"Keep on Keeping On"

[SunnyGirl]

"Keep on Keeping On"

All of us have choices about things that happen in our lives.
When it's loss after loss and negative events that pile up
on us, we can give up, or keep going with the hope, life will
get better in the future.

No matter what heartaches we face, despite all the hardships,
you just have to get up each day, put one foot in front of the
other and keep going. Tired of fighting? Tired of the pain?
Do it anyway.... "Don't give up before the miracle happens!"

Nobody ever said the road to recovery was simple... It isn't!
Moving forward keeps us from getting stuck, it gives us
momentum, to face and learn from our experiences. Move
past all the painful emotions, feel the pain and let it go. We
need to feel our feelings so we don't drag them down the
road with us.

"Keep on keeping on" ..... Laugh when you feel like laughing!
Cry and vent when you need to! Just don't give up, serenity may
be just around the corner!

I came into Nar-Anon very hurt-angry-confused..... And I have
stayed in Nar-Anon because the road to recovery is a life time
journey. I've not only grown, but I have been privileged to
watch myself and others around me, grow and find happiness..
I wish each of you ENOUGH.... Love-Happiness-Wisdom-Serenity

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final Good-bye."

From the poem: I wish you enough love
www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/poems/I%20wish%20you%20enough%20love.htm

[caressa]

Love the poem. The first paragraph describes my life prior to recovery and my life the last two years. The nice thing is that I don't have to pick up to cope. The program allows me deal with life on life's terms. When I get to that place of being sick and tired of being tired and sick I know that I have to make some changes in my life because I am in a danger zone.

The difference between the person who came into recovery and the person who is in today is night and day. That person just does not exist any more. I keep coming because I know the answers are in the rooms. So many times I have been in pain, gone to a meeting and gone home pain free. Today there is more pain in my life then there has ever been in my life and yet I don't have to use and abuse myself because of it.

[majestyjo]

The pain over the years has been worse. A different kind of pain, but still I look it as life as it is in the moment.

When I come online and share with others, it helps me to get out of Self so I am not sitting in my pain. It isn't just about me, others are hurting too.

[caressa222]

Live in the moment, that is all I can do. Acceptance is the key. I don't have to like it, but I do need to accept it to live in today and to move forward. We do have freedom of choice as to what our day will be. We can hang on and be miserable, or let go and have a good day.

[majestyjo]

Life happens. Sometimes you think you have a handle on it and a curve ball comes your way. Using is not an option, unless it is to pick up the tools of the program.