Post by Caressa2 on Jun 1, 2004 22:36:11 GMT -5
Just For Today: I will strive to listen with an open mind to what I hear shared.
Since I was notified about copyright laws, I am going to just quote the thought for today, and share on it, and hopefully others will too.
I always like to change this slogan to: "Keep coming and you won't have to come back!" If I keep coming back to the rooms of recovery, and keep an open mind as to what I hear; apply what I hear to the best of my ability, one day at a time; I will get better.
It isn't about if I change my mind and go out and use, the doors are open for me to come back too. That is a truth, but many who make that decision, do not make it back into the rooms. If they do, the price of re-admission is high, and a lot of 'life' is lost.
I was never in denial about being an addict, I knew my drug of choice was more. What I was in denial about was my alcoholism. Even though I heard, "Alcohol is a drug.", I still thought I was in control. It wasn't until I heard, if you have to control it, it is already out of control. Along with that fact, I found out because I kept coming, that I didn't like to wear a 'label' I had put on my dad or my ex-husband. If you keep coming, you will hear the truth you need to hear. If you keep coming, you will get honest, and this means self-honesty. The kind that comes from your inner knowingness and direction from your Higher Power instead of your own self-will run riot and the self-centeredness of your disease which only wants to see and hear what it wants to hear. When you keep coming, eventually you will get real!
Since I was notified about copyright laws, I am going to just quote the thought for today, and share on it, and hopefully others will too.
I always like to change this slogan to: "Keep coming and you won't have to come back!" If I keep coming back to the rooms of recovery, and keep an open mind as to what I hear; apply what I hear to the best of my ability, one day at a time; I will get better.
It isn't about if I change my mind and go out and use, the doors are open for me to come back too. That is a truth, but many who make that decision, do not make it back into the rooms. If they do, the price of re-admission is high, and a lot of 'life' is lost.
I was never in denial about being an addict, I knew my drug of choice was more. What I was in denial about was my alcoholism. Even though I heard, "Alcohol is a drug.", I still thought I was in control. It wasn't until I heard, if you have to control it, it is already out of control. Along with that fact, I found out because I kept coming, that I didn't like to wear a 'label' I had put on my dad or my ex-husband. If you keep coming, you will hear the truth you need to hear. If you keep coming, you will get honest, and this means self-honesty. The kind that comes from your inner knowingness and direction from your Higher Power instead of your own self-will run riot and the self-centeredness of your disease which only wants to see and hear what it wants to hear. When you keep coming, eventually you will get real!
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.