Topic of the Week, words beginning with the letter "L"

[MajestyJo]

L is for Leap. Take a leap of faith. The program worked for me, it will work for you if you work it. I can't, my God can, just for today, I choose to let Him.

Let us love you until you can love yourself.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Love. Love yourself. You are a child of God. God doesn't make no junk.

When you learn to love yourself, then take the next stop, and learn to like yourself.

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[dwmoeller]

L is for Laugh

Let the little kid in you out -- learn how to laugh from the gut!

[MajestyJo]

L is for Live. Live and let live. Live your own life. Keep your nose out of other people's lives. Respect yourself by setting up boundaries and make your space a safe place to live.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Let Go and Let God. So often we struggle. We feel we should be able to handle situations. We feel that God isn't interested in us and we hesitate to reach out and ask for help. God doesn't come and grab us by the scruff of the neck and say, don't do that! He sends us thoughts, good orderly direction or he sends someone else to help us, quite often a group of drunks and/or drug addicts to show us the way. All we have to do is let go. Easier said than done. Letting go is not giving up, it is surrendering and giving over.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Last. When was the last time you got down on your knees to pray. Did you know that God answers knee-mail. What is the last thing you do before going to bed? Did you thank your God for another day? Those who have gratitude, last in this program. They don't have a reason to relapse, just a lot of excuses.

When a lot of things are stressing you out, pause and say the Serenity Prayer.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Like. I find it is much easier to love myself than like myself. There is a difference. I can say, "Love the skin I'm in" much easier than saying "I like my skin."

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Low. How low do you plan to go before you reach out and ask for help. You don't have to go all the way to the dump, to get off the truck and seek recovery. The people in the rooms loved me back to good health. They accepted me for who I was and didn't judge me for being where I was at. You only get out of recovery what you put into it. If you don't invest in your recovery, you will get low dividends.

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[dwmoeller]

L is for Listen

Listen in the meetings. By listening you will learn how to cope with life without going to the bottle. By listening you will learn how to live a life of sobriety. By listening you will learn the tools of recovery. Open your heart and mind and listen.

[MajestyJo]

L is for Love. Love the skin your in. When you work the program, the inside will match the outside. That is a good thing, we are God's Children and we are Loved.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Listen to Learn and Listen to Learn. We can't know what we have never been taught. This is a we program, we don't go it alone. It is one alcoholic sharing with another alcoholic. It is one addict sharing with another addict. The drug is but a symptom of our disease. The problem is me, and I had to learn to live a new way of life.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Like. We not only need to love ourselves, we need to learn to like ourselves. Let go of the old self abuse and give yourself affirmations. Fake it until you make it they say. Not a slogan that I like, I faked things for too many years. It was a great day when the insides matched the outside. I could like myself and be my own best friend.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Last. Do you remember your last drink? They say if you can't, you are open to relapse. Ironically, my last drink was a shared half decanter of white wine in Kelsey's with a good bye dinner for my friend Lorraine who was going back to Hawaii. We met at Mohawk college and she went on to McMaster University while I baby sat her son. He didn't like our Canadian winters, so he went home to Hawaii to his grandmother's. He accepted me because I knew how to play Lego's. Not sure if that is the right spelling. It is according to spell check. ;) I thought it had two 'g's

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[dwmoeller]

L is for Live

Live Today! Not yesterday or tomorrow

[MajestyJo]

L is for Live and Let Live. Live your own life to the fullest and allow others the opportunity to work their program. We can't change people, all we can do is work on our own recovery.

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[MajestyJo]

L is or Love. God loves you and so do I.

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[dwmoeller]

L is for Learn

Learn to listen, not just hear. Take what you hear to heart. Be open minded and non-judgemental.

[MajestyJo]

L is for Like. Learn to like yourself. If you haven't seen it, pick up a copy of NA's IP19 I believe on Self-Acceptance. It is an awesome read.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Let. Let the program come to you and absorb it one day at a time. It isn't a quick fix program. We didn't get sick overnight, so we don't get better overnight or in a month or six weeks. Let your heart reach out to others. Let your Higher Power into your life. When you are troubled about things, let go and let your God take the burned from you. Walk in faith and let your God work in your life. Let Him/Her/It do His job. Don't try to do it or Him/Her/It.

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[dwmoeller]

L is for: Live, Laugh, Love

Live - Live in the now - live Today, not yesterday, and not tomorrow.

Laugh - Let the little kid in you out - learn to laugh from the gut.

Love - Love God, Love self, and Love our fellow man.

[MajestyJo]

L is for Live and Let Live. Live your life and allow others to live theirs. You are not responsible for their choices and you don't have the power to change them. All you can do is love them and pray for them.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Less is more. When I am thinking more, I am acting out in my dis-ease. My drug of choice was more. So for me in today, I try to remember that don't take as much as you use to and think in smaller amounts. Like lower your expectations, so they are attainable. Take a smaller plate, if you want to lose weight. Lower your personal expectations of yourself, so you don't beat yourself up.

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[MajestyJo]

L is life on Life's terms. When we stay in the moment, we get the fullness out of our day.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn. Sometimes our internal chatter can get in the way of us hearing the lesson we need to learn in today.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Like. We may come from different places, but we are all heading in the same direction. I found myself liking people I wouldn't have drank with.

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[dwmoeller]

L is for Live

Live for TODAY not YESTERDAY not TOMORROW

[MajestyJo]

L is for Less. As we work the Steps and connect to our Higher Power, we find ourselves less obsessive about our drug of choice which we didn't think we could live without. It wasn't a case of less is more, it was about less means none. I can't use my drug of choice or substitute another substance, because I release my addiction all over again. It all leads to the same soul sickness.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Light. Do a Step 4 and bring what you find in the darkness out to the Light, so you can see it better and let it go.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Laughter. I will never forget the feeling of laughing and feeling it in my stomach. It was a real belly laugh. A laugh that was real and not a phony laugh in reaction to something I didn't real feel was funny, but wanted to people please.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Lack. Is your program lacking? Does it meet your needs? What do you need to do that your not doing, like reading the literature.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Lest We Forget. We have our own war stories. We need to remember when and play the tape to the end. What started out as fun, often had a high price to pay. We tend to look at the good times and forget where it took us.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Let Go and Let God. He/She can do what I can't do alone.

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[MajestyJo]

L is or Look. Look for the beauty around you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you will be surprised at what you will see. Look to your God and He/She will see you through.

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[MajestyJo]

L is for Luck. They often say, "That is the luck of the draw." I prefer to think, "That's not odd, that's God. My mother told me years ago, there is no such thing as luck, it is what you make it.

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