Basic Text page 170… She told me she had always blamed me for her son's addiction but realized that he had always had those addict traits and it wasn't my fault. She said she was happy that something good came about from his death. We then went into the basement, and she gave me a...
i honestly tried 3 times before this time to get sober and remain that way. each time i had a little success, but nothin sustainin. i think about those times and even as i had the desperation to stop, i couldnt form enough self-will to make it stick. the time before this i made it...
today, i can readily use self-examination, prayer, and meditation in my mornin communion with my HP. it is with these concepts i get to check up on my personal inventory, pray to my HP on how i may be useful for another, usin the self-examination to work upon relievin myself of what ive found, and...
the process of buildin and groomin spiritual awareness started early in my program of recovery. steps 2, 3, 6, & 7, were the steppin stones upon which growin the concept of spiritual awareness happened. hope that i could change, buildin a relationship with my HP with faith, developin the willingness to turn shit over by...
recovery has taught me that i am part of a livin culture and capable of change and growth. it has opened me up to acceptin the change recovery offers. its offered me the ability to set healthy progressive goals. today i dont have to chase after the meaninless goals i once did, like back in...
the laurels i used to use were rested upon all the time. my moral inventory showed me, then taught me, how usin past accomplishments, burnt up morals, and misled behaviors led me to instances where i caused problems for myself and for others. havin sat in many meetins and made friends in the rooms, ive...
today i understand the idea of mindin my own business. it doesnt mean i can always do that, but recovery has certainly curtailed my big fat mouth. this tradition has helped me remember that mindin my own, allowin others to live as they may, frees me from issues i just dont need to be involved...
the strength of my recovery is only as strong as the time and effort i put into it each day. when i am strong in my recovery, the program of recovery reaps the benefits of my efforts. i have to put into my recovery more an effort than the effort i did toward my active...
i aint one to say i advertise my recovery. sure, i write these daily post and post em on social media. and i aint afraid to talk about my recovery with anyone who may ask. but i dont walk down the street and shout look at me im in recovery. i like to think i...
what made the relationship between my sponsor and i in the beginnin was that he talked of his experience of what it was like. from those talks i could recognize and identify the illness within my own story. he didnt try to tell me anythin other than how he used alcohol as a solution that...