i feel like the best way for me to show the thankfulness i feel within is to live with a demeanor and position of gratitude for the gifts i receive every day. important to my success in recovery is the way i start my day each mornin. when i start it with daily inspirational readins,...
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to be useful. it was somethin i never ever strived to be while back in the days of doin my dirt. usefulness was what others were posed to be for me. today i have a different view and attitude as to what usefulness means to me. today it is a responsibility to be useful for...
the legacies of the recovery ive been gifted with are, recovery, unity, and service. they have been handed down to me by those whove came into the rooms before me. with recovery i get to heal my mind. i get to find how i can live with mental obsessions and use what recovery teaches me...
I'd been reading my 5th Step for about 40 hours. Every night from 5ish till late. Notebooks full of my thorough inventory. The Book suggested we get it all down on paper and look at it, I did. Surrendering myself to my God, letting my God know that I now knew in a rough way...
where would i be today had i been judged not worthy of the opportunity to get sober and live a life of recovery. i believe i would be dead if lucky, and in prison if not so lucky. i dont know if i was judged when i came into the rooms, but ive been taught...
it does me no good to take sides when im workin with another, nor does it them. i have learned through recovery to open my mind to concepts and ideas that i had closed my mind to while out doin my dirt. when i close my mind, i set barriers to growth and learnin. i...
it used to be that givin somethin to another meant they owed me back. it was without contract or agreement, if i did it, ya owed me. whether it was financial, material, or emotional, i took it whether ya gave it or not. if i didnt feel like ya gave me what i wanted, i...
recovery has taught me, through each step, that in order for me to understand the malady of alcoholism, i must first tackle self. with the steps i mentioned, and Gods grace, today i get to understand how alcoholism may affect another. but i couldnt have such an understandin until i was open enough to see...
how effective and useful would it be if i relayed my story, what it was like, what happened, and what its like today, to someone i was tryin to help, castin lies and false pretense all over it? would i be practicin honesty or integrity? would i be helpin them or myself? when i sat...
there have been times in my recovery were life has happened. ikr, amazin huh? one of the first times life happened in my recovery, my ma was to go into surgery and have a lung removed. i spoke with my sponsor about it and told him how fearful i was for my mas life. i...