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...
this thing we do teaches me how to change from bein the person i was while out doin my dirt, into a person who lives in sharp contrast to the self-centered, unrealistic, unbalanced, and undisciplined person i used to be. i am taught the character flaws i once did that i didnt even know i...
it was through learnin what my character defects and shortcomins after doin the personal inventorys of the 4th and 8th steps that i was able to finally see and believe that i had suffered from the bondage of self before my recovery began. when i was told by my sponsor that i had been a...