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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 29, 2010 12:07:59 GMT -5
R is for: React
We can’t always choose what the day will bring,
but we can choose how we React to it......
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Post by BW on Aug 29, 2010 12:31:33 GMT -5
"S" SWAT
Surrender
Willingness
Acceptance
Trust
I carry the SWAT team with me
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Post by caressa on Aug 29, 2010 13:24:40 GMT -5
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 30, 2010 11:40:16 GMT -5
S is for: Spiritual
"Spirituality and Spiritual growth are the foundations of change."
- - unknown
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Post by caressa on Aug 30, 2010 12:39:51 GMT -5
T is for Tenacity. We need to hold on tightly to this program and never let it go. With one hand in the hand of another alcoholic/addict and the other hand in the hand of my Higher Power, I don't have any hands left to pick up with.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Aug 31, 2010 12:00:02 GMT -5
T is for: Timing
“Life is all about Timing... the unreachable becomes reachable,
the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable.
Have the patience, wait it out It's all about Timing.”
- - Stacey Charter
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Post by BW on Aug 31, 2010 21:59:11 GMT -5
"T" is for Trust..Trust God...Trust your instincts and that inner voice..God gave us a moral compass to live by
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Post by caressa on Sept 1, 2010 5:28:15 GMT -5
U is for Unique. I am not unique in the fact that I am an alcoholic/addict/codependent/caregiver. I am unique in the fact that no one else has walked my journey. It is my story, it is my perception, and my understanding of what I have met along the way.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 1, 2010 12:35:46 GMT -5
U is for: Uphill
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought Uphill; and to win
it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If
there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there
were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be
achieved. - - Samuel Smiles
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Post by caressa on Sept 2, 2010 7:22:19 GMT -5
V is for Vanity. It will get me every time. Not in a good way! It is good to be grateful for what we have and to remember to give thanks every day. Yet when we get caught up in self and how we look, our vanity and pride can pull us into dangerous thinking.
It is what is inside that counts. The beauty shines through. We can have good look outside and the ugliness inside will show through. We are all Children of God and loved for who we are not as we would have ourselves be.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 2, 2010 13:24:08 GMT -5
V is for: Values
"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds
from the achievement of one's Values." - - Ayn Rand
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Post by BW on Sept 2, 2010 17:27:10 GMT -5
"Q" is for QUIT
Quit judging
Quit procrastinating
Quit assuming
Quit expectations
Quit depending on others
Quit resting on your laurels
But NO MATTER WHAT.....Do not QUIT on the journey of recovery
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Post by caressa on Sept 2, 2010 17:46:04 GMT -5
W is for Watchful. Be ever watchful of complacency, using dreams, and signals that appear along your recover road that tell you that your sobriety is in jeoprody. Wishful thinking, wishng my life away, and wanting thngs I don't have are all signs that I need to put some gratitude into my attitude.  |
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Post by BW on Sept 2, 2010 20:41:44 GMT -5
Whooops...I need a refresher on my A, B, C's...LOL
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Post by caressa on Sept 3, 2010 4:25:07 GMT -5
X is for X-Ray. I need to look within to see what has been buried so long and need to be 'xtracted and no longer serves its purpose.  |
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 3, 2010 13:57:58 GMT -5
W is for: Wait
Finding patience in the midst of Waiting will bring peace.....
X is for: eXamine
“We need quiet time to eXamine our lives openly and honestly. . .
spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew
itself and create order.” - - Susan Taylor
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Post by caressa on Sept 4, 2010 8:35:54 GMT -5
Y is for Youth! Everyone feels rejuvinated and given a new lease on life. Some say we have found the Fountain of Youth. I was told that I was well preserved in alcohol.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 4, 2010 13:41:57 GMT -5
Y is for: Yield
Limited expectations Yield only limited results.
—Susan Laurson
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Post by caressa on Sept 4, 2010 19:57:26 GMT -5
Z is for Zebra. He reminds me that everything is not always black or white. It can be white or black. Recovery for me was learning that there were shades of gray. It wasn't about right or wrong, either/or, should/shouldn't. It was about what is good for me in the moment.
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Post by BW on Sept 5, 2010 13:36:04 GMT -5
"Z" is for zest of living...something we didn't have before recovery...Once we surrendered we gained a zest for living life on life's terms
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.