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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 12, 2004 14:31:50 GMT -5
Good morning friends,
I didn't list a specific topic for this week, I thought
maybe everyone just sharing how your life is going
and how recovery is helping you get over the "bumps"
in the road.
Here at my house, there is peace. Not to many years
ago, even the quiet spells would make me nervous. I
kept waiting for the "other shoe to drop" or some new
catastrophe to happen.
Well life is good and I have learned to accept these
good days as well as the bad days that still happen
now and then. Even the bad days don't seem quite
as bad as I remember. Can this mean that some of
this work I have been putting into my recovery is
working? I truly believe the tools I have been given,
have helped me to effectively live, one day at a time.
I don't look to far ahead and I try only, to look at the
past, as a guide on "what not to do". I have learned
so many lessons..... Most importantly, I have learned
to trust myself again. When I am not sure of what
I should be doing, I try to remember to take it to
my Higher Power in prayer.
Is the recovery program helping you in your daily life?
Are you finding more moments of serenity in your day?
Please share.....
Peace on the journey, SG
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Post by lildee on Apr 12, 2004 19:59:43 GMT -5
Is the recovery program helping you in your daily life?
Are you finding more moments of serenity in your day?
Absolutely!!! Recovery has made a big difference in my life. Trust is back, God is back and most things are good. The one issue that we are facing now is with my daughter failing math in school. There is no nice way to say it but she is lazy and doesn't want to apply herself. Even with a tutor. She thinks this math is going to come to her through osmosis. She came home today with another failing test grade. Her response to it is "So what I am going to fail anyway." It is not the the grade that bothers me. It is the fatalist attitude of doom and gloom that bothers me more. Thank God for the program. I was able to stay calm and say my peace. I know for sure that before the program this would not have be the case. I would be yelling and screaming all over the place. Making idle threats of taking away her computer and her TV. My whole manner of dealing with this kind of situation has changed. Now I think before I open my mouth. Instead of reacting to a situation, I try to act appropriately, with God by my side. Aside from this one issue most things are good. Days are filled with serenity and peace. I am feeling stronger ans wiser and seek God's guidance constantly.
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Post by dg on Apr 13, 2004 10:39:02 GMT -5
Oh yes. More so now than ever. In the beginning I used to be a basketcase at the slightest thing that would go crazy or not right, in ANYTHING.
With all the teachings, peoples ESH, and the Serenity prayers, slogans.. and more has made my life so much easier to manage.
I even find that managing my serenity on a different note.
I've learned that this program is about taking care of ME for I am the only one that can do it.
Right now, taking care of an ailing mother, which is very hard on me all the way around, because of the program, I am dealing with it with a different attitude and it gives me courage to keep on going.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 13, 2004 11:14:00 GMT -5
( ( ( ( Lildee & Dg ) ) ) ) )
Thank you both for sharing and you brought up
a good point.
I came to Nar-Anon because of an active addict in
my life. The help I have found thru 12-step recovery
goes so much further than my dealings with the addict.
It a brand new relationship with my Higher Power, it's
a whole new way of life. A program that helps me with
life and ALL the people around me, even total strangers.
I have grown as a person, accepting each day as it
comes. I am so much better equipped, for handling the
crisis' and hardships when they appear.
**** you guys are good, thank you for sharing!
Peace on the journey, SG
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Post by Caressa2 on Apr 13, 2004 19:42:40 GMT -5
The difference today is the fact that I am living. Before the program I was existing. I didn't have a life. I lived my life through other people, my life was on hold waiting for the world to revolve around me.
Today I have a life. My son has a life. I have a healthy relationship with someone who is also in recovery, and he works his program and I work mine.
Even with death, pain and suffering in today, I have no reason to pick up myself, and I am able to handle life, one day at a time, through the Grace of God and the Fellowship of the Spirit.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 14, 2004 11:16:32 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing Caressa.....
[/size][/quote] Through the years I have heard others describe their lives as..... - being on a merry-go-round
- a roller coaster
- a never ending nightmare
- a yo yo
- a circus
So many different descriptions and all having so much in common. We had no life! Living with that elephant in our living room, kept each of us in such chaos, we barely had time to breathe. Guilt prevented us from finding any peace or happiness. Your right, our lives were just an existence! Today I choose to have more. I choose to continue this road to recovery, and I choose to "let go" of the addict and allow them to live the life of their choosing. I have learned that by loving them enough to let them go, I am now firmly out of God's way. Peace on the journey..... SG [/b]
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 23, 2020 23:37:03 GMT -5
Life is what I make it. I can be happy, joyous and free or I can be sad, full of self-pity, and miserable.
I can make up my mind to enjoy recovery or I can decide not to change and continue to act out in my disease.
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~With Peace & Love, dg~ 8*)[/b][/size]
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.