Topic of the week, words that begin with the letter "K"

[MajestyJo]

K is for Kindness. Be kind to yourself and you would be kind to others. Be your own best friend and give yourself a hug.

It is kind of nice to come here each day to post and share my recovery with you. My God has been very good to me and blessed me many times over.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Keep coming back or as I like to say, "Keep coming so you don't have to come back. Don't keep playing Russian Roulette with your life. Stay! I'll keep praying for you.

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[dwmoeller]

K is for Know

Know that it is okay to be human...just don't drink over it.
We strive for progress not perfection.

[MajestyJo]

K is for Knowing. I pray and ask for the inner knowing that I need in today. Within life's cycles, there are many cycles. Lessons always start in the east which means clarity and spiritual direction. When the time is right, you will know. If in doubt, wait for the knowing to appear.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Key. The key to recovery is willingness. I often have to pray for the willingness to be willing. Things can't change unless I find acceptance and the willingness to change. I have to be willing to be willing. I can't keep fighting things, if I don't deal with what brought me to the doors of recovery, it will take me back out.

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[dwmoeller]

K is for KISS

Keep
It
Simple
Spiritually

[MajestyJo]

K is for Kill. Alcohol kills. It is a depressant. It may be legal, but what it does to our body, mind, and spirit is a crime.

Keep coming so you don't have to come back. Smiles can hide a multitude of sins.

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[dwmoeller]

K is for Knowledge

There is much knowledge that can be obtained at AA meetings if you open your ears, your mind, and your heart. You can learn tools of recovery to keep you sober 24 hours a day.

[MajestyJo]

K is for Kind. Be kind to yourself and others. Kindness goes a long way to becoming the kind of person you want to be in recovery.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Koodos. Give yourself a pat on the back. Endorse yourself. We can do all things through Him, and we can give ourselves affirmation, even if we can't take the credit.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kite. You can tell us to go fly a kite or you can find the freedom of recovery and fly like a Kite on a natural high.

We can rise above our problems, we can find ourselves challenged, and we can overcome them, because we know we are not alone. Our Higher Power goes with us and all things are possible. We can transform the old into the new.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Keep Coming Back. I like to say, "Keep coming so you don't have to come back. Keep coming to meetings. Keep calling your sponsor. Keep working the Steps and applying them to your life.

Keep in mind where you came from. You wouldn't have what you have in today, if it wasn't for the program of recovery.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kind. Be kind to yourself, keep coming back to meetings and do yourself a favor. Don't set yourself up for a fall. Keep working your program and applying it to your life. Go back to basics, they keep you on the right path.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kit. The song from WWI had a song that said, "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag....

Hope you have a bag holding the tools of the program in it. Keep them handy, they are numerous, so you need a big kit to hold them all.

Steps, Slogans, Literature, Sponsor, Meetings, Members of your Fellowship, Nature and Gods creation and the God of your own understanding may not fit in a bag, but He/She is always near.

When you see this, how can you not know there is a God.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Keep. Keep coming back or as I like to say, "Keep coming so you don't have to come back."

When you get to Step 12, that doesn't mean you are finished. You have to keep working the Steps. We start back at Step One, because if we have worked our Steps honestly, we will have found a new awareness and we grow in our recovery.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Keep coming back. Each new day is a new beginning. We get to practice the Principles in all our affairs. Our day is what we make of it.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kick the Habit, Patterns, and Behaviors. I can't, my God can. Just for today, I choose to let Him. I don't stumble up and down the Steps, I go with confidence because my God is with me.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kewl! It is kewl to be clean and sober and still be able to do those things we figured we could never do unless we used first. It is kewl that we can do a lot of things clean and sober that we couldn't do when we were using.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for K.I.S.S. Keep It Simply Spiritual.

Don''t complicate things. Spirituality is not religion. How I keep it simple, I religiously go to meetings. At one time it was mostly AA, then Al-Anon, and in today it is NA.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kind. Be kind to others, they may be kin. The Fellowship members are my second family.

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kit. A reminder to pick up your old kit bag with your recovery tools in them and smile, smile, smile.

As the song says, "What is the use of worrying, it doesn't seem worth while.

