I gotta replay my own tape here with life's unexpected. Deaths of close family, molestations, rape, drowning myself in booze and never able to actually DIE. I guess I died 3 times and came right back to finish what I have got to finish this incarnation has a purpose. Honestly it's bigger than I have...
recovery has given me a clear mind with which i can use to positively understand the world around me. it has allowed me to feel the emotions within which give me the intuitive knowledge to use the wisdom ive gained through the process of the 12 spiritual principles to decipher the world as it comes...
when i practice the serenity prayer, as short as it is, i get to know that there is more to the way i manage any given situation than what has actually been presented to me. alcohol taught me its power and strength as i allowed it to allow my self-centeredness to show its ass. with...
ive learned through recovery that there are certain character defects and shortcomins that may never disappear from my personality. ive also learned there are solutions i get to use through my recovery to overcome these flaws when they occur. it is my responsibility to use what ive learned to combat these flaws when they occur,...
today i understand that without a thorough review of what caused fear within, i would not have the sobriety or life of recovery im blessed with. i cannot tell ya’ll that my initial personal moral inventory was listed with every fear i had undergone while out doin my dirt, but i can say, as trust...
When Is Enough Is Enough?..For Starters..The Last 11 Yrs I have Lived Alone, Until My Main landlord of 2 Brithers Passed Away..And Now I Live In Sober Living With Too Many People And Too Much Change And I Feel More Alone Than When I Lived Alone..My Health And Mental Health Is Better When Their Is...
i was so wore out when i came into the rooms. i didnt know if the shit i was hearin in the rooms from others would work for me. i knew i couldnt go on with any degree of sanity and had made the decree to self that i was either gonna do this shit...
I'm not saying that this is perfect for everyone because for sure it is not the right thing to do for most humans. Hi, Deb here newly spiritually awakened human BEing on planet earth. I'll be honest here and now for I was headed for my ten years of sobriety from alcohol when I saw...
one of my 1st memories with my sponsor was when he would pick me up and take me to meetins with him. when we would get there, he would introduce me to the others and as he did, they told little jokes and laughed without abandon. it was an introduction to somethin i had lost...
ive always had a sense of somethin within that directed me which way i should move or which action i should take. i learned through the process of the personal moral inventory in step 4, whether or not i paid much attention to it, had to do with my self-will. if the feelin within didnt...