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Post by caressa on Apr 1, 2011 19:46:21 GMT -5
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The best remedy for anger is delay.
I don't use my 'claws when agitated,' I learn to 'pause when agitated.' (P 87, AA Big Book)
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Is your program powered by Will Power or Higher Power?
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Post by caressa on Apr 2, 2011 16:30:21 GMT -5
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Some people quote the Bible, Qur'an, Torah, or some other holy text claiming that it is your only road to recovery. You may or may not find that comforting. Whether or not it is comforting you, remember it is comforting them. Be tolerant and gracious.
I may not find something personally helpful, but I find it helpful to be personable.
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First we work the program because we have to. Then we work the program because we are willing to. Finally we work the program because we want to.
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Post by caressa on Apr 3, 2011 17:18:52 GMT -5
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When things go wrong, they are not particularly anyone's fault. You can't expect every meeting to be perfect and your sponsor to have every answer. You know you can't control or fix everything that goes wrong and neither can 'they.'
When things go wrong, I don't let them get too far.
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To the mind that is still, the world surrenders.
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Post by caressa on Apr 4, 2011 9:58:31 GMT -5
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The diversity of people seeking recovery is extraordinary. Whether an old salty dog, young gang member, grandparent, or teen with attitude, we remember: as cancer is no respecter of victims, neither is addiction. Same disease, same recovery.
'We all came on different ships, but we're all on the same boat now.' ~Martin Luther King
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Talk to your sponsor first.
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Post by caressa on Apr 6, 2011 3:42:25 GMT -5
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In our fellowship, there are always those who feel they have the ultimate wisdom to impart to you. These highly verbose people may set your nerves on edge with incredibly self-serving 'words of wisdom.' They may be full of themselves, but they are probably not trying to hurt you.
If I judge people, I have no time to love them.
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We came to AA to save our ass, and found out our soul was attached.
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Post by caressa on Apr 6, 2011 15:48:18 GMT -5
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In order to grasp recovery we must learn, not accumulate knowledge, but really learn. Accumulating knowledge is moving from the known to the known, but learning is moving from the known to the unknown.
Each time I say, 'Thy will, not mine, be done,' I move from the known to the unknown and I can learn.
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When things go wrong don't go with them.
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Post by caressa on Apr 7, 2011 17:23:48 GMT -5
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People are always blaming their circumstances for being what they are. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.' ~George Bernard Shaw
As long as I blame my past, I'm not free to claim my future.
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The Winners are stuck with me.
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Post by caressa on Apr 8, 2011 9:21:43 GMT -5
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People will tell you to 'work' the steps and that may lead you to believe that the steps are our work in recovery. Working the steps is not doing our work, they are the foundation for doing our work. Our work is getting into the trenches and helping others.
When my life is not working the way I want it to, I find I may not be doing my real work.
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It gets worse, so you have to get better.
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Post by caressa on Apr 8, 2011 9:32:16 GMT -5
Time for Joy - Book - Quote Today I can make peace within myself without needing the approval and agreement of others. Today I can love and respect people who do not always share my view of the world. Attachments:
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Post by caressa on Apr 9, 2011 8:28:47 GMT -5
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One of the joys of this program is the path it provides us with to do the right thing. Our steps don't give us a whole lot of room for justifications. There is no right way to do the wrong thing.
I learn to do the next right thing, not the next 'me' thing.
Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book
Whenever you try to get even, you get even worse.
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Post by caressa on Apr 10, 2011 8:09:04 GMT -5
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Forgive yourself because your Spiritual Source already has. Who are you to argue about this?
T.G.I.F.: Thank God I'm Forgiven.
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The wreckage of the past is environmentally safe and bio-degradable.
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Post by caressa on Apr 11, 2011 20:30:28 GMT -5
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Sobriety is a grant, not a gift. A gift is something we get to keep forever. A grant is contingent on us doing something to keep it.
I work steps because my recovery is 'contingent on the maintenance of {my} spiritual program.' (P 85, AA Book)
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Enforce the 'Respect-me rules'
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Post by caressa on Apr 12, 2011 8:51:20 GMT -5
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Suit up, Show up, Sit up, and Speak up!
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Post by caressa on Apr 13, 2011 7:17:26 GMT -5
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'You can't laugh and think at the same time! So every time you laugh you're getting a break from you.' ~Ken D. (P 153, Alkiespeak)
I take my program seriously, not myself.
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I will to will your will. ~CDA Book Page 48
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Post by caressa on Apr 13, 2011 7:19:34 GMT -5
Time for Joy - Book - Quote Today I have faith and perseverance to stay on my path and to do what is necessary whether or not it gives me immediate results and gratification. I am letting go of my impatience, procrastination, fear and doubt. I trust that God knows the right time for the right results.  |
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Post by caressa on Apr 14, 2011 17:38:45 GMT -5
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Everyday in our lives is not going to be perfect just because we are not drinking or drugging. The best way we know of to treat PMS (Poor Me Syndrome) is get rid of the words 'It ain't fair' and 'Why me?'
God does not owe me happiness because I no longer am an intolerant, abusive, self-centered, practicing addict.
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You may not always know what is right but you sure know what is wrong.
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Post by caressa on Apr 15, 2011 4:24:00 GMT -5
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You must learn to pick up a program, not just set down a drink! They call this foot work. Your Higher Power wants to make a deal with you. You do the foot work and He'll take care of the results.
If I have one hand in the fellowship and one hand in God's, I can't pick up today.
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Responsibility: Your response to God's ability.
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Post by caressa on Apr 16, 2011 6:14:09 GMT -5
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There will be many times when nothing anyone does, including yourself, seems right. But these 'nothing is ever right' times pass like a cloud over-head. Do not make decisions until the cloud passes, so that you make them in the full light of your good senses.
I do not make decisions when 'nothing is going right.� How can my decision be right if nothing else is?
From "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book
What We Resist � Persists
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Post by caressa on Apr 17, 2011 8:21:27 GMT -5
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It is not unusual for people to say something and then consider it done. They forget to actually do it. Do not say 'I will go to more meetings; I will get a sponsor soon; I must work with newcomers,� then consider it done. You must actually do these things to have them work for you.
I let go of doing life in my head.
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When we dwell on the problem, the problem gets bigger. When we dwell on the solution, the solution gets bigger.
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Post by caressa on Apr 18, 2011 4:24:17 GMT -5
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Don't allow anger, bitterness, and other character defects to affect your family, friends, and fellowship. It is all too easy to lash out at ones close to you who will 'understand' your hostility and give you room because you are in recovery. Treat them as you would a newcomer for they deserve as much.
Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.
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The only person you can ever be better than is the person you were yesterday.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.