You know you're in recovery when.....

[~graced~]

(Humour me....but it's become abundanty clear to me how ingrained recovery becomes as a way of life....Feel free to add to the list!
I'd be thrilled to know I'm not the ONLY nutcase out here! LOL)



You KNOW you're in recovery when...

** you have more self help books for overcoming addictions on your bookshelves than the public library but you read only two--the big blue one and the little blue one! (why I don't toss the rest is beyond me!)

**you give a thumbs up to the fella honking behind you cuz you're convinced it's about the 'honk if you're a friend of Bill's' sticker on your bumper and totally missed the fact that you're turning the wrong way onto a one way street. (true ...LOL)

**you stand up to address a group of professionals about work related topics and introduce yourself in the usual manner..."Hi, I'm ___ and I'm an alcoholic" (oops..LOL)

**you excuse yourself in a heated moment with another person to use the restroom to get ON your knees for surrendering purposes. (yep...people will look at ya funny..LOL)

**you tell the officer the reason you're in the park AFTER closing hours with some scared looking person in the car with you- is that you're "doing a fifth".......and promptly begin scrambling like mad to correct that statement! (oy....)

[knothead]

1) I can respond to this thread, and actually see the humor for a change.

2) Know what they mean when they are talking about "Bill W." & Dr. Bob."

3) Not be "shaking & quaking" in fear at meetings anymore.

4) Sincere honesty doesn't bother me anymore (not quite there yet).

5) I find it easy to call anyone, day or night, on that list they gave me, if necessary. I'm still working on this one.

6) I tend to read recovery texts or daily meditations, rather than do the daily crossword puzzle from the daily newspaper in the morning.

7) I find "service work" humbling. I go to meetings early, so that I may help my sponsor set up for the meeting. I also stay late, for "the meeting" after the meeting. I need it.

8) I offer advice, even when it's not asked for. Grandiose thinking???!!!!

Thanks so much for a great post.

It is always good reminder that we can still have a since humor while sober. Hell, to be perfectly honest, I never had much of one while I was out drinking & using. Everything was pretty much dismal, to be truthful.

But my alcoholic thinking & ways is so very much selective. I tend to want to think of the way it was almost in the very beginning. Things weren't so bad then; I hadn't yet gone down that proverbial "slippery slope" of nearly no return.

I am a newbie. Though familiar with the program, after being in & out for several years, this a new start for me.

I never grow tired of hearing others who have been working the 12 steps for several 24 hours being able to joke around. I literally WANT what they have. To not take a back seat to anyone, yet humble enough for self-deprecating humor.

Nothing happens over-night. I realize this.

Thank you all.

[Tiger]

Your in recovery when:

***You *want* to go to meetings as opposed to *have* to go

***you have learned AA is a simple program for the "moment"

***After step 3 nothing is happening in your life by mistake....both the good and bad

***Divine Providence is at work in your life....good will ultimately come out of your present situation....in God's time

***and last but not least DINAO (Drinking Is Not An Option).........no matter what!

Tiger

[~graced~]

((((((KnotHead))))))) Yep, a day at a time...you stick around and great things will happen for you!

And the humour truly isn't self depreciating--far from it! I've learned to not take life or myself too darn seriously. When your worth and value isn't in your 'doings' but in your 'beings'......as a child of G-d, you don't get to depreciate the value no matter where your feet have landed....G-d loves ya in spite of it all, 'doesn't make junk' and has a purpose and a lesson in everything.

So......

You know you're in recovery when.....

**you find yourself in the recovery section of Barnes and Noble with your cuppa Starbucks coffee, looking for yet another daily reading book!

**you don't have to ask what you'll be doing this weekend cuz you know exactly which meeting you'll be going to and which pigeon you'll be working with.

**you stomp your foot, cross your arms and admit that you're tantrumming...and if folks will just wait, you'll be done shortly.. (yep..LOL...I still do this one)

**you find yourself chanting slogans and getting through moments that you used to drink over.

**you find yourself finishing the quotes from the Big Book that your sponsor starts and going "yeah, yeah, yeah...I KNOW....I AM my own problem....LOL"

[lildee]

Hi guys,

Normally I don't post in this section being from across the hall but this thread was so irresitable..... Hope you don't mind.

You know your in recovery when you try to 12 Step the angry customer in line at the checkout counter whose check won't clear.

Your know your in recovery when you can spot someone else in recovery based on their lingo.

You know your in recovery when Hazelden has you on their mailing list.

You know your in recovery when you feel the sudden urge to give away what you have.

You know your in recovery when you have felt the bliss of Serenity for the first time.

You know you in recovery when you and your hubby spend hours talking about Step work instead of .......

Have a great 24
Love and God Bless
Arlene

[~graced~]

LOL I related well to the Hazelden magazines...they're mysteriously reproducing in the livingroom as I type, I just KNOW it..LOL

(((((Arlene)))))) You're welcome anytime, leastwise I have no aversion to your presence! I'm of the belief the more the merrier. I'd be awful bored in recovery without the diversity!

Oh...

And you know you're in recovery when--

**there's the computerized Big Book and 12 by 12 on your computer desktop.

**the answer to some irritating situation is to stick your hand in your pocket and clutch your sobriety medallion and silently recite the serenity prayer.

**you use the term 'old fart' and truly mean it as a term of endearment..LOL

[majestyjo]

Seems like a lot of people qualify and need the program even though they don't drink. It is a living dis-ease and they drug of choice (alcohol, men, pills, work, relationships, food, etc.) is but a symptom of my disease.

One of the greatest gifts for me was the ability to laugh at myself.

Feeling that I am on the path to recovery when I can take the words off the page and apply it to my life.

[caressa222]

All great, my favorite is o still want to go to meeting.