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Post by caressa on Aug 3, 2009 1:57:04 GMT -5
A is for Apply. The spiritual principles of the Steps and Traditions need to be applied to our daily lives. We need to apply ourselves to our program, a day at a time.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 3, 2009 12:07:49 GMT -5
B is for: Big Book
Sobriety and reading of the Big Book
may cause EXCESSIVE HAPPINESS!
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Post by caressa on Aug 3, 2009 16:24:51 GMT -5
C is for Choice. Today I can make healthy choices. What goes around comes around, so when I make good choices, goodness comes back to me.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 4, 2009 12:14:13 GMT -5
D is for: Denial
Denial and acceptance are opposites. One hides from a situation
or problem and the other meets it head on. Having denial won’t
wish away our problems, situations or issues. Acceptance of
what is allows us to make the changes in behavior that will
lead to healing. - - Barb Kampbell
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Post by caressa on Aug 5, 2009 12:43:02 GMT -5
E is for Enoy. Enjoy your recovery. Remember to take time out for yourself and enjoy this new thing called sobriety. Remember Rule 62, don't take yourself so darn seriously. It is a life and death program, yet it doesn't have to be doom and gloom, it is about light and love.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 5, 2009 13:56:35 GMT -5
F is for: Feelings - Facts
"Feelings are not Facts" - - 12-step saying
"You cannot make yourself Feel something you do not Feel,
but you can make yourself do right in spite of your Feelings".
- - Pearl S. Buck
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Post by caressa on Aug 6, 2009 16:20:55 GMT -5
G is for Gratitude. When I put some gratitude into my attitude, I give back to others what was so freely given to me. Without you, there is no me. This is a 'we' program. Without you, I am back in isolation of the spirit as well as the body and mind, and that is part of my disease not my recovery.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 7, 2009 13:01:36 GMT -5
H is for: Happiness
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or
consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living
every minute with love, grace and gratitude." - - Denis Waitley
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Post by caressa on Aug 8, 2009 13:01:04 GMT -5
I is for Intellect. It doesn't profit me to intellectualize and try to figure out this program. The best thing for me to do is to turn things over to my Higher Power and go with the flow. My best thinking got me to the doors of recovery. So continuing to think I know what is best and what is right, puts me back playing God with my life. I prefer to preface everything with 'God willing' or end it with 'Thy will not mine be done.'
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 8, 2009 16:40:13 GMT -5
J is for: Just for Today
“Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways:
I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out.
I will do at least two things I don't want to do.”
- - William James
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Post by caressa on Aug 9, 2009 15:56:54 GMT -5
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 10, 2009 16:21:46 GMT -5
L is for: Let Go
When I struggle, I sink. When I Let go, I float.
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Post by caressa on Aug 12, 2009 14:43:22 GMT -5
M is for Money. When I was using it was always an issue. I had to learn to budget and live within my income and be fully self supporting. Attachments:
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 13, 2009 11:37:08 GMT -5
N is for: Negativity
“What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies
when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon.
The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?”
—Julia Cameron
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Post by caressa on Aug 13, 2009 16:26:54 GMT -5
O is for Open. Open your mind and your heart to new ideas and concepts. Isolation is part of our disease not our recovery, we need to open ourselves and allow others to come into our lives. Attachments:
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 14, 2009 13:22:46 GMT -5
P is for: Pain
"Change happens when the Pain of holding on becomes
greater than the fear of letting go." - - Spencer Johnson
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Post by caressa on Aug 15, 2009 11:41:02 GMT -5
Q is for Quiet. Finding quiet time for meditation is essential to my recovery. It took me a long time to learn to quiet my mind and learn to just be without some kind of noise around me. Attachments:
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 16, 2009 12:28:29 GMT -5
R is for : Recovery
In Recovery, it is progress not perfection
that will take us to what we want and need.....
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Post by caressa on Aug 17, 2009 3:45:53 GMT -5
S is for Stop. Stop and look around you. What direction are you going? Are you grounded and in the moment or are you racing around, with no purpose and understanding of what is in the moment. Did you stop and ask your Higher Power to come along with you? Did you stop and say a prayer and do a meditation before you started your day? If not, please stop and do it now!
Stop, look, and listen. Enjoy the scenary on the way!
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 18, 2009 10:58:27 GMT -5
T is for: Trust
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to
live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the
tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
- - Golda Meir
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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