i get to use tolerance today in conjunction with the prior steps before perseverance. actually, its more like tolerance has been a result of the prior 9 steps. when i gradually learned to tolerate myself, i began to gradually tolerate those around me. and it wasnt somethin that came overnight either, it took time for...
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when i meditate i gain an opportunity to regulate my responses to stressful situations. i bring my mind and body to a state of relaxed attention that enables me to achieve less rigid thinkin patterns. it is a time when i can effectively rewire my brain to healthy patterns of thought. i get to use...
Oye Ve! Is about what I can think of when it comes to my latest mistake. I gave myself worth away for yes what I called safety. But If I'm an entertainer ( as I am ) then wasn't it for attention ? Well, yes and no frankly. When the teeth people says Cancer I...
today i dont have to wonder if im the wanderer from faith. i have a solid relationship with my HP. this relationship has helped me build a healthier relationship with myself and build better relationships with those important in my life. ive learned how to use the honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness to humble myself, knowin...
even as i struggled within when i 1st came into the rooms, i knew deep within, i had to be done with all the nonsense. and as each day went by, even as the depression and fear i held within seemed to grow and subside, i didnt know if this thing we do would work...
when i practice perseverance, i practice each of the prior 9 steps. an open mind allows me the opportunity to explore my recovery and learn how to use and apply each spiritual principle. when im open-minded it means that im receptive to new and different opinions and ideas. it is the willingness to at least...
how am i to carry the vision of my HPs will into all of my activities? one of the 1st things i do each day, is read a couple of inspirational recovery readins. from those readins i pray, askin my HP to help me live them in my life just for that day. then i...
one of the most dangerous things i can do is use what ive learned about myself against myself or others. just because ive been fortunate enough to find out how i can use recoverys spiritual principles to overcome the devastatin and evil sides of me, i am not infallible, nor impervious, to my alcoholism. i...
do ya wanna know what i think gets monotonous? wakin every day, i mean comin to, and bein full of fear. bein scared because i dont know how im gonna manage my day. knowin that at some point, ima drink yet again and not have any control over what i do or what i say....
recovery taught me a healthy sense of personal responsibility, somethin i didnt have before it began. sure mannn, i paid my bills and kept a job, i had to have some place to live and a way to pay for my alcohol and drugs back in the days of doin my dirt. but in time...