after i had begun prayer and meditation, experiencin the results of it, and usin the spiritual principles of recovery to surrender, accept, and tolerate the results of prayer and meditation, i could feel the sense of loneliness begin to leave me. important to this process was my sponsors suggestion to try it for 30 days...
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i was always and forever tryina hide myself from the view of others. it became somethin i honed so well that it became 1st nature. i couldnt allow another to see who i truly was within. self-centered fear kept me locked away. and if i felt ya tryina break down my wall, youd surely see...
what ive found about the relationship with my HP is that ive been able to tolerate life much better. meditation has taught me how to be patient. meditation has given me a way to grow my emotional health. meditation has given me the ability to gain emotional balance. in times of rough goin, meditation helps...
my personal program of recovery involves deflatin my ego. to make it work for me i need to share my problems to find my solutions. i cannot live the way i used to anymore. after havin been in recovery for the time i have been, keepin shit within only serves to tear my ass up....
goin with the flow of my recovery helps me better go with the flow of the evolvin world around me. through prayer and meditation i get to improve my conscious contact with my HP as i understand Him. with the amazin and awe inspirin works of spiritual awareness, i get to let loose the fear...
Basic Text page 170… She told me she had always blamed me for her son's addiction but realized that he had always had those addict traits and it wasn't my fault. She said she was happy that something good came about from his death. We then went into the basement, and she gave me a...
i honestly tried 3 times before this time to get sober and remain that way. each time i had a little success, but nothin sustainin. i think about those times and even as i had the desperation to stop, i couldnt form enough self-will to make it stick. the time before this i made it...
today, i can readily use self-examination, prayer, and meditation in my mornin communion with my HP. it is with these concepts i get to check up on my personal inventory, pray to my HP on how i may be useful for another, usin the self-examination to work upon relievin myself of what ive found, and...
the process of buildin and groomin spiritual awareness started early in my program of recovery. steps 2, 3, 6, & 7, were the steppin stones upon which growin the concept of spiritual awareness happened. hope that i could change, buildin a relationship with my HP with faith, developin the willingness to turn shit over by...
recovery has taught me that i am part of a livin culture and capable of change and growth. it has opened me up to acceptin the change recovery offers. its offered me the ability to set healthy progressive goals. today i dont have to chase after the meaninless goals i once did, like back in...