Post by SunnyGirl on Nov 15, 2003 12:13:37 GMT -5
TODAY'S THOUGHT - SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 15, 2003
From the book: The Language Of Letting Go
Benefits of Recovery
There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-
term gains and long-term gains.
The short-term gains are the things we can do today
that help us feel better immediately.
We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes
in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a
Step and often notice an immediate difference in the
way we feel and function. We can go to a meeting and
feel refreshed, talk to a friend and feel comforted, or
practice a new recovery behavior, such as dealing with
our feelings or doing something good for ourselves, and
feel relieved.
There are other benefits from recovery, though, that we
don't see immediately on a daily or even a monthly
basis. These are the long-term gains, the larger
progress we make in our life.
Over the years, we can see tremendous rewards. We
can watch ourselves grow strong in faith, until we have
a daily personal relationship with a Higher Power that is
as real to us as a relationship with a best friend.
We can watch ourselves grow beautiful as we shed
shame, guilt, resentments, self-hatred, and other
negative buildups from our past.
We can watch the quality of our relationships improve
with family, friends, and spouses. We find ourselves
growing steadily and gradually in our capacity to be
intimate and close, to give and receive.
We can watch ourselves grow in our careers, in our
ability to be creative, powerful, productive people, using
our gifts and talents in a way that feels good and
benefits others.
We discover the joy and beauty in ourselves, others,
and life.
The long-term progress is steady, but sometimes slow,
happening in increments and often with much forward
and backward movement. Enough days at a time of
practicing recovery behaviors and piling up short term
gains leads to long-term rewards.
Today, I will be grateful for the immediate and long-term
rewards of recovery. If I am new to recovery, I will have
faith that I can achieve the long-term benefits. If I've
been recovering for a while, I will pause to reflect, and
be grateful for my overall progress.
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Every now and then, I get a little discouraged that I am
not progressing as quickly as I see many of you. But I
am, as was said above, grateful for my overall progress.
The goal is "Progress, not Perfection" and as long as I
am making progress I am pleased. Each of us work the
program, in the way it works best for ourselves. There
is no certificate at the end of the course, this is a lifetime
program and I am willing to work it ODAT.
Your friend in recovery, ~SG~
From the book: The Language Of Letting Go
Benefits of Recovery
There are two benefits from recovery: we have short-
term gains and long-term gains.
The short-term gains are the things we can do today
that help us feel better immediately.
We can wake up in the morning, read for a few minutes
in our meditation book, and feel lifted. We can work a
Step and often notice an immediate difference in the
way we feel and function. We can go to a meeting and
feel refreshed, talk to a friend and feel comforted, or
practice a new recovery behavior, such as dealing with
our feelings or doing something good for ourselves, and
feel relieved.
There are other benefits from recovery, though, that we
don't see immediately on a daily or even a monthly
basis. These are the long-term gains, the larger
progress we make in our life.
Over the years, we can see tremendous rewards. We
can watch ourselves grow strong in faith, until we have
a daily personal relationship with a Higher Power that is
as real to us as a relationship with a best friend.
We can watch ourselves grow beautiful as we shed
shame, guilt, resentments, self-hatred, and other
negative buildups from our past.
We can watch the quality of our relationships improve
with family, friends, and spouses. We find ourselves
growing steadily and gradually in our capacity to be
intimate and close, to give and receive.
We can watch ourselves grow in our careers, in our
ability to be creative, powerful, productive people, using
our gifts and talents in a way that feels good and
benefits others.
We discover the joy and beauty in ourselves, others,
and life.
The long-term progress is steady, but sometimes slow,
happening in increments and often with much forward
and backward movement. Enough days at a time of
practicing recovery behaviors and piling up short term
gains leads to long-term rewards.
Today, I will be grateful for the immediate and long-term
rewards of recovery. If I am new to recovery, I will have
faith that I can achieve the long-term benefits. If I've
been recovering for a while, I will pause to reflect, and
be grateful for my overall progress.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Every now and then, I get a little discouraged that I am
not progressing as quickly as I see many of you. But I
am, as was said above, grateful for my overall progress.
The goal is "Progress, not Perfection" and as long as I
am making progress I am pleased. Each of us work the
program, in the way it works best for ourselves. There
is no certificate at the end of the course, this is a lifetime
program and I am willing to work it ODAT.
Your friend in recovery, ~SG~
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.