moderately medicated with medical marijuana.  It works in conjunction with mindfulness practice to keep me in the here and now.