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Post by lildee on Feb 8, 2006 7:07:22 GMT -5
For me the "D" brings forth the topic of defects. All those things that keep me from being a good human being that is connected to my Higher Power whom I choose to call God. Doing my Fourth Step showed me those defects but it also showed me all the assessts that I have to build on. Seeing my defects has given me the the route to change. It has laid the path but it is up to me to walk that road. To have the willingness to change.
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Post by Gramm4 on Feb 8, 2006 16:14:57 GMT -5
For me D stands for Denial. Today I am no
longer lliving in it. I can now admit to my faults or
defects if you will. Doing my fourth step has really been an eye opener for me. It has shown me that even though I have always tried to live life honestly, there have been times when I was using that that didn't happen. Seeing where I have failed, I can now try to live each day as openly as possible.
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Post by Lin on Feb 9, 2006 5:46:06 GMT -5
D reminds me of detachment. Once I learned to detach from the words and actions of others, I could love them and yet not get sucked into the chaos of their disease.
LIN
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Post by lildee on Feb 9, 2006 8:40:19 GMT -5
"D" makes me think of the devastation that this disease has caused. How it has corrupted the minds of the young. Turn child against father/mother. How it has financially depleted bank accounts. How it has turned the meek into angry and abusive humans. How it has destroyed all that we once knew. How its pervasiveness decimates every aspect of your life.
But through all the devastation there is one consolation to fend off this disease ..... devotion to a Higher Power (of your choice). This devotion gives you the hope , faith, and courage to go on even in the worst of times. Without our spirit we may as well be fish out of water flopping around ready to die. And that is just what many a poor soul has done.
Love & God Bless
Arlene
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Post by Lin on Feb 10, 2006 4:02:04 GMT -5
Another D is DISEASE. When I saw alcohoolism as a DISEASE I could begin to find compassion and understanding. Before that I thought all of the actions of tohers were jsut to tick me off and hurt me. I even blamed my dad for drinking himself into a coma and dying. I wish I'd heard about DISEASE 30 years ago.
LIN
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Post by lildee on Feb 10, 2006 7:56:41 GMT -5
D is for ... detoxifying. You can detoxify the body of the poisons that have been put into it but you have to have the willingness to detoxify the spirit.
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Post by caressa on Feb 10, 2006 22:32:05 GMT -5
D is for devote. I can devote myself to this program and grow one day at a time and become the person my Higher Power would have me be. My daily devotion to developing new life skills and healthy choices, I grow spiritually toward a better way of life.
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Post by lildee on Feb 11, 2006 7:40:13 GMT -5
D is for discipline.
Most of us think of discipline as a punishment or reprimand handed out by those in authority. Yet discipline doesn't have to be negative. Discipline can be the structure we need in order to achieve our goals.
Within our program there is discipline. The Steps provide the framework for more positive beliefs.
The same is true with other aspects of the program like going to meetings, sharing, reading and so on.
All of these disciplines keep us focused on our goal.... freedom from the past obsessions and negativity.
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Post by caressa on Feb 11, 2006 14:41:05 GMT -5
D is for Divine. When I surrender and turn things over to my Higher Power and I am open to Divine Orderly Guidance, my life unfolds as it should. Divine Orderly Good comes from the God of my understanding.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.