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Post by caressa on May 19, 2011 3:20:13 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 youssef on May 19, 2011 12:05:00 GMT -5
I thing craving to using is not only the main problem of a recovering addict , but craving to behaviors that was connected to our using , such as sex or any other unhealthy emotional relationships , is also considered as a magnetic attraction to our disease . The solution is in praying , sharing and shifting our thoughts by any way .
Our recovery is in hands of a loving God who is waiting us to ask for his love and care .
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Post by caressa on May 19, 2011 21:22:07 GMT -5
I agree! The substance is but a symptom of our disease. For me, it was the thinking and perception that, and it is my emotional sobriety that I have to work on daily. I no longer have a desire to pick up; yet I can still fall back into old patterns and behaviors, if i don't work my program, which as you say is praying, sharing, and changing the old way of living.
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Post by caressa on May 20, 2011 10:34:36 GMT -5
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Often we try to make our disease someone else's fault. 'It was my upbringing, it was my spouse, it was my job or lack thereof.' However, we know that circumstances are no more responsible for the brain chemistry malfunctioning in addiction than it is in the pancreas malfunctioning in diabetes.
For whatever biological reason I have this addiction, I need to stop blaming and start recovering.
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Post by caressa on May 21, 2011 12:27:32 GMT -5
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Have I identified myself 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 caressa on May 22, 2011 13:13:55 GMT -5
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Right now you can concentrate on getting through withdrawal one hour at a time. Don't worry about tomorrow morning or next week, just this hour, just this day. You've already made it without anything for this long--now keep going forward!
Fill me with the knowledge that I can do anything for just this hour, just this day.
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Post by caressa on May 23, 2011 7:33:26 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 caressa on May 24, 2011 4:51:16 GMT -5
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It is our experience in recovery that a Power greater then ourselves places the answers before us that we need to hear when we need to hear them. Often we don't like the answers and ignore the reality of them. But we can face reality now, if we choose.
Please give me the strength to see this through to the next hour. Help me face the reality of recovery and not slip back to the insanity of using.
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Post by caressa on May 25, 2011 0:19:39 GMT -5
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When there is no way to get away from us, when we can't get high enough to turn off the pain anymore, when we are worried and confused, then maybe it is time to try another way.
Right now I surrender to another way. Right now I will not get high and will walk this new road.
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Post by caressa on May 26, 2011 0:51:48 GMT -5
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The most basic thing you can do right now is to understand the basics. Don't drink, pop pills, shoot dope, snort coke, smoke crack AND listen to the people you came to for help.
My Divine Source aids me in putting everything in perspective this hour--the basics are: don't use and listen!
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Post by caressa on May 27, 2011 3:14:10 GMT -5
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If we can meditate at first, good. If we can pray, good. But if we can't, we mustn't worry. Discipline and dedication will come later. They are not great virtues of addicts. In the meantime we must attend meetings daily, find a sponsor, use professional help if its available and don't take that first fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort.
May I not get down on myself for not doing everything people tell me I should. I need only go to meetings and stay clean and sober right now.
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Post by caressa on May 28, 2011 1:28:24 GMT -5
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We all share fear. Fear is at the root of our illness. The conquest of fear is the greatest labor of the newly sober.
I offer my fear to my Higher Power, God as I understand You.
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Post by caressa on May 29, 2011 2:30:06 GMT -5
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We often feel tremendous remorse for transgressions of the past. Today, now, we can stay clean, stay sober, stay drug free. This is the beginning. Later in our program, we will work steps to neutralize our transgressions. But right now, we must heal our bodies first.
God, as I understand You, keep me clean and sober, now.
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Post by caressa on May 30, 2011 0:32:31 GMT -5
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As your are welcomed, you must welcome other addicts seeking help. Find someone today to share with. Remember: we teach best what we most need to learn. Sharing is the most important principle our program is built on and we begin every day on this principle.
God, as I understand You, help me begin this day by sharing what I've learned up to now. May everyday in my sobriety include sharing.
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Post by caressa on May 31, 2011 0:31:06 GMT -5
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Often times late at night, we fear that someone might break in, spirits might invade our body, or that our heart may stop beating. At these times we must turn to our Higher Power, surrender our fears and our fate. In that surrender, we cease struggling, cease fear.
In order for my Spiritual Source to guide me, I cease struggling ( which means getting my will for me ) and surrender my fear and my fate.
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