"Brand New" ABC's of Recovery

[SunnyGirl]

A is for: Acceptance

Acceptance is knowing the past will never get better.

[caressa]

B is for Bridges. I burnt and collapsed many on the way to recovery. Have had to build many to move forward into today.

[Lin]

C is for CHANGE. I really had to CHANGE before I got better,

LIN

[Lin]

D is for Detachment. That is such an awesome tool...I can detach from the problems, the actions, the words f tohers...not take them to heart. I don't have to get sucked intot he chaos that way.

LIN

[caressa]

E is for Each. Each of us has their own story to tell. We unite on the path of recovery with the goal of staying clean and sober a day at a time. Each day I have to work on my emotional sobriety.

[SunnyGirl]

F is for: Faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see
the whole staircase....

[Lin]

G is for GROWTH..I can see how much I have grown in my recovery./.

LIN

[caressa]

H is for H.A.L.T. I need to remember that this applies to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual nature of my disease. i.e. Spiritual food, mental stimulation, sharing and caring with others, emotional overload, etc.

[caressa]

I is for Interest. Each meeting I deposit in my recovery bank, gives me interest for when I can't go and I am able to cash in the dividends. As long as I keep my interest on recovery, I won't find myself bankrupt mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically.

[SunnyGirl]

J is for: Judgment

“Good Judgment comes from experience, and often experience
comes from bad Judgment.” __unknown

[caressa]

K is for Kismet. It was my destiny to end up in AA. I believe those of us who make it are chosen. There always seemed to be others more worthy and deserving than me. I know that I have been given a true gift, a second chance at life.

[Cherie]

L is for: Lesson - Learn - Limited

The Lesson I must Learn is simply that my control is
Limited to my own behavior, my own attitudes.

[SunnyGirl]

M is for: Miracle

Don't Quit Before The Miracle Happens

[caressa]

N is for Now! When I live in the now, I am a winner in today and have won the race for this 24 hours.

[SunnyGirl]

O is for: Open

Keep an Open mind

[caressa]

P is for Purpose. My primary purpose is to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.

[caressa]

Q is for Quit. Quit trying to figure out which came first, the chicken or the egg. Quit taking things personal. Quit being so hard on yourself. Quit playing God with your life and leave the decision to Him.

[Lin]

R is for RESPECT....I recpect those aroudn me today....even if I dont approve of their actions.

LIN

[SunnyGirl]

S is for: Serenity ~ Security

“Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of
offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to
make use of us. It may be that one of our great faults in prayer
is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at
its highest we wait in silence for God's voice to us; we linger in
His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and
around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the
Serenity of perfect Security in Him.” ...Wiliam Barclay

[caressa]

T is for Time. When I am giving of my time, I am giving back. Other took time for me, so I try to be thre for others. I must take time to do the do things to maintain my recovery. Without that time, I can slip back into old behaviors and ways of thinking.