Recovery ABCs for Living

[caressa]

A - Action. Follow a thought up with action. Gratitude is an action word.

[SunnyGirl]

A is for: Activity & Achievement

"It is more important to know where you are going than
to get there quickly. Do not mistake Activity for Achievement."

- - Mabel Newcomber

[caressa]

B is for Bountiful. The gifts have been bountiful. My God is a loving One who has bestowed many blessings on me.

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[caressa]

C is for Chart. Chart your path of recovery. There have been many who have gone before you who will cheerfully guide you along the way.

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[SunnyGirl]

B is for: Balance
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of Balance,
order, rhythm and harmony.” —Thomas Merton

C is for: Change
“Don’t fear Change, embrace it.” —Anthony J. D’Angelo

[caressa]

D is for Detachment. Detach doesn't mean we don't love. Detach means we don't feed into someone else's or our own addiction.

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[BW]

"E" is for Everything..Everything matters and
Everything is small small
Ahh the paradoxes of life

[caressa]

F is for Faith. Have it if you can! Face everything and recover.

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[BW]

"G" is for God; Good; Good Orderly Direction...Do something GOOD for yourself or for someone else today

[SunnyGirl]

D is for: Denial
Denial only prolongs the growth from and solution to
every situation. —Barb Kampbell

E is for: Easier
"Take the high road when given a choice and you will find
life Easier and lighter." —unknown

F is for: Faith
“Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the
evidence; Faith is daring something regardless of the
consequences.” —Sherwood Eddy

G is for: Growful
“It’s okay for me to be angry today. It’s Growful, if I use it
for good.” —Unknown

[caressa]

H is for Honest. Without honesty, I can not heal.

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[caressa]

I is for Intent. When in doubt, I was told to check my motives and intent. What is my aim and purpose for doing? Is it for my Higher Good?

[BW]

"J" is for Jump into action

Jump for joy

Don't let grass grow under your feet or rest on your larels...Stay active

Jump into service

[caressa]

K is for Keep It Simple. It is a simple program that we tend to want to complicate. Don't drink, go to meetings. Clean house, use the Steps. Keep coming so you don't have to come back.

[BW]

"L" is for Live...Live life...Love Living

and as the Depends commercial used to say..."Got a lot of living to do"

[caressa]

M - Make room for fun, food, frolic and fellowship in your life. Make good memories in today.

[BW]

"N" is for NEW..New beginnings...New information...New day..New dawn

New Joys .... New memories

Each step forward is a New NOW moment

[Lin]

I is for OPEN....we have to keep an OPEN mind so we can learn how others before us have been successfull in their recovery.
LIN

[caressa]

P is for Polite. A smile, a thank you, a good morning, and a few good manners go a long way when you pass them on, they come back to you.

[BW]

"Q" is for Quit...Quit jumping to conclusions...Quit judging self or others...Quit resting on the laurels...Quit procrastinating.... Quit talking and Listen to the voice within