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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 14, 2011 12:40:06 GMT -5
An excellent thought for anyone's life....
Thanks for sharing (((((BW)))))
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Post by caressa on Aug 15, 2011 21:30:04 GMT -5
You never have to be alone again. Where ever you are, the Fellowship is close by and always, always where ever you are, your Higher Power is too!
Hi God! I may not have a clear conception of You -- I may not truly believe. However, I've come this far and right now I just want to say 'Hi
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Post by caressa on Aug 15, 2011 21:31:43 GMT -5
Hope you don't mind BW, not sure if you frogot to post or didn't have access to today's quote.
I like the idea of just going to God and say, "I just come to say 'Hi' nothing much happening, just wanted to say hello."
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Post by BW on Aug 16, 2011 11:49:40 GMT -5
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Complete involvement in this new way of life will keep you from falling through the cracks. If you stay in the middle of us, you won't fall off the edge.
As I follow those before me, newcomers will follow behind me and I will always be in the middle of the path of progress.
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Post by BW on Aug 17, 2011 11:08:12 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 Aug 18, 2011 8:37:57 GMT -5
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Do you feel like you are compelled to do everything perfectly now that you're sober? Impatient for everything to be normal? Take three deep breaths and relax. You are right where you are supposed to be and all will unfold in it own good time.
The world ran in spite of the fact that I was 'out of it' in the past. Help me accept that the world will chug along without me while I recover, too.
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Post by caressa on Aug 18, 2011 14:09:41 GMT -5
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Post by BW on Aug 19, 2011 11:03:44 GMT -5
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Some addicts have returned to using mind-affecting chemicals because they tried to 'cope forever' and couldn't face never, ever using anything again. But you can maintain abstinence by just not picking up that first dose of anything NOW. Forget forever.
Give me the understanding that what I cannot do for a lifetime, I may easily do right now.
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Post by caressa on Aug 19, 2011 21:50:12 GMT -5
Like this! I can remember thinking forever and feeling very overwhelmed. It was a relief to be told, we only do this a day at a time. I still do it a day at a time after several 24 hours and yet the thought of picking up is not an option.
In fact they have taken 2 medications away from me, Celebrex and Tyenol Arthritis because it affected my kidneys. They had to change my blood pressure medication because it was affecting my kidneys. The gabapentin which my doctor says is a good pill affects my kidneys. That is the next to go after I get use to dealing with the new painas a result of not taking the other meds. The doctor doesn't say, he says take it and he won't give me another pill to replace it. So I will have to deal with the pain of the neuropathy as well as the pain of the arthritis without medication.
Pain is why I used, emotional and physical. Pain can't rule my life. I apply the Steps to it, one day at a time.
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Post by BW on Aug 21, 2011 3:01:13 GMT -5
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When we feel that fate has dealt us a bad hand with chemical dependency, we simply remember that many people have MS, or cancer, or diabetes, or lupus, or heart disease, or. There are many diseases that people have for a lifetime. We simply do what we have to in order to obtain and maintain remission.
When I tend to pity myself, let me count my blessings. I have a chronic disease that is easily put in remission with abstinence. Others are not so lucky.
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Post by BW on Aug 22, 2011 10:28:40 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 Aug 23, 2011 1:53:58 GMT -5
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If someone on the program talks rather harshly to you, it is because they too have been where you are. They will not pity you because pity leads to self-pity which leads to mind-affecting chemicals. Sometimes reality is harsh, and we won't hide that from you in our program.
When another in the program is harsh with me, help me to see the love behind the harshness, the reality behind my pain.
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I know there have been times I have been short or harsh. I have such a deep passion for this journey that I want people to get it!
I have been to far too many funerals of persons who just couldn't or wouldn't get it. In carrying the message and I see an individual as stubborn and as rebellious as I was and as skeptic as I was that there was hope...I just want them to know the solution is real and hope is alive.
At times my harshness is in fact the careing and it is intensified by fear for that individual. No I cannot pity them or feel sorry for them. If they are at all like I was I had plenty of my own "feel sorry" and was stuck on the pity pot.
Sometimes it was and sometimes still is tho gratefully it does not happen as often--- that harshness that got me unstuck. Feeling stuck on stuck is not a comfortable feeling.
So I am not being a B***..I truly care
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 23, 2011 11:26:37 GMT -5
I consider you my inspiration... what ever you have, I want more of it! If it means speaking the truth in less than an elegant way, so be it!
Thank you for sharing, BW
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Post by caressa on Aug 23, 2011 16:57:21 GMT -5
Thank you BW, your words were taken to heart. I process things differently, but in the long run I do get there.
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Post by BW on Aug 24, 2011 12:49:55 GMT -5
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Our recovery is not just 'not using.' It is not just a program of 'not doing' something but is an action program where we must 'do' certain things to maintain our abstinence and grow. We learn what to do by reading our literature, attending meetings, and listening to our sponsor.
Help me to live clean and sober by DOING and not just 'not doing.
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Post by BW on Aug 25, 2011 12:39:20 GMT -5
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How are you feeling right now? Do you have flash reactions to everybody and everything? If we give ourselves a few minuets by counting to 10, we will give ourselves the gift of time so we can stop helping others control us by triggering negative behavior reactions.
Higher Power, may I have the presence of mind to count to 10 slowly before reacting to negative triggers from others?
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Post by BW on Aug 27, 2011 11:30:19 GMT -5
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Many times in beginning sobriety, we have absolutely insane thoughts and feelings! But remember that transformation and insanity often intersect. The process of change is fraught with ambiguity--as long as you don't use, you're OK.
As long as God is running my life, my insanities will be used for the highest good of all and are nothing to be afraid of.
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Post by BW on Aug 28, 2011 4:00:00 GMT -5
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Positive clean thoughts of ourselves are a must. It is important to 'picture' ourselves speaking at meetings, 12th stepping newcomers, laughing, cleaned up and well groomed, and holding our heads high. These clean and sober thoughts help counter years of drunk and dirty thoughts.
I see myself laughing and sharing with others.
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Post by BW on Aug 30, 2011 9:18:41 GMT -5
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Many of us have not gone this long without some kind of chemical for many years. We feel awkward, uncomfortable and in physical pain. It seems like too much is being asked of us. Sometimes we romanticize the 'good times' when we were using. But we must now trust that thousands of addicts have lived through this hour and go on to a better one.
God, as I understand You, show me that I can go to a better hour, day, and life!
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Post by BW on Aug 31, 2011 10:52:46 GMT -5
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Are you angry or about to get angry? We have learned that only one thing causes anger: not getting what we think we want, need, or deserve. Whether it is attention, money, respect, sex, admiration, things, or security, it means not getting what we think is our just deserts.
As I do what I know is right in any given situation, anger will be replaced with a reliance on my Spiritual Source and that source will provide what I need.
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