i may have stopped usin alcohol as a means to an end for bafflin events in life but it does not mean my disease of alcoholism has taken a break. i am just as alcoholic as ive ever been without its use. selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear are still characters that can create shortcomins which...
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fear is most def an activator for me. especially when it touches somethin within i have not or do not want to face. when outside, unexpected, aggression is sensed within me, my natural desire for fight or flight steps right up and i want to enact an exact response. whether by word, behavior, or action,...
the discipline required to resolutely commit to the 12 spiritual principles of recovery are not easy, as simple as they may sound; this has been my experience. the development of self-restraint has taken time for the progress ive needed to feel somewhat at ease. today i get to use it regularly unless reeses cups, fruity...
i aint gonna even try to say the world around me dont get to me, coz it does. if i want to live with any kind of inner peace or serenity, i must dig deep when these times arise and work the practice recovery has shown me are the solutions toward inner peace and serenity....
i must pay mind to how im feelin within. justification or rationalization of emotions which are harmful to me dont stay within me; no matter how hard i fight em. these sentiments eventually flow out directed at others who do not deserve the atrocities i can create. when i am self-aware of whats goin on...
as i have grown in my recovery my response to catalysts which used to send me deep into chaos and bewilderment, keepin me baffled, in search of self-willed resolution, have waned. i do not shoot from the hip with words, behavior, or action today. recovery has taught me healthy solutions so i do not make...
for me today, perseverance equals success, happiness, joy, self-love, and better yet, freedom from too much self. when in the days of doin my dirt i would rely upon alcohol to give me the freedom to realities i could not face nor manage, today i get to use the simplicity of recovery to overcome my...
today i get to love myself. though there are characters and shortcomins i must continue to improve and develop to be better, i get to practice solutions and refine facin myself. in the days of doin my dirt i could not honestly do this, i lacked the faith in somethin greater than i, other than...
a mainstay in my holistic health is the daily perseverance in the practice of all the 12 spiritual principles of recovery. and as it may sound a dauntin task, it is as simple or as difficult as i choose to make it. i still get to live life today; however, i pay attention to my...
the pains of drinkin and the emotional turmoil it caused are reasons why i am sober today. learnin all the shit about myself in steps 4 – 9, the necessary prunin of joel, i was able to come to terms with areas of my life which needed an overhaulin. as ive hued away over the...