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bluidkiti · 11-19-2014, 10:34 AM

"If You Want What We Have"
Sponsorship Meditations
by Joan Larkin

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Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings. One day at a time. --Betty Ford

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Chronologically, I'm a grown up, but in some ways I'm far behind. It feels as if I'm growing up all over again.

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Some people in the program say that our emotional development stopped at the point when we became active in our addictions: if we abused drugs beginning at age sixteen, then we've entered recovery with the emotional development of a sixteen-year-old.
That's an oversimplification, but it points the way to a truth. Most of us enter recovery inexperienced at whatever aspects of our lives we avoided through addiction. We may feel awkward in social contexts; we may have missed out on education; we may not have found appropriate, fulfilling work. Some of us still have to learn the basics of self-care; others have numerous adult-world accomplishments, but no dependable sense of self-esteem. At times we may feel as if we're part child, part adolescent, part mature person rolled into one.
We're not stupid or shallow. We're complex people, each with our own histories, strengths, and needs. We're capable of profound change. Happily, we're not alone in our struggles to mature and become integrated individuals.

Today, I have patience with myself as I learn more about who I am and how to live.

11-19-2014, 10:34 AM	#109
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,587	"If You Want What We Have" Sponsorship Meditations by Joan Larkin ----104---- Showing up for life. Being blessed with the rebirth that recovery brings. One day at a time. --Betty Ford Newcomer Chronologically, I'm a grown up, but in some ways I'm far behind. It feels as if I'm growing up all over again. Sponsor Some people in the program say that our emotional development stopped at the point when we became active in our addictions: if we abused drugs beginning at age sixteen, then we've entered recovery with the emotional development of a sixteen-year-old. That's an oversimplification, but it points the way to a truth. Most of us enter recovery inexperienced at whatever aspects of our lives we avoided through addiction. We may feel awkward in social contexts; we may have missed out on education; we may not have found appropriate, fulfilling work. Some of us still have to learn the basics of self-care; others have numerous adult-world accomplishments, but no dependable sense of self-esteem. At times we may feel as if we're part child, part adolescent, part mature person rolled into one. We're not stupid or shallow. We're complex people, each with our own histories, strengths, and needs. We're capable of profound change. Happily, we're not alone in our struggles to mature and become integrated individuals. *Today, I have patience with myself as I learn more about who I am and how to live.* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.