my daily reflections…

the best way for me to fuck up my own recovery is to let my spiritual malady take control of it. since early in my recovery i have heard Keep It Simple Stupid! this mornins passage in the daily reflection reminds me of the many attempts i have made to try to outsmart and overthink my alcoholism while in recovery. readin dr. bobs simple, final words to bill are stoic to me in the fact that they remind me just how i can forget that recovery is a simple journey and i have the capability to make a mess of it if i start tryina make it “better”. and what a remembrance by bill to keep dr. bobs final words to him in his heart and continue to live and work his own program forward as dr. bob suggested. when i live by the simplicity of this thing we do, i get to receive the rewards it offers without even thinkin about it. it has been my experience that when i live accordin to spiritual principles, i get to know harmony and peace of mind in my life. when i try to outsmart or overthink these concepts and ignore these principles, thinkin i can do it better, my harmony and peace of mind is destroyed. the principles are constant and once i recognize my mistake in tryina make em suit me, my task is to once again apply the principles ive learned by K.I.S.S. today i aint tryna relive the helplessness or hopelessness of the days of doin my dirt. reeducatin my mind by surrenderin, acceptin, and usin honesty ive come to enjoy simple, healthy, normal livin, because of the modesty of recovery. when i recall the days of doin my dirt and early recovery, i get to see the actual workin of my HP in my life. He was there the whole time, whether i could feel Him then or not. in livin my gratitude for my HP bein present back then when i wasnt, my attitude has become one of humility and thankfulness as a daily practice. a comminglin of guilt and shame from my ignorance sometimes may affect me, but as i live with the spiritual principle of simplicity, i get the opportunity to give it to my HP so my spiritual malady doesnt have the opportunity to try to make things “better”. i can accept what ev it is for what ev it is and use the directness and clarity of spiritual principles to live with liberty and freedom. excellence in livin comes when i respect and love myself and others with clarity, integrity, and the purity of the spiritual principles. when i share this all with others i make myself vulnerable, i get to use risk, i get to become one with my fellows. ive found that together we can do what i could never do alone. i get to simply live a life consistin of helpin others live in continuous sobriety and recovery when i K.I.S.S. 1 day @ a time...