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Post by caressa222 on Mar 29, 2018 16:20:09 GMT -5
A is for Action. A thought is a prayer. Follow your thought with action to help others. Get out of Self.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 1, 2018 13:55:03 GMT -5
B is for Blessings. With your God, blessing will abound. it is promised.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 1, 2018 14:00:19 GMT -5
C is for Came to Believe. We come to recovery, we come to realize that we have a problem, there is no more I, this is a we program. We come to believe in the program and through working the program, we get in touch with our own Higher Power.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 2, 2018 11:09:02 GMT -5
D is for Dry. If we don't work the Steps and change, we become a dry drunk. A dry drunk is someone who is no longer drinking but still acts out on old behaviors, habits, patterns, and thinking.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Apr 2, 2018 21:03:43 GMT -5
E is for Everything. When I asked my sponsor what I needed to change, I was told everything. Do the opposite of what you normally do, and should should be about right. Maybe that is why they say progress not perfection. Each day is a new beginning to try to get it right. The Eagle is my totem for the East. Everything begins in the east. The Eagle according to Jamie Sams, means Spirit. To learn more check out this link. www.spiritanimal.info/eagle-spirit-animal/ |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 4, 2018 7:17:11 GMT -5
F is for the Freedom of recovery. Freedom is promised to us in the first Promise. It is what kept coming back. First for the hope and promise, then in gratitude for the gifts that were given.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Apr 5, 2018 17:28:44 GMT -5
is for Group. Find yourself a home group. Do your 90 meetings in 90 days, and find a group that you feel comfortable in. you can look for a sponsor too, but she doesn't have to be from your home group. When you find a group you feel comfortable in, get involved in service, just being there each week is working Step 12.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Apr 5, 2018 17:36:06 GMT -5
H is for Hom. You should feel at home in your Home Group. Feel comfortable like you were at home and you feel safe there. It is a place you can go to an dump your 'stuff and you won't be judged. You will be accepted for who you are.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 7, 2018 10:08:46 GMT -5
i is for Isolation. Try not to miss too many meetings. i know when I missed one in early recovery, I was afraid I would relapse. All we have is a spiritual defence and isolation cuts me off from my God's Will for me.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 7, 2018 10:29:11 GMT -5
J is for Jails, Institutions, and Death. I have been to jail in recovery to do service to the women, men, and young offenders. I never got there prior to recovery. As my ex-husband use to point out, "It isn't that you didn't do, you just didn't get caught doing it." If you haven't been there, tell yourself yet, if you continue to use. No matter what you use, it all leads to the same soul sickness.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 8, 2018 13:48:41 GMT -5
K is for K.I.S.S. Keep it Simply Spiritual.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 8, 2018 13:48:57 GMT -5
L is for Love. Know that you are loved.
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 10, 2018 14:09:31 GMT -5
M is for Make. Make your day by making healthy choices. Make it to a meeting. Sometimes it is good to go to one out of town or to a meeting you haven't been to in a while. Make time to call your sponsor. Is it time to do more Step work.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 11, 2018 22:51:23 GMT -5
N is for Nosey. It is Nobody's business what you think of them and visa versa. No good thing happens when you pass on Gossip.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 14, 2018 0:23:07 GMT -5
O is for Over Due. I have found that I have been overdue on a lot of things, not just my library books. I have been overdue on picking up the phone, reading recover material ( I must confess that when I am in a hurray I don't always read the posts I have been making lately. I feel that my medication makes me brain dead and I AM NOT SO QUICK on the thinking any more.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 14, 2018 20:50:07 GMT -5
P is for This Too Shall Pass. The good times and the not so good times.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 17, 2018 1:17:08 GMT -5
Q is for Quit with the Busy. There is busyaholics too you know. Take time to smell the flowers. Spring is suppose to be here, but we haven't seem many tulips and daffodils.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 17, 2018 1:25:08 GMT -5
R is for Reap What You Sew. We only get out of our recovery what we put into it. If we work the program, we will start to feel better about ourselves and we get to have friends and many other benefit as a result of being sober. We start to love ourselves, more importantly we learn to like ourselves. Recover gave us promises that come true.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 17, 2018 1:27:43 GMT -5
S is for Serenity. The Serenity prayer works. You can't wear it out. I am grateful for it. To be at peace with myself is bonus.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Apr 18, 2018 2:59:52 GMT -5
T is for Trust. I had to learn to trust the program. I had to develop a program that worked for me with my God's Guidance. By learning to trust my God, I became able to trust myself.  |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.
Jun 20, 2021 7:32:46 GMT -5
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.
Jun 20, 2021 7:32:46 GMT -5