Post by THE FIRST PROMISE on Mar 1, 2004 3:23:32 GMT -5
The first promise says we will know a new freedom and a new happiness. This is a vast change for the alcoholic who always insisted, "I'll handle it myself when I'm good and ready." But the alcoholic agonized over lack of freedom of choice about drinking.
The first promis assures us complete freedom as our reward for staying with the winners. It encourages us to make wise use of our free choices.
Happiness comes from the peace of mind we experience after we surrender and accept the reality of our addiction. No we understand the difference between the happiness of sobriety and the false joy the bottle brought. We find a happiness replete with laughter, contracted with the despair we wallowed in while we were drunk.
The new freedom brings love, honesty, gratitude, humility, positiveness, faith, hope and trust. Our choices become steps in spiritual growth.
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My first Promises Meeting is what gave me hope and made me determined to keep coming back. All I wanted was this freedom they talked about. I had never felt free in my life.
All I wanted was this first promise, I didn't care about the rest, but I have kept coming and been blessed many times over and they have all come true, not always at once, but I have experienced them all over the past years of sobriety.
The first promis assures us complete freedom as our reward for staying with the winners. It encourages us to make wise use of our free choices.
Happiness comes from the peace of mind we experience after we surrender and accept the reality of our addiction. No we understand the difference between the happiness of sobriety and the false joy the bottle brought. We find a happiness replete with laughter, contracted with the despair we wallowed in while we were drunk.
The new freedom brings love, honesty, gratitude, humility, positiveness, faith, hope and trust. Our choices become steps in spiritual growth.
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My first Promises Meeting is what gave me hope and made me determined to keep coming back. All I wanted was this freedom they talked about. I had never felt free in my life.
All I wanted was this first promise, I didn't care about the rest, but I have kept coming and been blessed many times over and they have all come true, not always at once, but I have experienced them all over the past years of sobriety.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.