strivin fer a self-determined, selfish, objective, isnt what recovery teaches me to do. it has taught me to be selfless, thinkin of how i can help another instead of takin from em. as i move toward helpin others, i work toward a life which is more like the perfect objective of my HP. it is...
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learnin to accept my character defects and shortcomins, completely, was a start toward lettin em go. the writins from step 4 and the tell to my sponsor of step 5, let me see each on paper and hear objective and subjective, constructive, feedback on how i used em to surround myself in fear and loneliness,...
ive had to ask myself why willingness is such an indispensable part of my recovery. as ive studied my character, and my own shortcomins over the years, i learned the shit i was doin which i shouldnt have, and the shit i wasnt doin which i shouldve been. ive learned how willingness is an essential...
havin done the hardest work in my recovery up to step 6, i get to use what ive learned about myself, and have come to terms with, as assets toward progressive future growth, climbin up and out of the alcoholic mire id come to live. the upward path ive chosen to walk does not stop...
the attitude i had most of my life was always reflected in the relationships i had with others. always geared toward fulfillin my selfish wants and dreamt up delusional needs. dependent on what i wanted to use another fer, or get from em, dictated how my attitude was toward others. and this always affected how...
i cannot do this thing we do by myself. i need the interaction with other alcoholics to make it work fer me. when i came into the rooms there were people who didnt know me from shit but were willin to reach their hand out fer me to grasp. they welcomed me with open arms,...
it is my understandin, as far as the concept of attraction vs promotion, i dont have to promote the way of life i live today. ive been approached by many whove inquired about the ways ive managed situations, and very seldom do i have to even mention recovery. through experience in practicin the spiritual principles...
ive learned its not my position to place requirements fer those who wish to stop drinkin. it wasnt done like that fer me, and im not gonna do it fer others. ive learned through my studys in this thing we do, tolerance is an action of kindness and consideration, understandin and sympathy, toward one who...
i can recall havin rules and standards with which fear had me needin others to live by as i judged them; and to an extent, i can still do this today. the difference between then and now is, in short time, i can recognize when im doin this and get to use what ive learned...
guilt can be a corrodin thread that infiltrates my very bein. and, without the use of the 12 spiritual principles of recovery, i have no human defense; im left to succumb to its power over me. here is a point in my recovery where i neednt try to say ive mastered the humanness God has...