A Life of My Own 2/6

[lildee]

A Life of My Own

Hopelessness exaggerates even the tiniest setbacks.

Unpleasant experiences are part of life: The traffic is snarled, or the neighbor's dog is barking again. Maybe the drinker didn't come home last night, or a friend at work seems distant. If, however, we spend our lives counting on everybody and everything living up to our expectations, we'll feel like failures and lose hope for the future.

Before discovering a Twelve Step program, many of us didn't know that we had a choice other than hopelessness. We were probably unaccustomed to relying on a spiritual program for help. Conflict or other frustrating and scary situations made us shudder. Life was arduous at best. - What a difference having hope has made. Nothing feels overwhelming for long when we remember to use the spiritual solutions found in our program.

~ I am given only as much as my recovery program and I can handle!

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[caressa]

Thank you for choosing to share this. The thought I got was that "Hope" is eternal! Life is everlasting, yet when I was in active addiction, I had no desire to go there and didn't think I would live to be 40.

I didn't know I had hope of a life, let alone one of my own. I always lived my life through other people.

[Lin]

This is an awesome little book.

I liked the reminder at the end of this reading..that i will only be given enough of my recovery as i can handle. it's that saying we have inalanon, "there are no MUSTS". it's like we can do things at our own pace and not get overwhelmed. I worked my 4th step within the first 60 days i was in recovery. But one of my freinds waited 7 years.

This reminder is so similar to a prayer card I have taped to my printer...LORD, help me remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that you and i together can't handle.

Thanks Lildee for posting these!

LIn