the amends process i went through involved my children. there was much i had to do in this area. i always thought that if i raised them with my ideas of how life should be lived, disregardin any realistic moral or value, they would grow up to be people who would stand up for the...
the first meetin i had with my sponsor he asked me what my priorities in life were. i rattled off a bunch of self-concerned shit, shit that had everythin to do with me. he asked me where God fit in. my reply was that God really didnt have a place in any of my priorities....
my understandin of vigilance is that i remain watchful and alert. it means that i pay attention to what is goin on within me and around me. it means that i keep a keen sense to the emotions and feelins im feelin within the pit of my belly. as this mornins readin suggests, once an...
as much as i might have thought i was different and deserved the breaks i thought i should get, today i understand those thoughts and ideas of the past are a bunch of bullshit. ive learned through rigorous action that im just another fuckin alcoholic. i reckon what makes me different from then to now...
Page 73: They only thought they had lost their egoism and fear; They only thought they had humbled themselves. Hey..Nothing like that bullet proof feeling after you wrap up your thorough 5th Step. If you follow the specific directions in the Big Book the work can be extensive. Many notebooks full and a 40 hour...
i think that when i can give away the honest forgiveness, hope, and love the program has given me, i am gettin more in return than i could ever want or need. recovery has given me so much; a life back i had once thrown away. when i once thought that everyone should get this...
its been great livin the promises of recovery as theyve come. there have been inner struggles, but the overall outcome of my time in recovery has been a blessin. i know i was unable to beat my alcoholism alone, i tried and failed many times. even in recovery ive tried to do shit the way...
Hi Folks I just want to say a VERY BIG thank you to all of you for the kind messages yesterday for OUR achievement of 11 years of continuous sobriety woooohooooo I say OUR because I couldn't have done it without y'all It is a WE programme KEEP COMING BACK IT WORKS IF YOU WORK...
as my time in recovery has passed and progressed ive come to rely upon and use my HP on a daily basis. throughout my day i lean on Him to help me with situations that i have no power over. ive found that damn near everythin i thought i had power over in the past...
It will be 8 years this December that my mother passed away. I found some handwritten notes in her belongings when she passed and I saved it. I forgot about it until now. Now that I am in ACA I thought it was appropriate and it might help some one else. The Power of Mothering....