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Take heart; it came to pass, it didn't come to stay. - Unknown origin. Whenever I see or am reminded of this slogan, I think, it isn't always about the negative and hurtful things, but the positive and joyful things too. Life is feeling. All we have is today. It seems sometimes like our trials and tribulations last forever and ever, but they do not. It passes much quicker when I stop and realize that often they are of own making or they are still there because i haven't wanted to let go of them. Time is fleeting. It never ceases to amaze me how it can just disappear, whether I am having fun or not. This is a one day at a time program. One day's feelings, thoughts, cares, woes, actions, situations, etc. that is all I have to do, is stay clean and sober, and when I do, life is so much easier because I am better equiped to handle things. Life doesn't get better, I do. |
This too shall pass...Like a gallstone. - Anon.
- Alkiespeaks It is nice when you can see things changing for the better. It was a good feeling to receive affirmation that my choices were for my Higher Good. Feelings, good or bad, pass on and a new set and a new day moves in. |
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When I don't have the strength to carry on, it is there for the asking. When I have no hope and I am sick and tired of being tired and sick, that Inner Warrior can boost me up and give me a reason for being.
My purpose in today is to carry the message to the alcoholic and addict who still suffer. You don`t have to be new. You just need to connect with someone and let them know that they are no longer alone. https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M...=0&w=210&h=152 |
Life is precious. I have been given a second chance at life and each day is a blessing.
One day's thoughts, actions, joys, sorrows, etc. are all made easier by living in the moment, living in today, and with the help of my HP, I can get through it without having to pick up. http://angelwinks.ca/images/faithpod/faithpod1.jpg |
Keep It Simple:
The slogan, “Keep It Simple” helps to remind us that simple solutions are often the most effective ones. This slogan can help us look at what really is happening rather than what we imagine may happen, and to take a reasonable, step by step approach rather than act out of fear or panic. So often we base today on our past and forget that it is a new day. We have a God of our understanding directing our path if we make the decision to turn or will and our life into His Care. It is simple. I can't, my God can. Why not let Him? |
Was sharing today how we sabatoge ourselves when things are good or not so good in our life.
For me it was about self worth. I deserve recovery. Each day I need to get up in the morning, ask for help through out the day, and give thanks at night. As you say an attitude of gratitude will get me through. A grateful alcoholic will never pick up as my sponsor told me many years ago. In today, I apply Step 10. If something from my past come up, then I need to do Steps 4-9. Many things that happened in today still had roots that were grounded in my past and I had to uproot them and sever them. Each day is a new beginning. We can change the old ways of thinking and uproot those old tapes, behaviors, and habits, and learn to live anew in today. |
The Rules For Being Human
Cherie Carter-Scott . . . . 1)You will receive a body. . You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for . the entire period of time around. . 2)You will learn lessons. . You are enrolled in a full-time school called Life. . Each day in this school you will have the opportunity . to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them . irrelevant or stupid. . 3)There are no mistakes, only lessons. . Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. . The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process . as the experiment that ultimately "works." . 4)A lesson is repeated until learned. . A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until . you have learned it, you can them go on to the next lesson. . 5)Learning lessons does not end. . There is no part of life that does not contain it's lessons. . If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. . 6)"There" is no better than "here". . When you are "there" has become a "here", you will simply . obtain another "there" that will again look better than . "here". . 7)Others are merely mirrors of you. . You cannot love or hate something about another person . unless it reflects something you love or hate about . yourself. . 8)What you make of your life is up to you. . You have all the tools and resources you need. What you . do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. . 9)Your answers lie inside you. . The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. . All you need to do is look, listen, and trust. . 10)YOU WILL FORGET ALL THIS. |
How true! This was something I didn't want to allow myself. People repeatedly seemed to be saying, "Well you are only human you know!" That wasn't acceptable to me. I could not always be perfect and right but I felt that it was my job in recovery to be the best me I could be each day. I didn't always live up to my expectations and I learned not to beat myself up for falling short of who and what I wanted to be, and yet I felt better within me for having tried.
Before recovery, I didn't try. I had given up on life and I got to the stage where I was sick and tired of being tired and sick. I have been back there a few times since then and it is not a good place to be. Thank God for this program. The frog means cleansing the old to make room for the new. I look at it as a reminder to stay clean and sober. F.R.O.G. (Fully Relying On God). https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.l...=0&w=300&h=300 |
I really like the FROG acronym Fully Rely on God. That is why I have a frog showing my sobriety journey at the bottom of all of my posts. 6 years and 6 months ago, I was lying on my bed. It was my first night of in-patient treatment at Prairie St. Johns and I prayed to God that I could not do this alone. I need your help, God. I need to fully rely on You.
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When I accepted my disease, surrendered my day to my Higher Power, got honest with me, then my life would be manageable. If I didn't have these spiritual principles, and tried to manage my own life, then it certainly would become unmanageable, and would stay so until such a time, as I could find the honest, surrender and acceptance I need to bring myself back to my center and connected to the God of my understanding. |
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Know that acceptance is the key, the last week has been a struggle to find it on occasion. Know it is the answer, and know it is the key, and yet I felt like if I accept what is, I am giving up my power to another person and my space, and not willing to giving up my boundaries. I had to reset them, set some ground rules, make people aware that they were there and that there are consequences to their actions. My new favourite saying is, "Don't give up, give over." |
So many times we forget that we have to be willing to give to receive. What is often more important that we need to be open to receiving so we have something to give.
I need to make room for the goodness to come in and l need to let go of the negative so it can be changed into a positive. As it says in the reading, we have to be aware of what needs to be changed and that is why it is necessary to take not only a daily inventory, but an inventory as to where we are at in our life. I like that it speaks of time. We don't get better overnight. It is a process. |
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We don't quit forever. We do this one day at a time. Even after all these years in recovery, it is still just for today, I choose not to use. http://www.angelwinks.ca/images/snow...irations16.gif |
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It is one thing to think it, but quite a different thing to follow thought with action. That can be a good thing or a not so good thing. For me the not so good thing is a shortcoming. http://angelwinks.ca/images/thoughtp...ghtpod1002.jpg |
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Some people think the Traditions are just for the groups. I have found them to be helpful tools to take outside of the rooms and apply them to my life. Perhaps a few other people should think that way, but then we can't tell anyone.
Sometimes they just don't get it. Sadly they take others with them. I am responsible when anyone anywhere reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there, and for that, I am responsible. Sadly they aren't looking for help, although I see it as such. They need the program just as much as the newcomer coming into the room. Many years in recovery can build up a surprising amount of ego and complacency EGO - Easing God Out! I have to be ever watchful that I don't slip back into old thinking and behaviors. This is a "WE" program, "We can do, what I can't do alone." http://angelwinks.ca/images/thoughtp...ghtpod1007.jpg |
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Service has always been a big part of my recovery. I started out by going to lots of meetings to find a group I felt comfortable in. My sponsor said, "Don't ask what the group can do for you, but what you can do for the group."
Back in my day, smoking was allowed, so it started in the kitchen cleaning coffee cups and ash trays. My favourite spot was at the door being a greeter. I held several positions in my group, then got involved with other things when I got 2 years clean and sober and went to the local jail, detox, recovery house and sharing my story at different groups. From there I tried to extend my hand to others and give to others in the community. It helped me with my self-confidence and gave my life purpose and a reason for being. http://www.lovethispic.com/uploaded_...-Great-Day.gif |
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