this readin is so true; it describes exactly how i let pride rule my life in negative ways. i always thought i was the 1 who provided the things in my life that i needed to make my way. i could never admit to myself that just maybe, there was somethin else guidin my life....
i do enjoy the inner peace i have today. not fearin every wakin minute of whats gonna happen next. this learnin process has provided me with serenity. i have the decision today to keep what is gittin to me, or give it away to my HP. i can remember the days of doin everythin i...
today i understand humility is a gift. it was somethin i yearned fer, and fer a very long time, just could not capture. this thing we do taught me, when i am able to finally get my priorities straight and in proper order, i may obtain, and hopefully, retain humility. its one of the 1st...
Another Look This is NA Fellowship-approved literature. Copyright © 1976, 1984, 1992 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. All rights reserved. There are probably as many definitions of addiction as there are ways of thinking, based on both research and personal experience. It is not surprising that there are many areas of honest disagreement in...
it is nice to be able to accept self, people, places, and things fer who and what they are. it certainly does create a feelin of humility and serenity that allows my HP to flow within. it is even nicer to know that i no longer need to have alcohol to allow a faux feelin...
i get to have a lot of fun in life today, but i cannot forget why i am able to have so much fun. its really nothin i do, its somethin that is a gift to me. the ability to make another smile and laugh in the midst of chaos and calamity is somethin that...
lettin loose all the shit that had bound me up fer so many years did clear my head; it made room fer other things to come into my life. i had been hearin about humility and people were tellin me to get it, but i didnt know how or what it even felt like. as...
not all the things i did before i came into this thing we do were bad, even when under the influence of alcohol. even today, as i live my recovery i am susceptible to my own shortcomins. the difference from now and then is that i acknowledge the things my HP does fer me, and...
whenever i read this passage, it always makes me think of how i need to keep my thoughts and actions with my HPs will. that service work among my peers truly shows my willingness to complete His will. as i continue to live His will in my life to the best of my ability i...
sharin things that were in my darkest closets was a very scary proposition. i kept these things hidden and well fed. they were behaviors i refused to do because i thought not doin em kept me safe, warm, and comfortable. to start doin these behaviors meant i had to really look at them and make...