ABCs of Recovery

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O is for Open

Open your Ears! Open your heart and your mind!

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P is for Practice

Practice rigorous honesty with yourself and others.

[Lin]

Q is for QUIET meditations listening to my Higher Power.

LIN

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Y is for You will only get back what you give out.

There is a system of balance and justice. This law says, if you treat others with respect, you will be treated with respect. If you gossip about no one, no one will gossip about you. If you are fair in all your dealings, you can expect the same. If you share with others, others will share with you. If you judge others, others will judge you.

You will always get back what you give out. The giving person will constantly be on the receiving end.

Let us be a giving person today and every day!

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Z is for amaZed

The ninth step promises tells us:

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be
amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new
freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to
shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will
know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will
see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness
and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and
gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole
attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of
economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to
handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that
God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled
among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always
materialize if we work for them.

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A is for Armed

Armed with the tools of recovery. I don't have to face the day alone!

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B is for Be

Be active - don't just sit around. Idle time can kill you.

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C is for Create

Create and exit strategy.

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Doctor Bob

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E is for Easy Does It!

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FIne means
Frazzled
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional

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G is for 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. Also, don't forget to say thanks.

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H is for HOW

Honest
Open
Willing

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I is for Integrity

Walk your talk!

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J is for Just

Just say no to drugs and alcohol.