my sponsor taught me early in my recovery about anonymity and the potential positive aspects & negative hazards of it. he told me that when i remain an anonymous member of this thing we do, i receive the protection from it that i deserve. he also said that i can protect the program by not...
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it is not my place to call another out durin a meetin, when i can get with them privately after the meetin. just as it is not my place to judge anothers program of recovery. just because i may live and practice the steps differently from another, it doesnt mean that my recovery is superior...
toward the end of doin my dirt i had finally driven myself into a state of reasonableness. i had tried everythin and every way to outthink the reasons why i had become what and who i was, i had no more answers. the feelin of desperation that brought me to the point of understandin that...
the spiritual principle of anonymity has taught me the importance of mindin my own business. i have learned that its not important for me to get all up in the middle of everythin or anybody, that as long as i do what i perceive my HP needs me to do, crawlin all up into the...
Be thankful that you don’t have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to. Be thankful when you don’t know something, For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you...
on such a day of thankfulness, Thanksgiving, i have a pretty good idea where i would be today if i hadnt been made aware of the opportunities to change the direction i was headed in life before my recovery began. i am thankful for the life i get to live today because of the recovery...
today, or ever, has it been important to me that i be named anybody of any importance so far as my recovery from alcoholism has been concerned. surely i have used the 36 spiritual principles of this thing we do to get where i am, but the things i share are of my own experience,...
i have learned that there are many avenues to sobriety. among those pathways is religion. though i am not a religious person, and am not a member of a congregation today, the religion i was taught as a child for years still holds truth to me. religion is not what i used to get what...
It was another bleak, cold, mid-winters night in the prairies. Beneath the howling wind, the church basement was a blur of wood paneling and folding tables adorned in plastic, disposable coverings. The kitchen boasted worn out linoleum and dated, UN-matching, olive green and orange appliances. None the less, IT was crowded, stuffy and indistinct chattering...
faith, i lose it when my spiritual malady steps in to take over my life. hope has no avenue for healthy development, existence, or survival, when im wrapped in self. today, my first inclination when i run into difficult situations is to quickly thumb through my mind thinkin bout any possible situation i may have...