The Whole Picture

[caressa]

This talks about the short and long view. It is strange I often had short view and couldn't see the end result or the whole picture and yet there were times I couldn't see what was right in front of my face.

I could often see the long view, but didn't know how to get there. Because things seemed unattainable, I would do nothing not knowing that it takes small steps and that I had to learn to crawl before I could walk.

For me, it is good that I can see both sides of the street. Having been raised in an alcoholic home, lived an abusive alcoholic mariage, and having the disease of alcoholism myself, even though I have been in recovery for a few 24-hours, I have been there, done it, wore the T-shirt and don't want to go back there. I don't want to look back, although it is sometimes necessary to heal in today, I need to live in the moment and not project into the future or lament over my past.

www.hazelden.org/web/public/thought.view?catId=1901

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[majestyjo]

Want to see a picture in today of a safe place to maintain my sobriety. As my sponsor says, we deserve some peace and serenity, and we need a place in where we can live it.

[majestyjo]

When I thiink of the whole picture, I am reminded that the first Step begins with the word "We..." and it isn't all about me, it is about helping others and changing me. I don't know about anyone else, the the picture of myself and my life back then, left a lot to be desired. Live is so much better in today. I don't have a lot of money and the program didn't give me a lot of material things, but I did get a lot of priceless gifts. The biggest gift of all was the fact that it gave me back not only my sense of self, but it allowed me to heal and become whole. Each day of recovery is maintaining that wholeness and being grateful for what I have been given.

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