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Post by caressa on Apr 10, 2009 7:46:13 GMT -5
A is for awareness. I need to know what area of my life no longer serves me in today in order to change it.
Awareness is a term referring to the ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or patterns, which does not necessarily imply understanding - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Post by Cherie on Apr 10, 2009 14:34:35 GMT -5
B is for: Balance
Balance is the perfect state of still water.
Let that be our model.
It remains quiet within and is not disturbed
on the surface. - - Confucius
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Post by caressa on Apr 10, 2009 22:36:21 GMT -5
C is for Communication. It is important to share my feelings and thoughts and not internalize them.
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Post by Lin on Apr 11, 2009 4:35:12 GMT -5
D is for DEPRESSION...I see many people (From both sides of the hallway) who have depression at some tiem of another. I think it is a part of the disease. So our recovery has to include ways to deal with depression.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 11, 2009 18:32:12 GMT -5
E is for Everything. When I asked what I had to change, I was told everything! I had to change friends, habits, patterns, thinking, actions, and most of all me. My sponsor said, "Clean up your mouth, your appearance, and act. If you have recovery, show it!"
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Post by Lin on Apr 12, 2009 5:58:52 GMT -5
F is for FELLOWSHIP. I think the part of recovery called FELLOWSHIP is awesome. It is the chatter before and after the meetings...it is going out for lunch or coffee...it is making of receivng a phone call. It is lifelong freind we make at our meetings.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 12, 2009 21:29:37 GMT -5
G is for Goodness. If I look hard enough, I can find the goodness in everyone and everything. God is Good. Good is God.
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Post by Cherie on Apr 13, 2009 10:53:47 GMT -5
H is for: H.A.L.T.
H.A.L.T.: Happy, Appreciative, Lovable, Teachable.
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Post by caressa on Apr 15, 2009 9:26:54 GMT -5
I is for Imagination. I have a magic, magnifying mind that can blow things out of proportion. It is good to imagine the postive and know it is a goal, something to aim for, not necessarily a reality but something to work toward. Are my dreams big enough?
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Post by Lin on Apr 15, 2009 11:51:54 GMT -5
j is for JUSTIFY...I used to JUSTIFY my actions by blaming the actions of others. Today I take responsibility for my own actions. I dont have to justify.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 16, 2009 6:54:06 GMT -5
K is for Kiss. Keep It Simple Sweetheart. Don't like that other word!
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Post by Lin on Apr 18, 2009 6:49:13 GMT -5
L is for LEARN. We learn by mistakes. We learn by successes. We learn by listening to others who have been where we are today. We learn by reading and listening.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 18, 2009 11:17:46 GMT -5
M is for More. In today, it means more meditation, more goodness in my life, more looking inside of myself instead of looking outside of myself for the answers.
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Post by caressa on Apr 20, 2009 21:28:40 GMT -5
N is for Now. When I live in the now, nothing can stand between me and my Higher Power, unless I let my thinking (fear, anger, resentment, envy, jealousy, etc.) get in the way and block His Grace from getting to me.
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Post by Lin on Apr 21, 2009 6:57:52 GMT -5
O is for OPEN...I had to be OPEN to the suggestions made by my sponsor.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 21, 2009 7:13:58 GMT -5
P is for Pride. Not the false pride of my disease, but true pride in myself. The gifts of self-esteem, self-worth, self-awareness, self-respect. etc. received through my Higher Power by working the Steps of the program.
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Post by Lin on Apr 21, 2009 10:29:23 GMT -5
I is for Q-TIP...my little acronym for
Quit
Taking
It
Personally!
LIN
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Post by caressa on Apr 22, 2009 6:43:38 GMT -5
R is for Requirement. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. You are a member when you say you are. Remembering that keeps me coming so I don't have to come back.
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Post by Lin on Apr 22, 2009 16:13:06 GMT -5
S is for SERENITY. Once you get a taste of it...you will go to any length to keep it!
LIN
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Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 22, 2009 22:42:54 GMT -5
T is for: Today & Tomorrow
Worrying about Tomorrow saps Today of its strength.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.