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Post by caressa on Mar 20, 2011 3:46:25 GMT -5
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Even when it hurts like hell, hold fast. The pain is the arrow coming out, not the arrow going in. Faith is not about trusting a God who will rescue you from arrows but trusting in the process. Faith will center you, not rescue you.
As the pain and fear pass, I hold fast.
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If people don't agree with you, so what? If people do agree with you, so what? Our program is one of suggestions, not conformity.
I do not need to conform to be comfortable. 'Comfortable' is conscious contact, not conscious copycat.
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All of us chemical dependents have come from the same place, no where. We all enter the world of recovery by changing our place to now here. No Where to Now Here. It works.
NOW is the working unit of my life.
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There are no victims, only volunteers. When we cry, 'They did this to me. They did that to me.' what we are really saying, is I placed myself in a position for this or that to happen. I volunteered for it.
I volunteer for sobriety today.
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He who laughs, lasts! 'But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered.' (P 132, AA Big Book)
My laughter is good medicine.
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You certainly are not good at every aspect of service to your group. You may be good at opening meetings, emptying ash trays, remembering to contact people, or going out on Twelve Step calls. Maybe you are lousy at greeting people at the door, holding office, getting birthday cakes, or paying the rent. Whatever you lack skills for, others can pick up; whatever you are good at, recognize!
For my shortcomings, I delegate; for my strengths, I congratulate.
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Post by caressa on Mar 20, 2011 3:50:30 GMT -5
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'Being angry at God won't hurt God, and neither will it provoke Him to take measures against us. If it makes us feel better to vent our anger at Him over a painful situation, we are free to do it. The only thing wrong with doing it is that what happened to us was not really God's fault.' -Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Usually, things don't happen TO make me angry; things happen THAT make me angry.
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Life begins right outside your comfort zone. Start changing.
If I fail to change the person I was when I came in, that person will take me out!
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If you are not happy with what you have, what makes you think you would be happy with more?
Happiness is not having what I want but wanting what I have.
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One way to tell how well you are practicing the principles in all your affairs is to notice how you treat people who can be of no service to you.
I go out of my way to be kind to the very next person I encounter, regardless of what they can or cannot do for me.
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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 practice self-will by trying to force our solution. Forcing solutions is the same as ignoring Step Three.
When I force the solution, the solution becomes the problem.
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Whatever spiritual values you adopt are unique to you. You may adopt a strong religious stance or a more intimate spiritual philosophy from within. In any case, the spiritual path you seek is up to you and not those around you. Be comfortable with your spiritual choices and don't try to please others.
The more I have on the inside, the less I need on the outside.
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Prayer does not change what you are praying about. Prayer changes you.
I learn to 'hit' it with a prayer, not a chair and I change!
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All our suggestions are free. The ones you don't take are the ones you end up paying for.
When all else fails, I take the suggestions.
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Post by caressa on Mar 20, 2011 3:53:26 GMT -5
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We find that the winners do what they have to do and the losers do what they want to do.
The winners are stuck with me.
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We find that the winners do what they have to do and the losers do what they want to do.
The winners are stuck with me.
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There are two times when you need to go to a meeting, when you think you need one and when you know you don't.
Rather than thinking about going to a meeting, I go to the meeting, and then think about it.
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Opportunities are often disguised as problems and this is why we miss them. With the next problem you encounter, ask, 'What can I learn from this?'
I watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
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They say you need newcomers to tell you where you came from, old-timers to tell you where you could go, and a sponsor to tell you where you are at.
The most important word in my Steps is the first one... 'WE'
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Grateful addicts don't drink and drug and drinking and drugging addicts aren't grateful.
My gratitude is not the word but my desire to say the word. My desire to say the word is a corner stone of my recovery.
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Post by caressa on Mar 21, 2011 8:44:51 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote If you think you can or you think you can't, you're probably right. The state of my world is a reflection of the state of my mind.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 22, 2011 10:54:35 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote 'It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader. This could be a good time!' Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation I enjoy the Fellowship of the Spirit.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 23, 2011 11:44:03 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Listen to the message, not the messenger! This is what Tradition Twelve is all about, looking past the personality to the principle behind the message. There are some mighty slick personalities out there talking trash and some Big Book thumpers (irritating as they are) that have a true message of hope. The slicker, the sicker. Attachments:
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Post by caressa on Mar 24, 2011 16:02:18 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote They say you don't have to like your sponsor; they just have to have something you want--like a life. It is your sponsor's job to give you a program to work until you develop a program of your own. People who sponsor themselves have fools for sponsors.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 26, 2011 19:59:46 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Many people think that the Twelve Steps are the work. But they are not. The Twelve Steps are the preparation for doing the real work. The real work is in reaching out to the still suffering alcoholic and addict.'God has no hands but yours.' (attributed to Mother Theresa). I become the hands of my Higher Power.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 28, 2011 14:44:37 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Most of our growth in recovery takes time. You may, like many of us, want to be restored to wholeness yesterday. However, you can afford to be patient. After all, when the Universe made time, it made plenty of it. I give time, time.  Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote Do not be quick to call all therapy 'psycho-babble' and think that mental health experts do not understand. Therapy can be the guide that leads you to the discovery of your anchor amidst the surrounding storms of life. In the words of Bill Wilson, I should 'never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist'.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 29, 2011 10:22:14 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote In the words of Wayne Dryer 'You will be happy to know that the universal law that created miracles has not been repealed.' I Expect a Miracle today.  |
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Post by caressa on Mar 31, 2011 12:46:03 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote The person you were will use again. That is why you must 'smash all your old ideas' so that the new you is a member of the program, not the person you were. The person you were was a practicing alcoholic. The person you are is not. Some people say that the 12 Steps brain wash us. Thank God, because that's how I got clean! Attachments:
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.