when people speak to me in such the manner that they are demandin or tryna call me out i can tend to react to it in an unfavorable way toward them. it isnt hard for me to perceive if they are tryin to be aggressive toward me when they speak to me like that. why...
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Eyeglasses and attitudes Page 297 "Our best thinking got us into trouble…Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes." Basic Text, p.55 In active addiction, the world probably looked like a horrible place. Using helped us tolerate the world we saw. Today, however, we understand that the world's condition wasn't really the problem....
learnin how to control my emotions and actions wasnt somethin that was so easy to do when i came into recovery. i had lived in such a manner prior, doin what i wanted when i wanted, that all my action and thought was based purely on selfish motives, rationalization, and self-justification. to suggest that i...
recovery has taught me to keep myself in check each day with personal inventory. just as i may have several years of recovery under my belt, it doesnt mean that i am cured. there is no place i would rather be than in the comfort of my HPs arms. so, why then would i allow...
a vital part of my recovery today is the ability to find solutions for problems that arise in my life. whether they are brought on by outside sources or from obsessive and insecure emotions within, admittin where i may be wrong is a strength that my HP provides, through Him, that overcome my fear, control,...
recovery has taught me what it means to be humble. it has taught me that i am not immune to that 1st drink. perseverance in my recovery means that i must remain vigilant and on guard for my spiritual malady to rear its ugly head. fortunately, recovery has given me options of instruction and direction...
one of the best things i ever heard early in my recovery was, “try it for 30 days, if it dont work, go back to doin shit the way ya wanna.” its somethin that has carried me through my recovery and proven to me that when im wrapped in fear and anger, i am my...
it took me time early in my recovery to gain the emotional serenity this mornins readin suggests. and just as it took time for that to happen, the sufferin i went through before my recovery began and sufferin i still may go through today was, and is, a trigger that lets me know that i...
today, i get to live a life that produces the serenity and peace of mind needed to consummate a feelin within of warmth, forgiveness, hope, and love that is freely outgoin. havin learned the keys to solutions that overcome my spiritual malady, i do not need to rely upon people, places, or material items that...
perseverance is an action, behavior, and thinkin process for me. it means that i take everythin i have learned about myself throughout the prior 9 steps and put it all into practical daily livin. when i first came to step 10, perseverance seemed like a dauntin task. how could i use all the stuff i...