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Post by Lin on Feb 6, 2013 5:32:07 GMT -5
U is for UGLY>>. I was na UGLY crawling caterpillar until my recovery in lanon transformed me into a beautiful butterfly.
How does one become a butterfly? You have to want to fly SO MUCH you are willing to give up being a vaterpillar!
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 7, 2013 1:49:32 GMT -5
V is for Very. Like your post Lin very much. I know that in today, that I am very much an alcoholic, I had the thinking behind the drinking. I had the thinking behind the drugging. i very much had the thinking behind my addiction, be it people, places and/or things.  |
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Post by Lin on Feb 7, 2013 11:55:14 GMT -5
W is for the WORLDWIDE fellowship! The Internet really brings it to life! Today we can talk with others in recovery who love on different continents!
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 8, 2013 11:28:45 GMT -5
X is for X marks the Spot. Remember the spot you had your last drink and you will never want to go back there.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 9, 2013 16:46:23 GMT -5
Y is for Your. This is a blame game word. When you start taking someone else's inventory, you are looking at them instead of yourself. You walked your path, I walked mine. Yours and mine hopefully both ended up in recovery, but there are some of your patterns and behaviours, I have don't yet. Some of mine, you might not have done, yet this disease is cunning, baffling and power. We need to identify not compare.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 11, 2013 3:52:20 GMT -5
Z is for Zero. When my score card read Zero, I was willling to enter the doors of recovery. Relapse was no longer an option, it was do you want to live or die. I chose life, through the 12 Steps of Recovery, to fill my score card up.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 12, 2013 10:59:54 GMT -5
A is for Acceptance. Acceptance of the nature of my disease as well as the fact that I have one. Acceptance of myself and where I am in today, knowing that all things are subject to change if I can find acceptance and move on with my life. Attachments:
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Post by Lin on Feb 13, 2013 13:56:28 GMT -5
B is for boundaries....I need them so others won't take my serenity.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 14, 2013 11:17:39 GMT -5
C is for Choose. Choose sobriety (soundness of mind), it is so much more rewarding than just being clean and sober. I can't, God can, and just for today, I choose to let Him/Her.  |
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Post by Lin on Feb 14, 2013 18:08:11 GMT -5
D is for detach with love.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 15, 2013 0:09:39 GMT -5
E is for Enjoy. If you aren't having fun in recovery, what are you doing wrong? You will be surprised what you can do and enjoy it too when you are clean and sober.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 16, 2013 4:06:03 GMT -5
F is for Faith. Faith that everything will work out. Faith in the program, faith in my God, faith in myself, that with Him/Her all will turn out as it should, not always as I would have it be.  |
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Post by Lin on Feb 16, 2013 13:10:24 GMT -5
G is for GOD...this is my Higher Power.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 18, 2013 12:16:13 GMT -5
H is for Higher Power. I listened to my Lower Power for years, I had to get honest, and in order to recover, I had to connect to my Higher Power.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 20, 2013 2:52:33 GMT -5
I is for Insolation. I need to put up a protection against outside disturbances. I need to pray and ask for that insolated moment to make a decision, to use or not to use, be it people, places and things. I need to protect myself fom isolating my soul.  |
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Post by Lin on Feb 20, 2013 11:32:24 GMT -5
Justify...when my actions must be justified, I need to take a btter look at myself and my actions.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Feb 21, 2013 1:56:30 GMT -5
K is for Keep Coming Back. Spent a lot of time searching for material, which kept me off what I was suppose to be doing. My "K" word is keep, keep focused on your recovery, stay in the moment, don't let yourself be drawn into other things. It ended up there was a purpose for what I was doing, and there was good results, and I should have known that I was being lead, because I had prayed and asked to be guided. As a result of my searching, I found the material on ACoA. It is also important to keep in mind that I am an alcoholic and recovering addict, I must not forget where I come from. I may have 20 years, but in reality, all I have is one day at a time, that is how I did it. I have kept doing the same thing each day, getting up in the morning, asking for help for today, asking for courage, strength, direction, and whatever I need to stay clean and sober for today. As I go through the day, as thing are revealed, I stop and make a connection, whether it is to ask for help or to give thanks, it is important to keep that conscious contact throughout the day. At night I give thanks for another day, that give me hope for another tomorrow. Keep coming back, the life you may save may be mine.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 23, 2013 0:17:18 GMT -5
L is for Love. Love yourself. In order to have true love for others, you must first find it within yourself. Like all things, it has to begin with me, I can't look outside of myself for completion and wholeness.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 24, 2013 1:37:04 GMT -5
M is for Music. Music can calm the soul. Music can help us with getting into the rythmn of life, balancing, and centering ourselves each day. Music can help connected us to our Higher Power.  |
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Post by caressa on Feb 25, 2013 1:04:51 GMT -5
N is for Nothing. If you haven't asked for God's will, you will get nothing but your own. If you don't say, you have already answered, you are saying "Nay" and if you aren't willing to do your part, nothing given (ventured) is nothing gained.  |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.