when i have healthy, realistic, expectations, i get to look forward to somethin happenin in my life after i have worked hard for it. there is a difference today in the meanin of expectation that differs from its meanin when i was out doin my dirt. and this doesnt mean that i bank on my...
https://youtu.be/8LMB6K4rTGU https://youtu.be/1mXnU1Hr… Monday, February 15, 2021 8:30 AM “Joy of Recovery Meeting” Speaker: susanr001 Topic: “Practicing Trust in Recovery” Practicing the principle of trust may require overcoming a sense of fear about the process of being restored to sanity. Even if we’ve been clean only a short time, we’ve probably already experienced some emotional pain...
there was a time when i was one of those, “far too smart for my own good” types of people, and sometimes i can still be when my spiritual malady gets in the way. i tried everythin and every way to outthink or overthink anythin i ever did back in the days of doin my...
just how delighted do ya think i was when those in the rooms started tryin to tell me that the shit i was goin through was my fault? they said if i wasnt such a selfish and self-centered son of a bitch i wouldnt be in the position i was in when i walked into...
i have learned since my recovery began the true limits of my self-reliance. surely i am equipped today to do the things necessary to sustain my alcoholism. but if i am honest with myself, i have limits as to what i can do. there are times i need help. lookin back on the days of...
it took me a little time into recovery to see how God had worked in my life. if i thought about all the shit i had put others and myself through i could pick out how what should have happened, didnt, and what shouldnt have, did. but sayin that God had anythin to do with...
faith in my HP isnt a question i need to ponder much today. havin taken the time to do meaninful and deep personal inventory over the years of my recovery, how could i question Him in my life. there have been many times ive thrown my arms up, givin situations or circumstances to Him and...
Whiskey Man: Hey whiskey man, you're running as hard as you can, You drink your whiskey too much more than you can stand. You have your highs, you have your lows, Nobody knows which way you go. Whiskey man, don't you play that hand too long. It takes whiskey to make you tall, You ain't...
i reckon when it comes to my life, i am human. i get to feel emotions today that in the past i did not like to feel. and ya’ll can prob guess that when i felt those undesirable emotions, what i did to make em go away. today i have been provided with tools that...
https://www.sobermomtribe… After having my son, I struggled with severe postpartum depression and anxiety that went undiagnosed. My postpartum experience led my disease of alcoholism to rapidly progress in the first 8 months of my sons life; ultimately leading me to get sober when he was 8.5 months old. Once I began to understand what had...
