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Post by BW on Oct 10, 2011 13:36:04 GMT -5
Hour To Hour - Book - Quote
We must always fan the flame of inspiration and enthusiasm or our slight hold on sobriety will flicker and fade. We fan the flame by going to meetings, listening to the professionals we hire, choose and use a sponsor, and we must help others.
God, as I understand You, please show me one person I can give an encouraging word to in this hour.
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Post by BW on Oct 11, 2011 11:25:33 GMT -5
Hour To Hour - Book - Quote
To a practicing addict who lives wholly in the sensations of the body, the recovery state is one of utter boredom. But as we learn to live balanced in body, mind, and soul we will wonder why we ever thought the state of addiction exciting.
May I know that it is not so much boredom as me being boring that's my problem.
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Post by BW on Oct 12, 2011 14:14:51 GMT -5
Hour To Hour - Book - Quote
We do not believe in blind following. As when Clement wrote 'faith must go hand in hand with inquiry.' If you do not 'get' something, ASK. Ask at meetings, ask a sober friend, ask your sponsor, or ask your Higher Power in meditation. Honest questions get honest answers.
God, as I understand You, right now I want to know ______________. Thank You for the answer I know I'll receive.
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Post by BW on Oct 12, 2011 14:17:17 GMT -5
pg 86 in our Big Book we have the 24 hour plan for our day and it talks about pauseing and asking for guidance, an intuitive thought... I refer to this as a PTA meeting ..this Hour to Hour quote goes right along with that.. Pray.. Trust Accept
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Post by caressa on Oct 12, 2011 19:05:44 GMT -5
Like that, don't think I have heard it before. Will try and remember. Interesting thought. Pray and ask for help and guidance. Trust that it will be given to me. Accept the answer for what it is as God's will for me.
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Post by caressa on Oct 14, 2011 0:31:40 GMT -5
Even when our intentions are good, when we try to dominate the actions of others, we usually end up on a collision course with them. This hour, let us tend to our affairs and not the affairs of others.
Tolerance is my path to harmony with my fellows. May I be granted some tolerance this hour.
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Post by caressa on Oct 16, 2011 23:29:35 GMT -5
Octobr 15th
Are we remembering the so-called 'good times' right now? How nice a 'high' would be? We use this hour to REALLY think about what got us to this fight for sobriety. It wasn't because we were having a lot of fun!
Help me to think a drink and drug all the way through, not just the high but the hell it leads to.
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Post by caressa on Oct 16, 2011 23:30:29 GMT -5
October 16th
Whatever is on our mind at this time is probably something we can do nothing about just now. We're fighting a fatal disease here and our recovery is our TOP PRIORITY. Other considerations will simply have to wait.
Help me to prioritize my needs: clean time, sober time, recovery.
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2011 4:51:54 GMT -5
October 17
There is a certain universality to the truths taught in our 12 step programs. They are nothing new. These principles are derived from eons of experience and spirituality. What is new is our personal understanding that living these principles gives us a reprieve from our addiction.
Thank you God, as I understand You, for my daily reprieve from addiction based on my sincere attempt to practice these principles.
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Post by caressa on Oct 19, 2011 16:28:15 GMT -5
Right now there probably isn't much time that goes by when you don't think about using. Although sometimes frightening, understand that slowly this will fade away. Only time will remove your constant thoughts of using or drinking, but it does pass.
Every time I think getting high would feel good, let me remember the pain in my gut and fear in my heart just not so long ago.
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Post by caressa on Oct 20, 2011 17:05:24 GMT -5
It is easier for us to blame others (parents, spouses, friends) for our addiction then it is to look at self. We must never forget that we drank that drink, snorted that coke, toked that joint, and took that fix. US. 'They' didn't do it.
May I never forget that I used too many mind affecting chemicals because I have the disease of addiction! Other reasons are not causes. Everyone has problems yet not everyone suffers from addiction.
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Post by caressa on Oct 21, 2011 3:58:29 GMT -5
Infatuation with our past life tends to produce a false sense of security based on wishful thinking. 'Those people like me; I understand what they expect of me; they aren't phonies.' In the end we find those old securities only lasted as long as our usefulness did.
God, as I understand You, may I not be infatuated with wishful thinking of 'the good old days!'
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Post by caressa on Oct 22, 2011 3:05:23 GMT -5
By now you may be hearing things you don't like. It can be difficult to accept the truth, but eventually most of it will make sense. For now, just listen without argument--let things settle a little before you discard them.
Even if I don't agree or accept everything told to me now, rather then outright discard it, let me listen, file away for future reference, and process the information later.
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Post by caressa on Oct 23, 2011 15:15:53 GMT -5
If there is someone weaker than you, be kind to them. If there is someone stronger than you, be kind to yourself.
God, as You have meaning to me, show me the strength of kindness in what I do this hour.
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Post by caressa on Oct 24, 2011 0:30:00 GMT -5
One of the things you will notice about our fellowship is that we hug a lot. Often this makes newcomers uncomfortable because they are not used to being given love and attention without serious strings attached. There are no strings, we just simply love you.
Give me the courage to hug the next clean and sober person I see.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Oct 24, 2011 15:05:36 GMT -5
good share....
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Post by caressa on Oct 24, 2011 15:21:38 GMT -5
I generally ask permission. I look at them and say, "Do you do hugs?"
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Post by SunnyGirl on Oct 24, 2011 15:31:49 GMT -5
and I as well.... SG
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Post by caressa on Oct 25, 2011 3:27:24 GMT -5
Sometimes reality slaps us right in the face. We may be out of money, facing jail, losing a loved one, or hating our circumstances. However, right this hour we have only one true reality: SOBRIETY. Without sobriety all the above only gets worse!
I make contact with Divine Intelligence so that I am not preoccupied with things outside my control. I want to remember why I am here.
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Post by caressa on Oct 26, 2011 4:41:28 GMT -5
Hour To Hour - Book - Quote
To insist stubbornly on clinging to old relationships, when they are basically drug oriented relationships is sabotaging our recovery process. Is it not our disease finding a 'good' excuse to keep us close to drugs?
May I be able to hear the suggestions of those who work with me. May I listen in this next hour and follow the suggestions.
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