i can remember when i started to tell my sponsor all the things in my life i thought were wrong. how if, they, wouldnt have done, this, i wouldnt have done, that. how seemingly, without provocation, i was attacked by whatever it was that caused the problem, and you KNOW, i didnt have anythin to...
before i came into the rooms i always expected people to do the impossible, then got pissed at em because they couldnt live up to my incessant demands or expectations. i even put such demands upon myself and when i failed i would beat myself up over it emotionally, psychologically, behaviorally, and spiritually. i have...
when i came into this program i thought i knew what was wrong with me. i didnt understand how i had been affected by my alcoholism or want to do the things THEY wanted me to do. i had to break down some very strong self-will and i needed the courage this thing we do...
it is important fer me to never deny anybody the right to find out if they are like me. i remember when i came here i had a myriad of problems and issues. imagine if someone would have told me, nope, no corn fed not inbred michigan white trash allowed here, idk where i would...
i need to strive to be better than yesterday. it is why i made the decision to change my life so many years ago; the way i WAS livin it DID NOT work. i was done settlin for second best when i felt within i was worth more than my alcoholism had driven me to...
i was speakin with my sponsor once about service work in the group. i asked him how long i should do any one thing. he told me that 2 years is good enough. he said if i do more than 2yrs i may want to form an ownership of the position and that is not...
i like that we do not have to go to a meetin to have a meetin. i have had so many meetins with friends that were not organized meetins. the fact that we do not have to pay anythin to belong and still reap the benefits is also just as good to me. God does...
i am grateful that i am a future generation of this program who is not compelled to limit its freedoms. i have experienced so many of them through the grace of God. i cannot wait to see what more comes from them. the 1st freedom i received from this thing we do was the freedom...
this is ever so true, the teachin is never over! i like this very condensed version of how this 12-step program works; it has worked fer me exactly this way. it is a great feelin of comfort fer me to know that this doesnt really ever end as long as i continue to keep doin...
as this mornins readin suggests, if i want to maintain a good life, i have to let go of old character defects no matter how warm and comfortin. turnin those bad character defects into a thankful heart, was tough fer me in the beginnin. those character defects were all i knew, and they got me...