Topic of the Week, words that begin with "P"

[MajestyJo]

P is for Pride. Often it is false and is part of my dis-ease. Too often it is ego and being full of myself and other times, it is good to acknowledge what you have done as long as you give your Higher Power the Credit, because through Him/Her, all things are possible.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Peace. Through the program and my Higher Power, I was able to find Inner Peace.

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[dwmoeller]

P is for Practice

Practice control of your anger.
Practice rigorous honesty with yourself and others.
Practice an attitude of gratitude.
Practice letting the little kid in you out - laugh from the gut.

[dwmoeller]

P is for PACE

Positive
Attitude
Change
Everything

[MajestyJo]

P is for Pleasure. If you don't have pleasure in recovery, ask yourself "Self, what are you doing wrong?" It isn't about other people, it is about you doing what is right and good for you. As the commercial says, "Double your Pleasure, double your fun." I don't chew gum, but I do like their advertisement.

This is my guilty pleasure!

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[dwmoeller]

P is for Progress

Progress is made One Day At A Time!

[MajestyJo]

P is for Progress not Perfection. Ms. Perfection wants everything just so and it is her way or the highway. She is in her disease, she is not a part of recovery.

Sometimes on our journey, we take one step forward and two steps back. We don't have to physically pick up, but we can slip mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This is a Spiritual program, not a religious one. Don't get caught up in a lot of rules and regulations which will stand in the way of your progress in recovery.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Purpose. When I came into recovery, my thoughts were stop the world, I want to get off. Once I walked through the doors of recovery, I was given a new purpose and a new reason for living. The 3rd and 5th Traditions. The only requirements for membership is a desire to quit drinking. I tried my way and it didn't work. I could stop, but I couldn't stay stopped.

Our primary purpose is to carry the message to the alcoholic/addict who still suffers.
I was given so much, I had to pass it on to others. I received hope and I was granted promises that came true. I saw people doing things that I hadn't been able to do for myself. I wanted what they had.

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[dwmoeller]

P is for Promptly admit when you are wrong.

[dwmoeller]

P is for Protect

Protect your sobriety at all costs. Keep the light on you.

[MajestyJo]

P is for People. I need people in my life. Isolation is part of my disease. This is a WE program. People needing people. One alcoholic/addict facing another alcoholic/addict sharing their recovery together.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Pleasing. It doesn't hurt to be pleasing to others. Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Not treat others as they should be treated according to me in days of yore. Put some attitude into your gratitude. Don't just say it, show it.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Principles in all our affairs. When we come from a place of love, we can't go to far wrong. Principles before personalities. You have to love them even if you would have never drank with them.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Practice. Practice these principles in ALL your affairs. It doesn't mean just drinking, just using drugs in any form, anything that stands between you and your God. As my sponsor said to me, "Practice, practice, practice."

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Peace. Spend some time with your God. Let go of the Chaos. Let go and let God. Spend time with friends, go to a meeting.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Prejudice. Don't think you are better than other addicts. We each work our program to the best of our ability. We are equal. Don't walk behind me or in front of me, walk beside me. If you had continued using, you would have gone to the dumps too. Some people are fortunate to have gotten off the garbage truck before it got to the end of his run. Don't forget where you come from.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Participate. I need to take part in my life and not just let it slip by. I need to be an active participant. The same with my home group, I need to be an active participant and not just occupy a chair, but do service like being a greeter, setting the meeting up, putting things away, putting out literature, wash coffee cups and throw away the garbage. Then you can be a GSR or Inter-group Rep. It is not what my group can do for me, it is about what I can do for the group.

Play nice.

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[dwmoeller]

P is for Progress

Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME, not 10 years in a day.

[MajestyJo]

P is for Part of the program. We do a part at a time, we don't do a part and quit. They say take what you need and leave the rest. I would suggest not doing jut a couple of things, like Steps One and Steps 12. All you have to share is your old ways and makes no room for the good stuff.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Persevere. Keep trying, keep coming, don't leave until the miracle happens. At the beginning, all I could do was put one foot in front of the other and get myself to a meetings. We only get out of recovery what we put into it. Persever and you will gradually see the growth with yourself. Others will see it in you, before you are aware of the changes within yourself.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Punish. For so many years we punished ourselves or allowed others to punish because we thought we were unworthy. Often we punished others for the wrongs they committed to you, real or imagined. Abuse of any kind, mental or physical is not acceptable. We are worthy. We are children of God. We are lovable.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Plenty, An alcoholic/addict will have plenty of things to be grateful. The Promises give us many gifts, but there are other promises through out the pages of recovery. My God has given me plenty and there have been times when I lost plenty, but not always of God's Will, but by my pig-headed stubbornness. or as my stead fast contrariness.

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[MajestyJo]

P is for Product. We are products of our environment. They say addiction is inherited. In some cases, that may be true, it can jump generations too. I think it is probable that we are like those around us. There are people in the program that i would never have drank with.

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[dwmoeller]

P is for Prayer

Through prayer and meditation, we keep in contact with our Higher Power. It helps us grow on spiritual lines. IF we are to do step 3 and turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him, we must maintain communication with Him.