there are things ive felt ive had to hang on to in my recovery, even after doin an inventory on em. whether im wantin to try to rethink my past or misdeeds into a different reality or mold them into somethin that didnt happen, i hang onto em tryin to control the outcome that will...
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step 6 is another opportunity for me to move forward with my recovery and allow my HP to further take from me the shit ive written down in step 4 and told to another in step 5. even as i may have started this process in earlier steps, this is where i actually let that...
for my initial 4th step inventory and 5th step tell, i wrote down the shit that had plagued me the most and brought me in to the rooms broken. i had many resentments, many fears, and many behavior problems i had to get off my chest and unload. since that 1st attempt ive done many...
havin gained sense of willingness up to this point in my recovery, i now get to use it to continue to grow within my personal program of recovery. in usin willingness i must bring with me the prior steps spiritual principles of honesty, hope, faith, courage, and integrity. these prior principles allow me to open...
my sponsor did not ask me to do anythin he didnt do to get what he had. he simply laid down a kit of spiritual tools at my feet just as his sponsor had done for him. all i had to do was be willin enough to pick em up and utilize em. he told...
ive recently relocated to a new area of the country. to say it has been excitin wouldnt be story tellin by no means. ive had much success in the adventure and seems like, even more failure. ive tried to live by the mantra that the story of my recovery tells the tale of how i...
havin given my 5th step tell of what ive found in my step 4 personal inventory, havin gained a sense of integrity from that tell, and usin the understandin of what ive found and learned made me an alcoholic, i get to give that self-found information to yet more who may be sufferin as i...
the more i stick to my primary purpose of stayin sober and livin a life of recovery, the greater its influence on me and those around me. recovery is a simple program with simple directives that are not always easy for me to follow. as ive grown and evolved in my recovery the spiritual principles...
tolerance is a principle that always has to begin with me. though i can say this, any of the principles contained within the 12 steps & 12 traditions, had to be learned how to be used as defined by recovery for me. tolerance, as many of the principles, was a concept i had used much...
feelin as an equal has to begin with me. i cannot allow fear or intolerance to try to run my life. even as there many opportunities throughout my day to allow myself to fall prey to each, i must try, better yet, do, what i need to, so i dont let these emotions affect my...