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Post by BW on Apr 12, 2011 10:23:52 GMT -5
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To want a fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort is not bad, it is a perfectly normal state of being for an addict. But each hour we stay clean eventually makes a day. Each day brings us closer to health of body, mind, and spirit. Eventually 'craving' our chemicals will not be normal, but a thing of our diseased past.
Let me know that the state of craving my drug of choice will one day be replaced with feeling my true emotions.
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Post by BW on Apr 13, 2011 13:32:21 GMT -5
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Is yesterday something that you worry about? Some yesterday? Whatever its mistakes, faults, blunders, or pains it has passed forever beyond your control. You cannot erase a single word or deed from your 'yesterdays.' On this road of recovery, we find it best to simply worry about right now.
Right now I am safe. Right now I am abstinent. Right now I am not harming myself. Right now I am relying on a Power Greater then myself to see me through this.
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Post by BW on Apr 14, 2011 12:59:38 GMT -5
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Just for today, live in the now. It's a 24 hour program and you only have to worry about this hour. This hour you are clean and in the right place looking for and accepting help.
Grant me the patience to accept this hour of abstinence without reservation.
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Post by caressa on Apr 14, 2011 16:06:56 GMT -5
Had a sponsor tell me, remember it is a 24 hour a day program, not a 2-4 hour a day program. I need to work my program in my home and in the community, not just when I am at a meeting or with recovery friends.
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Post by BW on Apr 15, 2011 10:12:25 GMT -5
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Frequently, in our first hours and days of giving up using mind-affecting chemicals, our tricky thoughts begin to question, 'Are we really so bad off that we have to stop using right now?' We will want to say, 'Well, no. We're not that bad off.' But how bad do we have to get? Dead?
May I not play any head games with myself for this one hour. This hour I am not going to use.
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Post by BW on Apr 16, 2011 11:26:26 GMT -5
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Have you identified yourself clearly as a chemically dependent person suffering from a chronic disease? We have short memories and it is easy to forget why we sought help in the first place. In this disease, only abstinence can pave the way to recovery, so we must never lose sight of our first step.
I admit that I suffer from the disease of addiction and this is my first step toward health--help me remember!
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Post by BW on Apr 17, 2011 12:41:19 GMT -5
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My sponsor told me to listen to people, that anyone (even people that I hate or have resentments towards) are right over half the time. (Bryan C.)
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Post by BW on Apr 18, 2011 8:39:45 GMT -5
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A critic is a person who goes onto the battlefield after the battle has been fought and shoots the survivors.
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Post by BW on Apr 19, 2011 10:55:05 GMT -5
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Keeping life simple right now is imperative. You need to learn how not to use mind-affecting chemicals. You do this by following instructions. That's all. Your family problems, job instability, or other concerns must take a back seat until you stabilize yourself.
Let me realize that my thinking is not balanced enough now to solve past problems. May I stow away my concerns until my Higher Power shows me the way.
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Post by BW on Apr 20, 2011 11:47:20 GMT -5
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You may be falling apart, you may be 'being strong,' or you may be falling apart and trying very hard to 'be strong.' These are both extremes that you will fluctuate between. No matter what you are doing, someone will be telling you that you 'should' respond differently. So respond how you like.
May I respond the way I respond and be proud of it!
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Post by BW on Apr 21, 2011 10:26:49 GMT -5
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Your moods, your attitudes, and thoughts will unfold in ways that baffle you. Are you angry, resentful, frustrated or afraid now that you are committed to recovery? Probably. Despite this, you will experience moments of clarity when you realize there is Divine Order. Unexpectedly, confusion may be lifted for greater understanding, then just as quickly, you may feel baffled once again by your loss. Cling to the moments of clarity.
My Spiritual Source is preparing my way and restoring order to my world even when I feel out of control.
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Post by BW on Apr 22, 2011 10:06:37 GMT -5
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'We can reach UP for that energy, and we can reach IN for that energy, feel that life force, touch that Power Greater Than Ourselves. We can reach up and in and hold on and hang in there. If we just stop. We can climb up from that dark hole. And be here. Be present. Be awake for the next miracle.'--Ruth Fishel,
I do not give up before the miracle, of climbing up from this dark hole and seeing the clean and sober light.
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Post by BW on Apr 23, 2011 15:07:08 GMT -5
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You are allowed to use a concept of God to rant and rave at, to vent frustrations. If you believe in a Higher Power or you don't, it doesn't matter. If you rant at god and there is none, no harm done. IF you rant at god and God exists, no harm done. A loving God understands and absorbs your pain. This is better then ranting at those around you, who may not care to absorb your pain!
I vent my frustrations toward a Universal Intelligence, not others who may be unable to bear my suffering.
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Post by BW on Apr 24, 2011 11:14:31 GMT -5
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Irrational actions and comments made in stress-filled moments can keep you awake at night. If you have said or done something unkind or irrational yesterday or today, you can resolve the situation by making amends as soon as you get off this computer.
I forgive myself for whatever irrational and unkind thing I may have done. I do this by making amends to whomever I have hurt and I do it promptly.
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Post by BW on Apr 25, 2011 12:25:00 GMT -5
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Get a sponsor, get a program, get into service, get a Higher Power in your life, pray every day, go to 90 meetings in 90 days, work the steps or die. Get a life. Wake up and smell the recovery.
When I am tempted to think these clean and sober people at meetings are full of ****, let me remember that they're full of clean and sober **** and I'd do well to listen.
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Post by BW on Apr 26, 2011 11:46:58 GMT -5
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One thing you will learn in early recovery from addiction, is that you can keep going long after you think you can't. This is because you are not alone. Even if you had no family, no friends, or no co-workers, you would not be alone--for you have us in the fellowships. We are family.
I know I am never abandoned even when I feel the most retched, even when I rant and push against this world, my family in the fellowship is waiting for me to reach out.
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Post by BW on Apr 27, 2011 11:30:09 GMT -5
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You may at times feel particularly antsy or confused. Like now. This is a normal reaction of withdrawing our bodies from chemicals and changing our past behavior. When this happens, we call another person, write down our feelings, pray about it, or do some physical activity.
Right this minute I am alright and I will fill the rest of this hour with one of the above activities.
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Post by BW on Apr 28, 2011 10:47:53 GMT -5
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We are now learning to keep our thoughts in recovery and not in the insanity of the past. The easiest way to do this is to say the Serenity Prayer often, use the slogans even if we think they're stupid, go to meetings every day, read the literature, and TALK to other recovering chemical dependents.
May my thoughts more and more be in recovery and less and less in the disease of the past.
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Post by caressa on Apr 28, 2011 12:03:32 GMT -5
That was why I joined a Woman's Group, didn't need any diversions. Needed a safe place to talk. In NA and AA, although the NA one has now closed.
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Post by BW on Apr 29, 2011 11:44:00 GMT -5
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Often you may feel very human, very powerless, and question 'of what use are family, friends, suffering, humiliation, and trying to cope with this disease?' In the coming weeks, much rewriting will take place in the chapters of your mind and emotions. Try not to discard the many new drafts, but to edit them and learn the truths imprinted there.
Keep me steadfast, as I adjust to the many new pages in the story of my life.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.