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Post by caressa on Mar 7, 2005 23:26:37 GMT -5
My sponsor told me that if I have recovery, it was my responsibility to show it. You may be the only Big Book someone may see. What kind of message are you carrying?
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Post by ~graced~ on Mar 9, 2005 8:50:40 GMT -5
Well, I'd be the one who tells people over and over again--"You can have a different life" Because boy, oh BOY is that true!
I get to share my story--what it was like, what happened and what it's like now. And in that, I try desperately to bring hope.
And--being the rebel that I can still sometimes be (more frequently than wiseperson likes..LOL) I gotta tell ya, I don't 'expect' others to treat me 'fairly'--I expect very little....people are where they are. I expect ME to treat others in a kind and loving manner. Sometimes I even get that back!
Folks tell how I conduct myself interpersonally just "commands respect".
Maybe all that 11th step prayer work is working!
(don't tell wiseperson...LOL...I'd hate to say "YOU WERE RIGHT!" LOLOLOLOL)
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Post by caressa on Mar 9, 2005 13:15:29 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing my friend, I know what you mean. I can still be the rebel too, it is good to know I am not the only one.
I have to share my experience, strength, and hope at a Dual Recovery Anonymous Meeting on Friday afternoon. This will be a new experience for me, yet I know that I am but a channel and when I connect with God, He will do the telling not me if I get out of the way.
Often we are the last to see things about ourselves and we are the last to know. Sometimes it is denial, sometimes it is just not able to accept goodness and love into our lives. It all has to come from within me in order for me to give. I was told, you have to top yourself up and just give away the overflow.
This was a hard lesson for me to learn, many times I found myself running on empty. You can't go far on fumes.
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Post by caressa on Feb 15, 2013 21:23:14 GMT -5
A nice reminder, what we put out we get back. It is even nicer to have someone affirm that you are alright. I get defeated sometimes, but I know if I keep to basics, everything will work out. Was having a chuckle with my friend John tonight, we were talking about how several people can look at the same picture and get different messages. It doesn't make us right or wrong, it is our own reality, which often needs to be changed or up graded. I try to pray and ask my God for my truth and knowing in today, and if something seems off, then I have to look at what I am not doing or what am I doing wrong. My whole life since coming into recovery has been Tradition 3 & 5. When you aren't working, not in a relationship, and like me, not able to get out to meetings very often, then my life has been focused on service. The best way to get out of self is to help someone else. Even if I share and some people don't identify, it does help me and my recovery.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 30, 2014 7:10:13 GMT -5
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You don't get drunk watching another drink. You don't get serenity watching others do the steps.
- Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book
Like this thought, and it made me grateful. I brought the body and the mind finally caught up. I did managed to stay sober by just going to meetings, but I did have a willingness to not go back to where I came from. I didn't think I was an alcoholic but I knew that alcohol had been a big part of the mayhem in my life whether it was me drinking it, my dad or ex-husband.
I can't find the serenity and peace by watching others work a program, I have to make that decision to do it for myself. Just occupying a chair doesn't work. Just saying the serenity prayer, along with everyone else, doesn't go very far if I don't mean the words and want to apply them to my life.
God grant me the Serenity (I didn't even know what it was), to accept the things I cannot change (well I quit drinking, nothing wrong with me now that I'm not drinking), the courage to change the things I can (who the heck wants to change any way, I'm having a good time) and the wisdom to know the difference (these people are dumb, if they don't know who am I to tell them.) Who says there is a God any way. He didn't do too good by me. Asked him lots of time to get me out of trouble, and He didn't do a thing.
What needs to be changed within me and my attitude! Hopefully you will do what I did, STAY! and Keep Coming Back!
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 16, 2019 13:54:01 GMT -5
Don't leave until the miracle happens. Too
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.