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Post by BW on Jul 7, 2011 20:12:21 GMT -5
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It is necessary in the beginning to be clean from dry drugs and dry from wet drugs, but it is not all we want to obtain. We want wholeness and we want growth. This comes from living each hour according to the principles we are learning.
My Spiritual Source demonstrates that clean and dry is not my only goal--but growth is.
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Post by BW on Jul 8, 2011 12:34:23 GMT -5
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The slogans may sometimes annoy us in their simplicity. But repetition is an important learning tool. Think of the repetition that alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and depressants bring. Now you can understand the necessity of slogans to counteract the repetition of addiction.
As I go into this next hour of a clean and sober day, may I welcome the repetitions of recovery.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Jul 8, 2011 16:55:34 GMT -5
I love these short reminders for my recovery....
I like to think of the slogans as part of my tools and I try to keep my tool box handy to pull out the one I need in that moment.
Thanks for posting them BW!
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Post by BW on Jul 9, 2011 13:25:47 GMT -5
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Whether serious and conservative or eager and flighty, newcomers often feel no necessity for embracing recovery. REMEMBER, millions have gone before you. You don't have to embrace the 12 steps but embrace something that works for recovery.
I embrace a program of recovery, not my self will, but a program I trust with clean and people that I can see!
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Post by BW on Jul 10, 2011 10:52:59 GMT -5
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What are the daily habits that you are forming right now to aid your recovery? Picking up this book is a good habit. If this doesn't quiet your spirit, you pick up another program book; if that doesn't work you must call a program person; if that doesn't work, then you meet them in person. Our hourly habits form our daily habits which form our recovery.
I ask the Divine Forces to help me implement the changes I need in my hourly habits to aid my recovery.
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Post by BW on Jul 11, 2011 11:03:26 GMT -5
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There are no magic wands or burning bushes in our program. Just footwork and faith.
My footwork right now is to not use any mind-affecting chemical and go to a meeting today.
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Post by BW on Jul 12, 2011 12:39:16 GMT -5
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The world is not consistent, you are not consistent, and those around you will not always be consistent. We don't have to be. We only have to remember not to use mind-affecting chemicals right now and our world will improve.
When inconsistency scares or annoys me, let me understand that to remain always constant would be like a plastic plant, never to grow and change!
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Post by BW on Jul 13, 2011 10:53:05 GMT -5
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Compulsive behavior is characterized by the need to be better than, sooner than, bigger then, more than. This creates pressure which creates stress, which for us creates danger! That is why we take the slogan 'Easy Does It,' seriously.
Help me to enjoy the journey, slow down and not expect five years of recovery in five weeks.
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Post by BW on Jul 15, 2011 11:38:23 GMT -5
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It is remarkable how often we run across this feeling of 'uniqueness' as we recover: we used more, had worse contacts, spent more in bars, treated our family worse, were younger, older, blacker, gayer, more sensitive--whatever.
Let me see in this next hour, one area that I feel I'm 'unique' which is actually commonplace for us addicts.
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Post by BW on Jul 16, 2011 17:05:30 GMT -5
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It is important for us to think in the positive. It doesn't help to think 'I don't want to use, I don't want to use,' because we end up having to think of what we don't want to use. It stays on our mind. But if we think, 'I like having a clear mind; I like remembering; I like growing,' we have positive thoughts directed away from our diseases.
May my thoughts focus on what I'm working toward, not what I'm escaping from.
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Post by BW on Jul 17, 2011 12:12:19 GMT -5
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Right now you are safe. Whatever is troubling you is not so bad that your sponsor or another group member cannot help. Call them as soon as you find a phone.
Grant me the humbleness to call for help whenever I feel threatened, lonely, angry, or in any way separated from my spiritual health.
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Post by BW on Jul 18, 2011 10:20:50 GMT -5
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Our ideal right now must be to remain clean and sober. Other ideals can be built upon later, but right now the act of cleansing our bodies, minds, and spirits must prevail.
I clean my body by staying off all mind-affecting chemicals. I clean my mind by going to meetings. I clean my spirit by working steps.
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Post by BW on Jul 19, 2011 13:34:55 GMT -5
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All of us go through phases of loving meetings, hating meetings, or ambivalence. The ups and downs and erratic emotions are a normal part of recovery. To stay in recovery we make 90 meetings in 90 days regardless of our many phases.
May I make 90 in 90, regardless of my erratic beginning emotions. I know my thinking is still not as clear as it will be.
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Post by BW on Jul 20, 2011 9:31:37 GMT -5
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If we are in the program on a basis of 'temporary permanence' (we'll stay until we find something better), then we need to re-evaluate. Addiction is cunning, baffling, and powerful and will always convince us it's better than sobriety. We can only make this program if we commit ourselves each day, every day.
This hour I will not take a fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort of any mind-affecting chemical.
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Post by BW on Jul 21, 2011 12:35:11 GMT -5
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It is now time to forgive ourselves for the trials of our addiction and it is time to forgive others who let us down. We are not well yet, but have made the first giant steps: admittance of our disease and forgiveness for not being well yesterday.
Grant me the humbleness to work for and accept my marker tokens knowing I could not do it alone. Grant me the pride to realize that without me it could not be done at all.
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Post by BW on Jul 22, 2011 12:41:20 GMT -5
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In this first month, we name our disease: ADDICTION. It is not chemical specific. A mind-affecting chemical of any kind can trigger our disease of addiction. If we try to say we have trouble with only one chemical (like pot or alcohol) then we do not yet understand addiction and will probably use again.
Please reveal to me the true nature of my disease that I may truly recover.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Jul 22, 2011 13:31:02 GMT -5
a good reminder... thank you for sharing BW
Hugs, SG
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Post by caressa on Jul 22, 2011 14:38:47 GMT -5
Was reminded last night that addiction comes in many forms, liquid, solid, powdered and the flesh and blood variety.
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Post by BW on Jul 23, 2011 9:30:05 GMT -5
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Now we must choose and use a sponsor. Just one. More than one sponsor gives us more than one answer and allows us to play games with the program. We ask for guidance in choosing a sponsor, then we use them.
Higher Power, as I understand You, please guide me to the sponsor that will give me the answers I need.
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Post by BW on Jul 24, 2011 14:55:25 GMT -5
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Our sobriety grows out of an awareness of and response to a spiritual program. Nothing works better for more people. To try other means is probably not in our best interests.
May I accept the spiritual foundation of my recovery.
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