the willingness to grow came from the final years of doin my dirt. the progression of my alcoholism wasnt fast and didnt happen in weeks. it took many years for it to grow within. but the final years, the ones where my alcoholism had taken good root, helped the character defects and shortcomins, the ones...
action, humility, integrity, and willingness on my behalf is what the spiritual principle of step 9s justice means to me. it is where i face the ones i had harmed and offer them an amends at whatever cost to me. i need each of the concepts mentioned prior so i may use the faith and...
this thing we do keeps it simple. it has been my experience that it doesnt care to confuse its members with social classes or separate its members by background, ethnicity, sex, or nationality. for me, personally, i love its concept of inclusiveness. i have a purdy good idea where i would be today if i...
i have to remember all the rules i had set in place for others to live by while back in the days of doin my dirt. as i went through my 4th and 8th step inventorys i was amazed at the rules i made for people around me to remain in my life. hell man,...
when i learned of the way i had harmed others through the use of the battle ax of my character defects and shortcomins, i was appalled. i had to use what i had found to come to terms with the person i had been and not reuse them to follow through with the amends process....
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What makes us addicts is the disease of addiction-not the drugs, not our behavior, but our disease. There is something within us that makes us unable to control our use of drugs. This same "something" also makes us prone to obsession and compulsion in other areas of our lives. How can we tell when our...
as time has gone by in my recovery, havin made the amends ive needed to, the dark past does not haunt me near as bad as it once did. it has taken time, perseverance, and patience, to move from the guilt, fear, and remorse, i once let cloud my mind. i aint tryina say i...
ADDICTION is a MONSTERS it Lives Inside and FEEDS OFF YOU, TAKES from YOU, CONTROLS YOU, and DESTROYS YOU. It's a BEAST that TEARS YOU APART, RIPS OUT Your SOUL , and LAUGH at your WEAKNESS. It is a Stone Wall that stands to keep YOU in and the Rest Out. It is a Shadow...
this mornins readin lets me be aware that there are far worse difficulties goin on in others lives in the world i could face than what is goin on in my life right now. i aint tryina say i aint ever been in some sticky situations, because i have, alls im tryina say is if...