Post by justjo on Dec 6, 2011 20:12:50 GMT -5
Pocket Sponsor - Book - Quote
When the pain of where you were is worse than the discomfort of where you are going, then you'll move.
The pain of my growth is a good sign, not a stop sign.
Really like this and it is so true or it has been in the past. When pain got to be worse than usual, I knew it was a mental and emotional attachment to the physical pain.
As it says, when the pain gets bad enough, then we take a time out and look at it. I do an inventory for my pain, the same as I do for my addictictive and obsessive compulsive behaviors.
Did I get enough rest? Did I overdo? Was I worrying? Was was the last time I had my blood checked? What needs to be tested. What is irregular and not working properly?
My doctor often says, "What are we seeing you for today." My sister taught me a great lesson. She almost had to go on dialesis, a couple of my friend did a prayer session with me. She never looked into her diabetes until it was too far advanced
Today when I tried to walk on my swollen feet, I felt like a small bone when crunch in my feet. I don't know why, because my feet are numb from the neuropathy. I had a doctor tell me at 19 that I should get treatment on my feet at 19. This 19 year old had no intentions of putting out money for something like 'feet' when I had much better uses for it. Even in today, I don't like putting money into things I can't eat or drink, unless it is for my computer.
As sure sign of something wrong is being on a b*tching brigade, and you finally hear yourself how others hear you, and you realize that it is a reflection of yourself. It is especially painful when you complain and do nothing about it.
The five As of change, Aware, Admit, Accept, Attitude and Action which generally, for me to change the attitude, I have to take action to bring about the change. Or I change the attitude so I can take action.
It doesn't matter what fellowship and/or what substance we use, it is the same process for alcohol, drugs be they street or prescription, relationships, marriage and codependency, food, work/busy/women who do too much/exercise/religion, and gambling or whether you are the family and friends of these people, it is a family disease, it is contagious or acquired quite often just by association. I was only governed by what was available, and how much of "it" was there.
So much of our pain is compounded interest from the issues we glossed over, buried and denied growing up. Often much of our pain is body memories and they need to be healed as well. When we get through to the other side, we are certainly much wiser and more aware.
We will know a new freedom and a new happiness, that is all I wanted out of recovery. To go through the agony of detox, I wanted to know what my benefits were. Freedom and happiness, was good enough for me, that is all I felt I needed to be content, and found so much more, not just once but many times over.
I only have a 3rd Edition Big Book. This comes from page 449 and 452. When I compain about me or about you, I am complaining about God's handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God,.
...Today, Max and I try to communicate wha we feel, rather than what we think. We use to argue about our differing ideas, but we can't argue about our feelings.
There is a section there that said, "I was basing my action by my intentions and people were judging me by my actions. That is why my sponsor said, "If you have recovery, show it. Clean up your act, clean up your body, mind and spirit, clean up your mouth, and carry a clean message of recovery. That was why I quit smoking 13 years ago on the 21st of this month. I wanted to be a clean and clear channel.
I did not want to quit smoking. I still want to smoke on occasion. To do so, would kill me. I have allergy reactions to second hand smoke.
As my sponsor use to say, "People don't want to hear what you are saying. You see the whole picture, from both sides of the street, you have lived both sides of the street, and not with just an alcohlic husbad, your first husband was an addict, your mother was an addict, your uncle was an addict, your dad was and alcoholic, your relationship in recovery are recovering alcohlics, and your son is a self-admitted alcoholic. That gives you a very big picture of this disease.
I had to come to an understanding of my Higher Power. Through Him, I got a better understanding on life.
When the pain of where you were is worse than the discomfort of where you are going, then you'll move.
The pain of my growth is a good sign, not a stop sign.
Really like this and it is so true or it has been in the past. When pain got to be worse than usual, I knew it was a mental and emotional attachment to the physical pain.
As it says, when the pain gets bad enough, then we take a time out and look at it. I do an inventory for my pain, the same as I do for my addictictive and obsessive compulsive behaviors.
Did I get enough rest? Did I overdo? Was I worrying? Was was the last time I had my blood checked? What needs to be tested. What is irregular and not working properly?
My doctor often says, "What are we seeing you for today." My sister taught me a great lesson. She almost had to go on dialesis, a couple of my friend did a prayer session with me. She never looked into her diabetes until it was too far advanced
Today when I tried to walk on my swollen feet, I felt like a small bone when crunch in my feet. I don't know why, because my feet are numb from the neuropathy. I had a doctor tell me at 19 that I should get treatment on my feet at 19. This 19 year old had no intentions of putting out money for something like 'feet' when I had much better uses for it. Even in today, I don't like putting money into things I can't eat or drink, unless it is for my computer.
As sure sign of something wrong is being on a b*tching brigade, and you finally hear yourself how others hear you, and you realize that it is a reflection of yourself. It is especially painful when you complain and do nothing about it.
The five As of change, Aware, Admit, Accept, Attitude and Action which generally, for me to change the attitude, I have to take action to bring about the change. Or I change the attitude so I can take action.
It doesn't matter what fellowship and/or what substance we use, it is the same process for alcohol, drugs be they street or prescription, relationships, marriage and codependency, food, work/busy/women who do too much/exercise/religion, and gambling or whether you are the family and friends of these people, it is a family disease, it is contagious or acquired quite often just by association. I was only governed by what was available, and how much of "it" was there.
So much of our pain is compounded interest from the issues we glossed over, buried and denied growing up. Often much of our pain is body memories and they need to be healed as well. When we get through to the other side, we are certainly much wiser and more aware.
We will know a new freedom and a new happiness, that is all I wanted out of recovery. To go through the agony of detox, I wanted to know what my benefits were. Freedom and happiness, was good enough for me, that is all I felt I needed to be content, and found so much more, not just once but many times over.
I only have a 3rd Edition Big Book. This comes from page 449 and 452. When I compain about me or about you, I am complaining about God's handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God,.
...Today, Max and I try to communicate wha we feel, rather than what we think. We use to argue about our differing ideas, but we can't argue about our feelings.
There is a section there that said, "I was basing my action by my intentions and people were judging me by my actions. That is why my sponsor said, "If you have recovery, show it. Clean up your act, clean up your body, mind and spirit, clean up your mouth, and carry a clean message of recovery. That was why I quit smoking 13 years ago on the 21st of this month. I wanted to be a clean and clear channel.
I did not want to quit smoking. I still want to smoke on occasion. To do so, would kill me. I have allergy reactions to second hand smoke.
As my sponsor use to say, "People don't want to hear what you are saying. You see the whole picture, from both sides of the street, you have lived both sides of the street, and not with just an alcohlic husbad, your first husband was an addict, your mother was an addict, your uncle was an addict, your dad was and alcoholic, your relationship in recovery are recovering alcohlics, and your son is a self-admitted alcoholic. That gives you a very big picture of this disease.
I had to come to an understanding of my Higher Power. Through Him, I got a better understanding on life.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.