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Post by majestyjo on Sept 23, 2019 18:07:33 GMT -5
A is for Acceptance. Acceptance over my disease. Accepting my powerlessness over people, places, and things. Addiction can manifest itself in many way. The problem is me.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 23, 2019 18:57:26 GMT -5
B is for Not Bad. I am not a bad person trying to get good. I am a sick person with the disease of addiction. Addiction takes many forms. It is a family disease.
I am trying to heal one day at a time by working the 12 Steps.
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Post by caressa222 on Sept 23, 2019 19:50:41 GMT -5
C is for Colour. Colour your world it no longer has to be black and white. Colour your world purple the colour of spirituality and royalty. We are special. Colour yourw with Sunshine and share it with others.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 24, 2019 14:56:15 GMT -5
D is for Darkness. We have a lot of dark energy around us, especially when we are new to recovery. That is one of the reasons to go to meetings, get a sponsor, and work the Steps. We need to bring our issues out. Of that darkness into the light. Secrets keep us sick. We need to get rid of some of our glaringly apparent defects so we can stop a acting out in our disease.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 26, 2019 17:01:13 GMT -5
E is for Emotions. In today, I know I don't have to act out because of them. I have to feel them in order to let them go. They didn't day for how long. I don't have to bury my emotions, all I have to do is acknowledge them. A little acceptance also helps them go faster.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 27, 2019 2:33:52 GMT -5
F is for Faith. We are often asked to believe and have faith in the unseen or unknown. Human nature wants to see. In order to do thay we need to see G of working in other people's lives and we pray and hope that it can come true for us too. Through the program I learned to have faith and trust in my God and in myself.
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Post by caressa222 on Sept 28, 2019 20:09:16 GMT -5
G is for Growth. What do we do to grow in recovery? Meditation, service, continue working the steps,connect to nature, learn to be alone with our God, build friendships and relationships with your God, sponsor, and yourself. It is about what works for you.
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 29, 2019 5:59:09 GMT -5
H is for H.O.W. How the program works. Honesty. I needed self-honesty, so I could get honest with you and my God. He already knows but it is necessary to admit for myself.
I had to have an open mind. I had to.be open to ideas, concepts and beliefs that were not in concordance with my own. Just because I had been doing things for years, didn't make it right.
I had to be willing to go to my lengths to stay clean and sober. I had to be willing to follow the suggestions, get a home group, go to meetings, get a sponsor, work the Steps, get active in service, etc.
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Post by caressa222 on Sept 30, 2019 1:42:37 GMT -5
I is for Interest. Do you have hobbies and outside interests to help you get active in recovery.
I have been lax lately and my focus has been recovery even though I direct it here, at FB, and Tammy's site (bluidkiti.com) as well as 3 meetings a week when my health permits.
I was early in recovery when I heard a woman with 23 years of recovery say,"I still go to meetings and make a deposit on my life insurance. I live off the interest today and hopefully, when I can no longer go to meetings, my account will pay dividends."
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Post by majestyjo on Sept 30, 2019 14:26:25 GMT -5
J is for Job. We need to do a good job of recovery. We need to focus on our recovery and allow ourselves time to heal.
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 2, 2019 6:14:54 GMT -5
K is for Kind. Be kind to yourself. Be kind to others. Be kind to the less fortunate. Be kind to those in authority. A little kindness goes a long way. You will be surprised.
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 8, 2019 13:05:51 GMT -5
L is for Loss. Every time we have a loss in our life, we go through a grieving process. Whether the loss is big or small, a person or a thing, a missed opportunity or a detour in the road, it can all lead to soul sickness an can lead to relapse.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 12, 2019 22:51:06 GMT -5
M is for Much. We have been given so much. Look at how far you have come. Look at what you have been given. Look at where you are at in today and give thanks. We may have much farther to go, but we have so much more than we use to have. The greatest gift has been the gift of myself. I got lost along the way, now I have come home.
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 13, 2019 1:06:44 GMT -5
N is for New. Each day is a new beginning. When we apply the program, Steps 4-9 to our life, we are reborn of the spirit. We have a new perspective, a new awareness, a new understanding, and so much more.
May I look at each day as a newcomer and be willing to watch, listen, and learn.
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 19, 2019 1:00:29 GMT -5
O is for Open mined. Don't keep it so open that everything falls out of it. Keep your mind open so it doesn't snap shut. Open your mind, your best thinking got you to the doors of recovery is
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 23, 2019 20:41:13 GMT -5
P is for Prayer. Prayer is a petition to our God. It needs to be followed up with meditation to await the answer to your prayer.
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Post by caressa222 on Oct 24, 2019 0:39:08 GMT -5
Q is for Quit. We quit one day at a time. We quit more than our drug of choice We need to quit all drugs in order to recover.  . |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 4, 2019 0:21:18 GMT -5
R is for Remember. Remember NOW what it was like THEN. Remember when you first woke up in the morning and you wished you hadn't woke up. Remember when you had all those feeling you had to deal with.
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 7, 2019 8:44:57 GMT -5
S is for Serenity. The first time I felt it, I didn't recognize it. My sponsor suggested that it might be what I was feeling.
I think of it as the 'eye'. Of the storm. Go find yourself some. The easiest way for me is to empty my head. It takes lots of practice.
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 9, 2019 0:34:39 GMT -5
T is for Time. It is a great commodity. Respect it. Take time for yourself to rejuvenate and work on your recovery. We can't give away what we don't have. Yet we got to give it away in order to keep it.
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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