when i came into the rooms, i felt like i was the only one who had done the shit i had done to others. i was ashamed, embarrassed, and hurt by the actions i alone committed. i knew there were other alcoholics, but i didnt know they may have done the dirt i had done....
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today, bein the 16yr anniversary of my recovery, self-honesty is a character asset i must live with. not always do i like the shit that surrounds me or the way that i may feel about it, but bein as honest as i can with myself about what ev i am facin or dealin with has...
i get the opportunity each day to build up an endowment in serenity, peace, and happiness that puts me on a path away from fear. but it only works if i put the time and effort into cultivatin it. i reckon i wont ever be able to outgrow fear, im human and God has given...
Please join us in showing our ITR community support for Erik Denton during this time after the tragic loss of his beautiful three children by changing your profile picture to three memorial candles …… Please feel free to save and display on your own profile the three candles pic from my profile Amanda in Scotland...
the big book gives clear suggestion on how i am to handle anger if i want to be free of it. it says that when i am sufferin from such a strong emotion as anger, that i cannot wish it away any more than i could my want for alcohol. whether or not it is...
when i am focused on self, i aint got time to be bothered with others. much is the same when i am focused on any resentment. these two forms of spiritual disease inhibit me from any type of productive life. foh sho i may feel like im doin shit that is important to me, my...
ive learned through recovery that resentment is a condition or state of mind whereby i relive past event and feel the emotions from that event as if it were happenin right now. resentment is the fuel that feeds the fires of my spiritual malady, my self-will. recovery teaches me that i have options today to...
yesterday was the 1st anniversary of my cousins death from TheCoViD19s. if i was to say to ya that i didnt feel the flood of emotions that come from a life event such as that, i be a straight up liar. grief, anger, sadness, and yes, even self-pity, came to me. it bothered me so...
i can recall the insanity of my thinkin and the delusional thoughts that created the illusion that all was well within my world while out doin my dirt. just as this mornins readin says, “where alcohol was concerned, i had been strangely insane”. whether it was the fear of not havin what i needed to...
hi folks I bought my ITR tshirt on here many years back, it is looking a bit worn now just like me lol and I would like to purchase a new one, however I can not find the link in order to purchase another one, can someone point me in the right direction please? Thank...