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Post by Lin on May 20, 2004 15:42:43 GMT -5
I jsut posted T in the ABC of gratitude. ANd I thoguth it might be nice to hear what others like as far ast he traditions.
My favorite is number 5. Lots of good stuff in that one! It's about Love and compassion. It's about helping others.,It reminds me to be a good listener....share my e, s, & h,...practice the 12 steps myself and that also helps others,...It tells me to encourage and understand others....it also reminds em to welcome others to the fellwship. It's a big traditions..with LOTS of good stuff~!
What is YOUR favorite tradition and why?
LIN
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Post by Caressa2 on May 20, 2004 19:50:05 GMT -5
Great idea Lin. My program is based on the Third and Fifth Traditions.
All I have to do is say I belong and want to be here to become a member. I don't have to people please, act out in any particular way, all I have to do is identify because when I compare I stay sick, and can go into denial. It is enough that I know I have a problem and I don't need anyone else's direction. It is about my recovery and believe me, I qualify for most of the programs.
The fact that I made it here and was given the opportunity for a new life bring the Fifth Tradition into my life as an act of gratitude. By carrying the message of recovery, I make amends to myself, to my Higher Power, to my friends, to my family and to those I hurt along my journey to get here. It is an indirect amend to those who have gone before me and didn't make it and are no longer here.
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Post by SaraLee on May 21, 2004 12:14:42 GMT -5
My favorite tradition is #4. Each group should be autonomous, except in matters affecting anothre group or Al Anon or AA as a whole.
One of the attractions to Al Anon was the reassurance that my name wouldn't be broadcast around town that I attend meetings, or that I had an alcoholic in my family. I was barely ready to admit I was married to an alcoholic when I began going to meetings and sure didn't want it to get back to the alcoholic that I was in any way talking about our life together. Had it not been for the Fourth Tradition, I am sure I would not have attended meetings in the first place.
SaraLee
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Post by lildee on May 22, 2004 4:26:23 GMT -5
My favorite Tradition is the Twelfth.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above personalities.[/b]
In Al-Anon we learn how to be spiritual, and that our will does not work. It is through God's will that we can recover.
Anonymity gives us the freedom to come together as a group and help one another without fear of any reprocussions. It is a common bond that keeps us together.
This Tradition also has within it the ideas of change and humility. It is through these things that our spiritual growth happens. The ideas set forth in the Steps and Traditions and Concepts are the principles we use for our change, and in following these principles we learn how to grow, be non - judgemental, and humble and on the road to a spiritual recovery.
This is my favorite Tradition because I feel part of a group. The sense of belonging with others facing many of the same problems that I have had to face. It also fills the spiritual need, something that was lacking in my life. And lastly it offers me the opportunity to say what is really on my heart and mind without the fear of rejection or reprocussions, not worrying about being judged or criticized or gossiped about.
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Post by Caressa2 on Jun 3, 2004 15:09:33 GMT -5
Just for today, it is Tradition Three. You are a member when you say you are!
But what is a member?
Why become one?
- For a sense of belonging
- No longer alone
- Sharing and caring
- Suiting up and showing up for the day
- A sense of family
- A place to call home
- A reason for being
- Strength, courage and hope
- Experiences to compare and identify with
- Just because!
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Post by majestyjo on Apr 4, 2017 17:31:52 GMT -5
Still my favorites, but I think 3 more so than 5. We are a member when we say we are, not based on someone else's perception of what an alcoholic should be. Alcohol affects us all differently. I had a friend who got drunk on l/2 a beer. My son said he never saw me drunk. That doesn't mean I didn't. I had the thinking behind the drinking, which to me, what what qualified me to belong. I didn't have black outs, to my knowing.  I figured that I didn't drink so much that I couldn't tell my husband what he did wrong the night before. I often stuck my finger down my throat to up chuck, because I got close to that line where I was going to lose it. I didn't want to appear drunk and lose control. As they say, "If you have to control it, it is already out of control. |
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Post by caressa222 on Aug 12, 2020 2:14:06 GMT -5
Tradition Five is my favorite Tradition in today. Tradition Five is why I keep coming to Essence of Recovery.
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I figured that I didn't drink so much that I couldn't tell my husband what he did wrong the night before. I often stuck my finger down my throat to up chuck, because I got close to that line where I was going to lose it. I didn't want to appear drunk and lose control. As they say, "If you have to control it, it is already out of control.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.