90 TOOLS FOR SOBRIETY

1 ) Stay away from that first drink, taking the 1st step daily.
2 ) Attend AA regularly and get involved.
3 ) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME.
4 ) Use the 24 Hour plan.
5 ) Turn your "dis-ease" to a sense of ease. Picture yourself as "recovered."
6 ) Do first things first.
7 ) Don't become too tired.
8 ) Eat at regular hours.
9 ) Use the telephone. (not just after the fact but during too.).
10) Be active - don't just sit around. Idle time will kill you.
11) Use the Serenity Prayer.
12) Change old routines and patterns.
13) Don't become too hungry.
14) Avoid loneliness.
15) Practice control of your anger.
16) Air your resentments.
17) Be willing to help whenever needed.
18) Be good to yourself, you deserve it.
19) Easy does it.
20) Get out of the "IF ONLY" trap.
21) Remind yourself HOW IT WAS. Your last drunk, the feelings etc. Picture better alternatives.
22) Be aware of your emotions. Reason about them.
23) Help another in his/her recovery, extend your hand, listen.
24) Try to turn your life and your will over to your Higher Power.
25) Avoid all mood-altering drugs, read labels on all medicines.
26) Turn loose of old ideas.
27) Avoid drinking situations/occasions.
28) Replace old drinking buddies with new AA buddies.
29) Read the Big Book.
30) Try not to be dependent on another (sick relationships). Be independent or inter-dependent.
31) Be grateful, and when you're not, make a GRATITUDE list.
32) Get off the "Pity Pot"...the only thing you'll get is a ring
around your bottom if you don't.
33) Seek knowledgeable help when troubled and or otherwise.
34) Face it! You are in control of your destiny.
35) Try the 12 and 12, not just 1 and 12 or 1, 12 and 13!
36) Let go and Let God.
37) Use the "God box." (Write down your worries and problems. Put them in the God box. Once you've done so, you can no longer think about them for that day. Use God's answers: yes, no, or wait, I have something better in store for you. Don't forget to say thanks.
38) Find courage to change through the example of others who have.
39) Don't try to test your will power. When in doubt, DON'T. (Or don't, yet.)
40) Live TODAY, not YESTERDAY, not TOMORROW - projection is planning
the results before anything even happens.
41) Avoid emotional involvements the first year - you end up putting
the other person first and lose sight of "your" program.
42) Remember, YOU ARE NOT YOUR DIS-EASE. So, take it easy on yourself.
43) Rejoice in the manageability of your new life.
44) Be humble--Humility is not in thinking of yourself more, but in
thinking more of yourself less often. Watch the ego.
45) Share your experience, strength and hope as much as possible and as creatively as possible.
46) Cherish your recovery.
47) Dump your garbage regularly - GIGO = Garbage In Garbage Out.
48) Get plenty of "restful" sleep.
49) Stay sober for you - not someone else - otherwise it won't work.
50) Practice rigorous honesty with yourself and others.
51) Progress is made ONE DAY AT A TIME, not 10 years in one day!
55) Make no major decisions the first year.
56) Get a sponsor and use him/her.
57) Know that no matter what your problems, someone's had them before.
Don't be afraid to share, as a problem shared is one 1/2 solved.
58) Strive for progress not perfection.
59) When in doubt ask questions. The only stupid question is the one
not asked.
60) Use prayer and meditation.
61) Maintain a balance: spiritual, physical, emotional and mental.
62) Don't use other substances as a maintenance program.
63) Learn to take spot check inventories.
64) Watch out for the RED FLAGS ... things that give excuses for poor
behavior and inevitable relapse.
65) Know that its okay to be human ... just don't drink over it.
66) Be kind to yourself; it's about time, don't you think?
67) Don't take yourself so seriously - take the dis-ease seriously!
68) Know that whatever it is that's causing pain - it shall pass.
69) Stay as far away from the DRY DRUNK SYNDROME as humanly possible.
70) Don't give away more than you can afford oo, your sobriety comes
first and must be the number 1 priority. Protect it at all costs.
71) Take down those bricks from the wall around you; you'll be able to
see the daylight better. Let people know who you are.
72) Get a home group and attend it regularly.
73) Know that the light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming
train, but actually a ray of hope. Drop the negativity.
74) Know that you are not alone, that's why the "We" is in the steps.
75) Be willing to go to any lengths to stay and be sober.
76) Know that no matter how bleak and dark your past may be, your
future is clean, bright and clear if you don't drink today.
77) Stay out of your own way.
78) Don't be in a hurry--remember "TIME = Things I Must Earn".
79) Watch the EGO. "EGO = Ease God Out".
80) Protect your sobriety at all costs. Keep the light on you.
81) Learn to listen, not just hear. Be open-minded and nonjudgmental.
82) Know that if your insides match your outsides, everyone looks good.
83) If the rest of the world looks bad, check yourself out first.
84) Gratitude is in the attitude.
85) When all else fails ... punt! Up the number of meetings!!!
86) Remember FEAR = FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL!
87) If they knew better, they'd do better. Think about letting things go.
88) Handle what you can and leave the rest, don't overtax yourself.
You can only accomplish so much in a given 24 hours.
89) Honesty and consistency are key factors in recovery.
90) Let the little kid in you out - learn how to laugh from the gut.

-adapted from ideas by Bob

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[MajestyJo]

K is for Kin. Sometimes we can't get away from kin. Other times we have kin in recovery who will love us back to good health. Learn to identify not compare.

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