Post by caressa on Feb 19, 2011 5:35:58 GMT -5
The words of this reading has stayed with me since I read it the other day.
My sponsor told me many years ago, all you can do is carry the message. What someone else chooses to do with it is not up to you. Your job is to carry the message not the addict.
Also, in the same note, I was to listen to the message and not turn my mind against the messenger. So many times, I heard what I needed to hear from the very last person I wanted to hear it from. How come it is the person who totally annoys you is the bearer of the one message you need to hear that day?
What I need to do is ask myself, "Why does that person annoy me? So often it is because they are carrying the last message in the world we want to hear. Sometimes they are our mirror and their words break through our denial.
For me it was, I am an alcoholic. I knew I was an addict but darn it, it did want to wear a label that I had put on them. I finally got honest and realized that I used alcohol like I had used pills, food, work, and relationships.
eor.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=spuds&action=display&thread=10587
I had to put all my addictions into the hand of my Higher Power. All I can do is carry the message, share my experience, strength, and hope. What others do with it is none of my business.
My sponsor told me many years ago, all you can do is carry the message. What someone else chooses to do with it is not up to you. Your job is to carry the message not the addict.
Also, in the same note, I was to listen to the message and not turn my mind against the messenger. So many times, I heard what I needed to hear from the very last person I wanted to hear it from. How come it is the person who totally annoys you is the bearer of the one message you need to hear that day?
What I need to do is ask myself, "Why does that person annoy me? So often it is because they are carrying the last message in the world we want to hear. Sometimes they are our mirror and their words break through our denial.
For me it was, I am an alcoholic. I knew I was an addict but darn it, it did want to wear a label that I had put on them. I finally got honest and realized that I used alcohol like I had used pills, food, work, and relationships.
eor.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=spuds&action=display&thread=10587
I had to put all my addictions into the hand of my Higher Power. All I can do is carry the message, share my experience, strength, and hope. What others do with it is none of my business.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.