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...
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the attitude i had most of my life was always reflected in the relationships i had with others. always geared toward fulfillin my selfish wants and dreamt up delusional needs. dependent on what i wanted to use another fer, or get from em, dictated how my attitude was toward others. and this always affected how...
i cannot do this thing we do by myself. i need the interaction with other alcoholics to make it work fer me. when i came into the rooms there were people who didnt know me from shit but were willin to reach their hand out fer me to grasp. they welcomed me with open arms,...
it is my understandin, as far as the concept of attraction vs promotion, i dont have to promote the way of life i live today. ive been approached by many whove inquired about the ways ive managed situations, and very seldom do i have to even mention recovery. through experience in practicin the spiritual principles...
ive learned its not my position to place requirements fer those who wish to stop drinkin. it wasnt done like that fer me, and im not gonna do it fer others. ive learned through my studys in this thing we do, tolerance is an action of kindness and consideration, understandin and sympathy, toward one who...
i can recall havin rules and standards with which fear had me needin others to live by as i judged them; and to an extent, i can still do this today. the difference between then and now is, in short time, i can recognize when im doin this and get to use what ive learned...
guilt can be a corrodin thread that infiltrates my very bein. and, without the use of the 12 spiritual principles of recovery, i have no human defense; im left to succumb to its power over me. here is a point in my recovery where i neednt try to say ive mastered the humanness God has...
i find it strikin that any emotional growth i get to live through today is directly tied to my spiritual growth and vice-versa. i like how it is suggested that my failures, even today, are areas i get the opportunity to grow the most within emotionally and spiritually. successes are fun and nice, but they...
ive found the best way to show any gratitude fer the gift of recovery is to pass it on. and as my time in recovery has passed, the gratitude i have fer it has grown as well. i reckon if i didnt continue to live and practice the spiritual principles in my life, growth of...
i reckon bein an alcoholic im susceptible to much of the emotions and negative thinkin i can dream up. yes, sometimes my own will, turns on me. self-pity becomes a naggin thought made up of, “why dont you have this or that?”, “why cant you make better choices?”, or “nobody likes me!”. these to me,...