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Post by BW on Oct 19, 2010 10:05:11 GMT -5
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Right now there probably isn't much time that goes by when you don't think about using. Although sometimes frightening, understand that slowly this will fade away. Only time will remove your constant thoughts of using or drinking, but it does pass.
Every time I think getting high would feel good, let me remember the pain in my gut and fear in my heart just not so long ago.
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Post by BW on Oct 20, 2010 8:58:12 GMT -5
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It is easier for us to blame others (parents, spouses, friends) for our addiction then it is to look at self. We must never forget that we drank that drink, snorted that coke, toked that joint, and took that fix. US. 'They' didn't do it.
May I never forget that I used too many mind affecting chemicals because I have the disease of addiction! Other reasons are not causes. Everyone has problems yet not everyone suffers from addiction.
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Post by BW on Oct 21, 2010 10:56:23 GMT -5
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Infatuation with our past life tends to produce a false sense of security based on wishful thinking. 'Those people like me; I understand what they expect of me; they aren't phonies.' In the end we find those old securities only lasted as long as our usefulness did.
God, as I understand You, may I not be infatuated with wishful thinking of 'the good old days!'
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Post by BW on Oct 22, 2010 7:22:08 GMT -5
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By now you may be hearing things you don't like. It can be difficult to accept the truth, but eventually most of it will make sense. For now, just listen without argument--let things settle a little before you discard them.
Even if I don't agree or accept everything told to me now, rather then outright discard it, let me listen, file away for future reference, and process the information later.
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Post by BW on Oct 23, 2010 9:49:21 GMT -5
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If there is someone weaker than you, be kind to them. If there is someone stronger than you, be kind to yourself.
God, as You have meaning to me, show me the strength of kindness in what I do this hour.
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Post by BW on Oct 24, 2010 10:28:43 GMT -5
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One of the things you will notice about our fellowship is that we hug a lot. Often this makes newcomers uncomfortable because they are not used to being given love and attention without serious strings attached. There are no strings, we just simply love you.
Give me the courage to hug the next clean and sober person I see.
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Post by BW on Oct 25, 2010 11:00:34 GMT -5
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Sometimes reality slaps us right in the face. We may be out of money, facing jail, losing a loved one, or hating our circumstances. However, right this hour we have only one true reality: SOBRIETY. Without sobriety all the above only gets worse!
I make contact with Divine Intelligence so that I am not preoccupied with things outside my control. I want to remember why I am here.
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Post by BW on Oct 26, 2010 12:23:41 GMT -5
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To insist stubbornly on clinging to old relationships, when they are basically drug oriented relationships is sabotaging our recovery process. Is it not our disease finding a 'good' excuse to keep us close to drugs?
May I be able to hear the suggestions of those who work with me. May I listen in this next hour and follow the suggestions.
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Post by BW on Oct 27, 2010 18:48:37 GMT -5
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Even when we consciously don't think we want to get high, our disease of addiction works through our subconscious and calls, 'what do they know; just one won't hurt; well, if they're going to be like that!' Our subconscious pops silly excuses for using into our minds. We must learn to recognize and neutralize these thoughts.
May my subconscious 'arguments' that subtly tell me to use, have no power to influence my true goal of staying clean and clear.
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Post by BW on Oct 28, 2010 11:31:46 GMT -5
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Even when we consciously don't think we want to get high, our disease of addiction works through our subconscious and calls, 'what do they know; just one won't hurt; well, if they're going to be like that!' Our subconscious pops silly excuses for using into our minds. We must learn to recognize and neutralize these thoughts.
May my subconscious 'arguments' that subtly tell me to use, have no power to influence my true goal of staying clean and clear.
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Post by BW on Oct 29, 2010 11:13:06 GMT -5
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The most important thing to know about Step Three, turning our will over to a Higher Power, is that all we can do is DECIDE to do it. There is no'will' we can wrap and send. Once we make the decision to do this, our Higher Power will work for us through the rest of the Steps.
I decide to align my will with that of the Source of my Spirit.
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Post by caressa on Oct 29, 2010 16:59:00 GMT -5
Making a decision was never easy for this addict/alcoholic. I had to get rid of the should I/should I nots and turn things over to my Higher Power. I had to follow the Step Three prayer with the Seventh Step Prayer to get out of my own way so my God could work through me instead of around me.
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Post by BW on Oct 30, 2010 11:35:17 GMT -5
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You don't have to worry about your faults now or feel shame. None of us are near perfect, even if we've been clean and sober a long time. We strive for progress, not perfection.
Let me know I don't have to put up a front of perfection, my goal is progress in sobriety.
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Post by BW on Oct 31, 2010 9:49:13 GMT -5
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It doesn't cost a lot of money for us to recover. It costs a lot of time. We have to be diligent and program consciousness from this hour to the next, every hour for the rest of our lives. We 'have' to do it, until we 'want' to do it.
I embrace our program in gratitude.
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Post by caressa on Oct 31, 2010 11:15:32 GMT -5
It cost us a lot to get to the doors of recovery. If we put as much effort into our recovery as we did into our using, we will not have many problems staying clean and sober. The price was high, to go back out, would make it much higher still, because our disease continues where we left off.
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Post by BW on Oct 31, 2010 12:12:32 GMT -5
True that
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Post by BW on Nov 1, 2010 11:03:36 GMT -5
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During crisis, we must not act as isolated persons with nothing gained from fellowship. We stick together. If one of us pulls away, we pull them back. WE recover as WE, not as an I.
As I walk this road of recovery, let me know I don't walk alone. In fact I march in an army of WE.
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Post by BW on Nov 2, 2010 9:20:29 GMT -5
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It is important to learn the focal points of our continuing recovery. They are: meetings, steps, a sponsor, and fellowship.
May the focal points of recovery burn into my consciousness now.
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Post by BW on Nov 3, 2010 22:32:57 GMT -5
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There are no maps to recovery, only steps to freedom from active addiction. Take out your book right now and read the first three steps. These are the tools you need for recovery.
I can't. God can. I think I'll let God do it!
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Post by BW on Nov 4, 2010 11:24:44 GMT -5
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Meditation is a sacred activity that will strengthen not only your recovery but rejuvenate you physically and mentally as well. Prayers and meditation have even been proven to strengthen the immune system. You send a message of life to your immune system when you envision yourself healthy and whole.
I picture myself as a healthy and whole person in recovery practicing the principles I learn.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.