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Post by caressa222 on Sept 24, 2018 16:47:06 GMT -5
A is for Acceptance. You don't have to like it in order to accept it. If you don't accept it though, you stay stuck. Acceptance gives us freedom to grow and change in recovery.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 29, 2018 10:32:33 GMT -5
B is for Blessing. They are there, you just have to pick them up.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 30, 2018 12:10:55 GMT -5
C is for Choices. I have freedom of choice. Some days, I don't always make healthy choices and I have to turn my eating disorder over to the God of my understanding.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 3, 2018 19:06:42 GMT -5
D is for Denial. The blanket of denial kept me sick for a very long time. i am so glad that I lived long enough to make it to the doors of recovery. So grateful for the slogan, "Let it begin with me."  |
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 3, 2018 19:12:01 GMT -5
E is for Especially you. When you read the literature, you will think it was written especially for you. You may have read a passage several times, but pick up the book and it is like you have never seen it before, and it is exactly what you needed to read in today.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 23, 2018 22:49:29 GMT -5
F is for Fun. Have fun in recovery. Don't take yourself so seriously. Remember Rule #62 found in the 4th Tradition of AA's 12 & 12. Enjoy your recovery. It is a serious program for those who want it, but as we travel the recovery road, we need to lighten up. I like to think of it as letting the sunshine in.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 26, 2018 0:01:48 GMT -5
G is for Growth. They say no pain, no gain. I have found it to be true. Emotions can be just as tiring as physical labour. We need to feel the emotions in order to let them go. We can't shove them down, ignore them, and/or wish them away; we have to acknowledge them for what they are.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 26, 2018 22:24:34 GMT -5
H is for Honesty. We need to get honest with ourselves, so we can be truly honest with others. Our God knows our deepest, darkest secrets. It is up to us to acknowledge them and bring them into the light.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 9, 2018 7:47:09 GMT -5
I is for Insecurity. We need to be mindful of them and boost them up with affirmations and promises to try to do better next time. The failure is in the not trying, not about trying and not meeting our expectations.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 9, 2018 7:51:10 GMT -5
J is for Just for Today. It makes a difference in your recovery if you read it daily. If you practice it, it makes your life much better.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Nov 10, 2018 23:16:48 GMT -5
K is for Kindle Kindle the love and goodness in your life. Not talking about the reader, but it is good to read. Read the literature of recovery. Read affirmations and inspirational pieces to feed your spirit.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 14, 2018 21:12:34 GMT -5
L is for Like. It is important to learn to love ourselves, but it is even more important to like ourselves. Feed ourself affirmations, we are worthy of recovery. We are lovable. Love the skin your in.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 20, 2018 22:49:23 GMT -5
M is for Memories. We have to feel our feeling in order to let them go. So much of our past we have not processed, grieved, or acknowledged and we need to put things into their true perspective. How we saw things back then, just might change in today. We saw things with tunnel vision, selective hearing, and used people, places, and things to block out what we didn't want to see, hear, or talk about. We blocked out the negative, and by doing so, we blocked out the positive too.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 27, 2018 6:15:03 GMT -5
N is for Now. When we live in the now, we don't miss out on today. As the saying goes, if you have one foot (or thought) in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you are pissin' all over today.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Dec 5, 2018 11:18:52 GMT -5
O is for Options I didn't know I had any Using was not an options, so what did I ave to do to stay clean and sober in today. I had to collect a few tools and open my mind to new ideas and concepts.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Dec 9, 2018 16:22:11 GMT -5
P is for Party. It is okay to party, but be safe. Don't leave your glass unattended, have a ride home, have phone numbers to call if things get out of control. You can be with friends, preferably friends in recovery too.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Dec 10, 2018 16:43:28 GMT -5
Q is for Quit. When we put down our drug of choice, we don't quit forever, just for today, I choose not to use. For this 24 hours, I will start my day was a prayer for help and give thanks at night. It is a one day at a time program.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Dec 13, 2018 22:06:54 GMT -5
R is for Resolve. Don't try to resolve your problems all by yourself. Remember this is a "We" program, put it out to the Universe and see what you get back. Take your stuff to a meeting and ask for feed back. If you are lucky enough to go to a group who has a nutse fairy who gathers up all the stuff you and others dump, when you go back next week and all the nutse has gone and everyone is in a new day  |
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Post by caressa222 on Dec 15, 2018 1:02:57 GMT -5
S is for Sunshine. Sunshine is healing. Transform your day into a beautiful thing. Smile. Spread some of that healing power on to others.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Dec 16, 2018 11:00:31 GMT -5
T is for Try. The last letter of the words Just for Today, spell jusT foR todaY. All we are asked to do is try. Try to the best of our ability to apply the program to our lives.  |
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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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