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Post by caressa222 on Jul 23, 2018 18:38:25 GMT -5
Day By Day
Baby-sitting
If someone truly wants our help to stop using mood-altering chemicals, we have a responsibility to do all we can. But demanding that someone accept our help or baby-sitting someone who continues to use probably does more harm than good.
Deep down, we know when someone is sincerely seeking help. While it is our job to carry the message, we must avoid trying to fix someone who is not yet ready to quit. It works better if we tell them we’re happy to talk anytime they want to call.
Am I learning the boundary between helping and fixing?
Higher Power, help me help others according to their needs,
in the best way I can.
I will concentrate on helping myself today by…
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Post by caressa222 on Jul 23, 2018 18:40:19 GMT -5
When I am tired, I will rest.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Jul 25, 2018 21:33:04 GMT -5
Day By Day Practicing the principles Our program and its principles apply to every area of our lives. Sometimes people say that they would lose their livelihood if they applied the principles to their work. But this is probably not true and speaks of fear. If we must lie or be hypocritical in any area of our lives, then we are not applying the principles. Once we realize that it is reassuring and rewarding – not threatening – to let God work through us all the time, we will feel genuine, we will feel integrity, we will feel at peace. Do I practice these principles in all my affairs? Higher Power, help me see whether any area of my life is missing the benefit of the principles. The principle I will apply today in all my affairs is…  |
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Post by majestyjo on Jul 26, 2018 8:58:09 GMT -5
Day By Day
Avoiding pity
Coming into the fellowship, newcomers may see older members as unsympathetic, unsupportive, or even rude. Old-timers don’t mince words with newcomers who aren’t ready to stop using: “Go back out and try some more if you haven’t had enough.” Old-timers don’t pity newcomers. While they understand the fear and pain, they also know that pity will kill because pity leads to self-pity and evgentually back to using.
So if old-timers seem harsh it’s out of loving, knowing hearts – it’s out of tough love.
Have I stopped pitying myself (and others)?
Higher Power, help me avoid self-pity so I can do what I need to do to recover.
Today I will avoid self-pity by…
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Post by caressa222 on Jul 27, 2018 20:52:00 GMT -5
Day By Day
Making progress
As addicts, we have a disease, as recovering addicts it is important for us to recognize that we are getting better. It is exciting and encouraging to see how we are changing.
We are sick, but we are getting better. For example, it used to be that every time something went wrong, we had to run; now we just want to run. The running feeling is still there, but we now have a choice. Later, by the grace of God, we may not even want to run.
Can I see the progress I am making?
Higher Power, while I know there is always room for improvement, help me see the progress I have already made.
I will seek to improve myself today by…
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Post by caressa222 on Jul 28, 2018 22:06:34 GMT -5
Day By Day Testing the fellowship Early in recovery, we may find ourselves testing the fellowship to see how much others will respond to us. Out of fear, anxiety, loneliness, or frustration, we may act out. But as wonderful as our fellowship is, it’s not a permanent bond; it will not hold up against repeated assaults and excessive demands. When fellowship members have had enough, they may frankly object. We may feel hurt and rejected. If we then overreact and reject the fellowship, we lose. And so does the fellowship. We need to learn what issues we have along with chemical dependency and how to deal with them. We need to learn that the fellowship needs the care and respect we’d give any relationship. Am I treating the fellowship and myself well? Higher Power, help me understand my individual issue and to get help with them. Today I will show respect for myself and the fellowship by…  |
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Post by majestyjo on Jul 30, 2018 3:04:31 GMT -5
Day By Day
Looking for the answers
We are learning that the geographical cure does not guarantee staying clean and sober. As the saying has it, no mater where you go, there you are. We are learning that it’s better to look for the answers in ourselves and our program than in a different city or country.
No person, place, or thing will keep us clean and sober. Recovery is in our program, in our hearts, and in the “still small voice within.”
Do I know where to look for answers?
Higher Power, help me see that I will find answers only in my soul and not in distant places.
Today I will look within by…
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 2, 2018 19:09:04 GMT -5
Day By Day Following the leader Whether in the program, church, or any other organization, anyleader we may have is but an instrument. Should any of these leaders die, our true leader remains (as always.) If we allow the absence of any person to turn us away from our Higher Power, we don’t know who our real leader is. If we allow the absence of any person to halt our spiritual progress or prevent us from doing what we know is right, we are not following our true leader, our Higher Power. All others are but temporary instruments. Am I following my true leader faithfully? Higher Power, help me recognize and acknowledge my true leader. I will share my faith in my Higher Power today by..  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 2, 2018 19:49:26 GMT -5
Day By Day Developing Spritually We read in the Big Book that no human power could have relieved our addiction – not ourselves, our spouse, the law, clergy, counselors, or friends. Through trial and error and many failures, we come to know that another human being is not the way. To recover, we need a spiritual program based on a power greater than ourselves. To recover, we need a spiritual life, as developed by the fellowship and the Twelve Steps. Am I growing spiritually? Higher Power, help me to see the importance of developing a spiritual life. I will work on my spiritual program today by…  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 3, 2018 21:46:10 GMT -5
Day By Day Preserving and affirming our lives Some people seem to have no problems using mood-altering durugs, but for us, they are highly destructive. When we used drugs, we lost our lives – physically and spiritually – and barely regained them through the Twelve Step program. We who are chemically dependent, must never use them again – or we risk relapse to full-blown addiction. Our path is one of total abstinence through the program. Am I preserving and affirming my life? Higher Power, help me to preserve my life by staying clean and sober. I will affirm my life and practice my program today by… helping others.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 4, 2018 19:59:41 GMT -5
Day By Day Being lucky Some people think “luck” is the reaon for success in their lives. But does luck really mean the suffering and pain that we’ve not hesitated to endure? The opportunities for growth that we’ve embraced? The kindness and humor that we’ve shown others? The thanks we’ve expressed to others for their kindness to us? If success is “lucky,” then we make our own luck. Then luck means being open and available; luck meas willingness plus grace. Do I realize what a lucky person I am? Higher Power, help me to be open and willing to receive your grace. Today I will thank God for my “luck by…  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 9, 2018 19:43:58 GMT -5
My son and my internet friends.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 10, 2018 21:41:06 GMT -5
Day By Day
Adapting to the world“Live only in today; don’t worry about tomorrow.” That’s a fine ambition, we may think, but what does it mean? “Living in today” means dealing only with what is at hand now and the available courses of action.
If we are worrying about matters in the past or future, or out of our realm, we can disengage ourselves from them. We cannot bend the world to our will.
Am I learning to fit myself to the world?
Higher Power, help me remember to conquer myself, not the world.
Today I will practice adapting myself to whatever happens by
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 10, 2018 21:45:51 GMT -5
Not sure about this. I was told that I need to balance yourself by going within and not try to balance yourself with the energies around you. They will drive you crazy. We need to centered in today within ourselves, connected to our Higher Power and not take on what is not mine. I ccan see a light in this girls eyes. She looks like a happening looking for a place to land.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 16, 2018 1:58:14 GMT -5
Day By Day
Following the leader
Whether in the program, church, or any other organization, any mortal leader we may have is but an instrument. Should any of these leaders die, our true leader remains (as always.)
If we allow the absence of any person to turn us away from our Higher Power, we don’t know who our real leader is. If we allow the absence of any person to halt our spiritual progress or prevent us from doing what we know is right, we are not following our true leader, our Higher Power. All others are but temporary instruments.
Am I following my true leader faithfully?
Higher Power, help me recognize and acknowledge my true leader.
I will share my faith in my Higher Power today by..
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.