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Post by caressa on May 19, 2008 19:57:47 GMT -5
E is for Enthusiasm. Enjoying recovery is an option. I have a new chance at life. What I do with it is up to me. Freedom of choice is a gift to enjoy.
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Post by caressa on May 22, 2008 2:21:56 GMT -5
E is for Everything. God is or He is not! He is everything to me.
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Post by caressa on May 23, 2008 22:00:12 GMT -5
F is for Fear. Face everything and recover. Or Flee everything and run. Fear and faith can't fill the same space.
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Post by caressa on May 25, 2008 8:23:30 GMT -5
F is for Faith. Faith unlocks the door. When I had faith in the program, I started to work the Steps and do what was suggested to me to stay clean and sober.
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Post by caressa on May 26, 2008 12:16:22 GMT -5
F is for Fun. I didn't think I could have fun without drinking. I found the more I stayed sober the crazier I got. A nice kind of crazy, not the insanity of when I was using.
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Post by caressa on Jun 6, 2008 12:08:33 GMT -5
F is for Free. Freedom from active addiction. Free to be me.
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Post by Lin on Jun 9, 2008 6:13:20 GMT -5
G is for GROUP...my home GROUP is like a family I never had...they love me in spite of my imperfections, they hold me up until I am able to stand by myself...they enver judge me....they understand and support me. The GROUP is very important to my recovery.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Jun 9, 2008 12:59:22 GMT -5
G is for Gratitude. I must remember to put some attitude into my gratitude. Not just, say I'm grateful, but show it!
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Post by Lin on Jun 12, 2008 3:44:24 GMT -5
G is for GOD...that's what I call m Higher Power. God can do for me what I can't do for myself.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Jun 12, 2008 11:53:49 GMT -5
G is for Grace. God's grace brought me here. I always thought that others were more deserving. I am glad it was extended to me.
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 2, 2018 22:06:42 GMT -5
G is for Great. It is great to have other alcoholics and addicts in my life. I am no longer alone.
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 2, 2018 22:13:26 GMT -5
H is for Honesty. I honestly can't remember why we stopped posting this and started a new one. Glad I am back and you are here too. This looks like the time I didn't know how to copy and paste.
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 2, 2018 22:18:21 GMT -5
H is Hope. Hope came when I walked through the doors of recovery. Hoping that what worked for others would work for me. The 12 Promises kept me coming back, I wanted what they promised, especially that first one. You will know a new a new freedom and a new happiness. Just that alone worked for me without all the rest. homepage.eircom.net/~recovery/promises.html |
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 2, 2018 22:19:40 GMT -5
H is for Heaven and Hell. Going there because I have already been there and don't want to go back.
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 2, 2018 22:20:26 GMT -5
H is for Healing. The 12 Steps heal not only the body but the soul too.
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 6, 2018 20:16:25 GMT -5
I is for Isolation. It is part of my disease. It blocks me from my God. My God speaks through Others. If I discount others and don't listen to the Good Orderly Direction my God sends every day, then I am the loser.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 9, 2018 23:37:17 GMT -5
I is for Integrity. Walk your Talk. You may be the only Big Book someone sees.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 10, 2018 18:56:03 GMT -5
J is for Jealousy. There is no room for this in recovery. We each have our own gifts and abilities. What a boring world this would be if we were all alike. Our gifts are God given, and it is up to us to use them to their fullest. If I don't use my gifts, they may be taken away. I can remember saying to my sponsor in early recovery that I felt ugly. I had grown up feeling like I was ugly for most of my life. She said stop such nonsense, you are a very attractive woman. I found myself going back to some old pictures and deciding I wasn't so bad after all. A lot of my feelings stemmed from insecurities. I was depending on others. I looked to others to affirm me. As I was reminded, I was a child of God and He didn't make no junk.  |
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Post by caressa222 on Jan 10, 2018 20:56:27 GMT -5
J is "Just for today." Just for today, I choose to stay clean and sober. Just for today, I choose not to use. Just for today, I choose not to abuse myself or others. Just for today, I will not project into the future or drag along my past, because I miss out on being in the moment. I need to be in the moment to connect with my God.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Jan 11, 2018 21:34:11 GMT -5
J is for Joy. The joy of living one day at a time. It takes the stress out of things. We can enjoy today and focus on the now.  |
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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