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...
fear in its many forms has driven me to unbelievable acts of selfish behavior. it is 1 of those emotions that can truly run my life if i let it. in the past, to combat fear, i would drink it away into oblivion, only to cause more problems later on. it was the only way...
after gettin reacquainted with my HP in step 3, learnin to grow and use faith by watchin Him work with others, experiencin the changes i seen Him makin in others lives, it was at this time i started to live and give more of my life and time over to Him. fer Him to be...
i have always felt God around in my life. even as a young child i was taken to church to learn about Him. i unfortunately turned my back on Him fer a number of years due to anger and frustration; obscurin Him with calamity and worship of other things (not gettin my way). i have...
experience is a great teacher, the best i have ever seen. experience has brought me to where i am today. today my faith is stronger than ever. i once thought that i could never get the true happiness i deserved; i tried and fought everythin and everybody to get the things i thought were rightfully...
it says in the back of the book, in the spiritual experience, willingness is indispensable. as i have learned through livin these steps in my life, this is a fact as true as life itself. i can remember only bein willin to do the things i wanted, the way i wanted, and that was all....
i tried fer years to live life by my own will. fought everythin at every turn to do things the way i wanted them done. sometimes i was successful, most of the time i was not. recovery taught me how to concede. i finally learned to do things the way recovery taught me. humblin myself...
everyday things come to me in my life which may not necessarily inspire me to be the best person i can be. as time has passed and ive learned more, and better, proper ways to manage my reactions to situations through past successful experiences with them, my days have gotten better. usin the spiritual principles...
my sponsor explained to me that 1 of the best ways fer me to remain in recovery was to share my experience, strength, and hope with whoever was havin the same problem i was. remainin focused on my own recovery i could do this by just livin each day sober, no unusual requirements were needed....