my recovery is very important to me, in fact, it is somethin i must place very high on my list of priorities. but it doesnt mean i can forget about the other priorities in my life either. my sponsor suggested to me, early in my recovery, i needed to rearrange my priorities in such a...
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to say there was a very cathartic feelin in lettin go of all the shit that had kept me behaviorally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually sick, to another i could trust, would be statin the obvious to the blind. no longer did i have to allow these emotions/feelins make me feel less than or keep me...
my recovery today involves cultivatin awareness and focusin on the here and now. from this i get to share in the benefits of mindfulness in my recovery. with this mindfulness i get to manage stress by keepin my attention on the present moment, rather than dwellin on past regrets or future worries. when practicin livin...
it stands to reason, as i tossed out lil bits of faith to watch fer the results of that hope, i understand today i was actually learnin how to throw away the days of doin my dirt. what an epiphany to have! as i prayed and listened fer his intuitive thought or direction, the old...
my HP has provided me with all the emotions i need to love life to its fullest. its my understandin that as i grow physically and emotionally these emotions do the same. they will evolve as i experience lifes mountains and valleys. while in the days of doin my dirt the emotions on the mountain...
if i still cling to somethin i will not let go, i ask my HP to help me be willin. even still today with years livin a life of recovery, i still want to make shit the way i want it. i want the full rewards of humility, but i dont want to feel vulnerable....
strivin fer a self-determined, selfish, objective, isnt what recovery teaches me to do. it has taught me to be selfless, thinkin of how i can help another instead of takin from em. as i move toward helpin others, i work toward a life which is more like the perfect objective of my HP. it is...
learnin to accept my character defects and shortcomins, completely, was a start toward lettin em go. the writins from step 4 and the tell to my sponsor of step 5, let me see each on paper and hear objective and subjective, constructive, feedback on how i used em to surround myself in fear and loneliness,...
ive had to ask myself why willingness is such an indispensable part of my recovery. as ive studied my character, and my own shortcomins over the years, i learned the shit i was doin which i shouldnt have, and the shit i wasnt doin which i shouldve been. ive learned how willingness is an essential...
havin done the hardest work in my recovery up to step 6, i get to use what ive learned about myself, and have come to terms with, as assets toward progressive future growth, climbin up and out of the alcoholic mire id come to live. the upward path ive chosen to walk does not stop...