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Post by majestyjo on Feb 17, 2015 21:22:52 GMT -5
A is for Attitude. When I need an attitude adjustment, the best thing I can do for myself and others, is go to a meeting.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 19, 2015 9:39:42 GMT -5
B is for Blessings. They are many, if I follow His Will. It is up to me to remember to give thanks for them, then in turn, I am truly blessed.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 23, 2015 0:17:32 GMT -5
C is for Clarity. I pray and ask for clarity of mind and my God's will for me each day. My best thinking got me to the doors of recovery. It was made clear to me when I came into recovery, that I needed to change that way of thinking, cleanse my thoughts and thought patterns. Cleanse my mind and let go of the old to make room for the new.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 24, 2015 22:35:15 GMT -5
D is for Decision. I have to come to a decision each day. A decision to stay clean and sober. A decision to allow my God into my life. A decision to allow Him to take the wheel. A decision to be willing to be willing to do what ever it take to stay clean and sober.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 26, 2015 9:38:14 GMT -5
E is for Effort. We need to put some effort into our recovery. We just can't sit back and expect it to come to us. It isn't about just going to meetings and occupying a chair, it is about getting involved in service. We need to make an effort to change the old ways, because what brought us to the doors of recovery will take us back out, if we are not willing to change. Attachments:
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 28, 2015 7:25:52 GMT -5
F is for Follow. I need to follow the guidelines laid out in the Big Book of AA to the best of my ability. Some days I fall short of this, because I am fallible. When I came into recovery, I went to meeting I looked for the people who walked their talk and tried to the best of my ability to follow them and their suggestions. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallibleAttachments:
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 1, 2015 14:16:02 GMT -5
G is for Gratitude. Grateful to have Sunny come by the site and say hello. Grateful for this site that has been my life line for many years. Without it, I don't think I would have stayed clean and sober over many years of chronic pain, when I couldn't get out to meetings.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 3, 2015 23:44:07 GMT -5
H is for Honest. How can I be honest with you, if I can't be honest with me. The original Big Book said, "An honest desire..." to stop using, to quit drinking, quit abusing food and other substances. I always pointed my finger at others, and honestly thought they were my problem. If you can't beat them, you join them. I had to get honest, and come to a decision to change, and remember that recovery begins with me.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 6, 2015 2:27:51 GMT -5
I is for Intentions. My sponsor kept saying, "What is your motive and intent?" Are you intending to stay sober just to heal so you can go back out and drink again? Are you just getting sober to get family and friends off your back and stop them from giving you a hard time or do you accept the fact that you do have a disease, an allergy of the body and an obsessive/compulsive disorder that affects your mind, and affects you mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Do you intend to allow yourself to heal and recover from the disease of addiction one day at a time.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 9, 2015 4:48:05 GMT -5
J is for Justification. No matter how much I want to justify my actions, thoughts, and deeds, they are wrong if not done with the right motive and intent. Self-justification is a defect of character. I shouldn't have to justify myself to anyone if I am walking with my God and walking in His Light. If I find myself self-justifying, it generally means my motive and intent need twigging.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 10, 2015 22:04:54 GMT -5
K is for Kindle. Kindle means to bring into being. When I picked up, I lost me along the way. Thanks to the program and the tools of recovery, I was able to put the fragmented soul back together again and become whole. I needed to find and rekindle the spark within.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 12, 2015 22:42:44 GMT -5
L is for Look. Look to your Higher Power for help. Look to the program for the solution. The tools are there, all you have to do is be willing to pick them up and apply them to your life. It is a life long process. Attachments:
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 13, 2015 23:09:47 GMT -5
M is for Meditation. Meditation became an important part of my recovery. I had to learn how. I didn't have to become a monk or a priestess. I just had to learn to quiet my mind. That was a job, in and of itself. It was important as to where I focus and on what I focused my mind on. I was told to take myself to a safe place. A place that brought happiness when I was a child. A place my inner child felt safe, only to find that they were very few and far between. In today, I could take her there and show her the love and care that she never felt and show her, that love and caring in today. Attachments:
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 15, 2015 7:59:38 GMT -5
N is for Normal. Normal is a cycle on the washing machine. I need to find what is normal for me and not compare myself to others. I needed to identify and not compare. We are all different sizes, shapes, and we don't metabolize things the same. As one guy said to me, "I have probably spilled more booze than you drank." That doesn't make me any less of an alcoholic, it isn't about how much I drank or what I drank, it was about what it did to me when I did drink it. Attachments:
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 17, 2015 16:49:52 GMT -5
O is for Options. I do not have an option. For me to relapse is to die. I choose to live. We are given freedom of choice, which option do you choose?  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 19, 2015 9:52:43 GMT -5
P is for Patience. Patience, have it if you can. I found it took lots of things to tolerate to practice on.
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 21, 2015 7:21:06 GMT -5
Q is for Quiet. Quiet your mind. Quiet the internal chatter so you can hear the still quiet mind of your God when He speaks to you. How can you hear the Good Orderly Direction you need, if you can't quite make out the words for all the chaos and confusion.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 22, 2015 22:53:29 GMT -5
R is for Respect. Respect is something that is earned. Respect yourself and it will be given onto you. Respect the space of others. Skunk: Attract what you need in order to grow., Walk your talk. Know yourself. - Jamie Sams  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 24, 2015 21:50:15 GMT -5
S is for Secrets. We are only as sick as our secrets. Those hidden secrets stay inside and fester until we ask our Higher Power's Help to bring them out of the darkness into the light. Being secretive and sneaking around, is a good indicator that there is a lack of willingness to work the program and an unwillingness to be clean and sober.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Mar 26, 2015 13:16:39 GMT -5
T is for Trouble. Look at them as challenges. They can be overcome. There is always a solution. Problems we can stay stuck in, turn them over to our Higher Power. So often the trouble is self inflicted, we are our own worst enemy.  |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.
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