i look back on my journey in life and my journey in recovery and it makes me think of the contrast from today and how recovery has allowed me to be gradually transformed. ive been changed by Gods grace. ive been offered the opportunity to dig into who and what i am so i may...
all my time in the days of doin my dirt i thought i had courage. i put on a facade that i wasnt scared of any person or thing. it was a veneer that carried me through much of the chaos i alone created. recovery showed me, then taught me, just how it was a...
today, many years after my 4th tromp into the rooms, i know the clear understandin of just where i may have been hadnt i been allowed. without even havin to give any explanation as to why i was sittin in the back of the room, alone, tryin to hide, quiet, lonely, full of self-pity and...
how many times before my recovery began did i just settle for what ev was right in front of me, curin my want, instead of takin care of what i truly needed. i can count many, but i aint tryina go down the road of unnecessary martyrdom or self-pity this mornin. ive already taken care...
recovery has taught me that i am to be of service to others whenever possible, and sometimes, in uncomfortable situations. i have learned that i am to offer what i have to others rather than think or feel i have nothin anybody wants or needs. i have learned i may be the only big book...
what a blessin the long form of trad 3 offers. in my opinion, it is the essence of the definition of equality. it lets me know that i can accept my alcoholism for what it is with an understandin that there are others in the world who may be just like me. it lets me...
i could have never imagined the freedom not drinkin or doin drugs could have given me while in the days of doin my dirt. i had always thought i was experiencin freedom because of my ability to do what i wanted, never realizin the walls or facades i was fortifyin and buildin so strongly. as...
I PRAISE YOU JESUS, FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN ME LIFE. (5 TIMES) I PRAISE YOU JESUS, WITH ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF THE ANGELS AND SAINTS; UPON YOUR DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. (5 TIMES) I PRAISE YOU JESUS, WITH ALL THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF OUR IMMACULATE MOTHER; AS YOU REST UPON HER IMMACULATE...
key to humblin myself was the suggestion my sponsor gave me of reprioritizin my place on my list of importance. it was a tough thing to do so early in my recovery, but as we talked that first meetin, he made sense to me. and it wasnt like he demanded that i make the change,...
today i get to live with a full and thankful heart that begs me to give what ive received through recovery to others. its been my experience when i do give it away, i get the fortune to receive even more. i couldnt ever had imagined in the days of doin my dirt the gifts...