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Post by caressa on Nov 7, 2012 15:15:43 GMT -5
The Junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition.
-- Malcolm X
Now we know what the problem is. Now we can do something about it. The truth of our problem is, we can't handle alcohol or other drugs. They handle us. They control us. The Steps ask us to face the truth. And the truth sets us free. What a wonderful gift! We feared the truth, but now it's our friend. It's a relief. Facing the truth means we're honest. And honesty is our best friend in recovery. It's like a cozy fire on a winter's night. Honesty is how we get well. It's also what will keep us well. Do I truly believe I can't use alcohol or other drugs?
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, help me see my illness for what it is. It's my enemy. Help me see that honesty is my best friend.
Action for the Day
Today, I'll take fifteen minutes to think about what my true condition was when I was drinking and drugging. And I'll think about what my true condition is now.
Reading from the book:
Keep it Simple by AnonymousJUST FOR TODAY READINGS: Please don't compare, no matter what substance you used, we all come from the same place and the same source. Drugs and alcohol take us different paths but end up in the same places. Jails, institutions and death; unless you choose to GET HONEST, reach out and find recovery.  |
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Post by caressa on Nov 7, 2012 15:19:07 GMT -5
"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What level of honesty are you living now?
How honest are you with strangers, institutions and businesses, acquaintances, friends, family, spouse?
How honest are you with yourself?
"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
-- Walter Anderson
Access your own inner wisdom by tapping into your subconscious and intuition. Release stress, blocks and negative emotions, and spark imagination and greater vision.
From Higher AwarenessThe first step asks for honesty, in order to recover, I had to find self-honesty to heal with the use of the other Steps. Step One was just the beginning. 
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Post by caressa on Nov 7, 2012 15:28:06 GMT -5
In early recovery, if anyone had even suggested that I wasn't honest, I would have been totally in their face. I was brought up to be a good, little Christian girl, and even though I lost some of those values, I was still honest. What a crock! When I got honest, and truly looked at my life, the person I lied to the most was me. I had no self-honesty. I was cash register honest. Yet when I looked at things, I found I stole time, attention, and affection from others and as an addict, it was all about what is good for me and what I need, with little thought of the other person. As they say, "Honesty is the best policy." A white lie is still a lie. Lying by omission, is still a lie and not the whole truth. I had to get honest about my dis-ease. I had to get honest about my choices and as they say, "We are where we are at, as a result of choices made." I try to make honest choices in today. If I can't be truly honest with me, I can't be honest with you. As the slogan says, "Let It Begin With Me!"  |
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Post by caressa on Nov 10, 2012 23:23:03 GMT -5
It was strange to look at the time on the board and it is ahead of me instead of behind me. No matter what time zone you are in, it is all about being in the moment and in today. In order to do that, I have to be honest with myself and find acceptance for what is, know it is all subject to change. I didn't think I was a thief, I didn't steal, but when I got honest, I realized how much 'time' I stole from my employer, my family and from myself. I stole time, but I didn't take time for myself, at least not self-care. Honesty means to look below the surface at my own motives and intentions. Honesty means to look at the whole picture and not just see what I want to see.  |
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Post by caressa on Nov 13, 2012 5:46:02 GMT -5
Had to get honest with me today, swallow my pride and ask for help. I have been hearing what I thought was my son snoring while he is in the bed in the bedroom. The noise seemed to be coming from the kitchen which is beside my computer desk. I don't see my doctor until the 26th of November. Today I had to bring out my inhaler and used it three times. I rubbed Vaporizer Ointment on my chest because of pain, and when I put it with my runny nose and cough, I figure that I need to go to the hospital clinic. I almost went to the hospital tonight and might have gone if it wasn't pouring rain. The dampness only makes my breathing worse. So I had to pray and ask my HP for help in remembering and realizing when I need to use it. I have had one for years, but just never remembered to using. Even walking back uphill from the mall on Saturday, I stopped a few time, but had to sit down twice. When I look back, I should have used the inhaler. I must have a mental block about it. It is like, "I quit smoking almost 14 years ago, so I shouldn't need it. I have been diagnosed with asthma several years ago. The doctor I let go of, told me that I didn't have it. I said, "I have been tested" and he still denied the fact that I had an issue. This is what I think the real issue is: www.lung.ca/diseases-maladies/copd-mpoc/signs-signes/index_e.phpIt is about me getting honest with me. I realized I was discounting it because I was fearful, so I had to change it. Thanks for letting me share.  |
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Post by caressa on Nov 15, 2012 18:08:56 GMT -5
Honest is the best policy. It is important to be honest, but best not to be so brutally honest that you hurt someone else. Words are sometimes best when unsaid. I need to get honest with myself and my God before I can be truly honest with someone else. As the slogan says, "Let it begin with me."  |
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Post by BW on Nov 16, 2012 14:44:34 GMT -5
Honest is the best policy. It is important to be honest, but best not to be so brutally honest that you hurt someone else. Words are sometimes best when unsaid. I need to get honest with myself and my God before I can be truly honest with someone else. As the slogan says, "Let it begin with me." "Honesty without lov e is brutality." To me that means I can be honest with myself and others from a loving gentle place |
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Post by caressa on Nov 16, 2012 17:44:28 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Sometimes we don't realize that we lie by omission and yet words said in a loving and caring manner, aren't so hurtful. It is often not the words themselves, but how you express them that makes the difference. Instead of saying: "That is an ugly dress." It would be kinder to say: "I see you have a new dress. Did the have it in purple, I think that would have really made your eyes pop and your skin tone glow." She is not going to go out and buy another dress in purple, but it may give her something to think about the next time she buys. We don't always have a choice, what is, is and nothing we can do about it, especially if it is a gift and given to us. We are often the victim of circumstances, we don't always have control on other people's choices. If I don't have, I take what I am given, be it fuschia or purple. The color has never been my favorite and it doesn' look good on me, to my way of thinking.  |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.