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Post by BW on Jan 18, 2011 14:17:27 GMT -5
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Our freedom lies in recognizing the threefold illusion of this disease--mind (I can handle it), desire (it feels good), and flesh (I need it). These are all illusions which we soon will be liberated from.
May I surrender my illusions about the 'goodness' of mind affecting chemicals for myself and any addict / alcoholic.
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Post by BW on Jan 19, 2011 12:18:51 GMT -5
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We have been known to think that dishonesty with others was OK as long as it didn't 'hurt' them. We really don't know what will hurt another or not. Being dishonest with other people deprives them of the information they need to run their own lives.
Honesty is honesty. Let me understand that 'little' dishonesties are a disservice to others as well as myself.
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Post by BW on Jan 20, 2011 12:04:18 GMT -5
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Right now you don't have to pretend to be someone you are not. You don't have to pretend to be strong (if you're a man) or weak (if you're a woman). You don't have to pretend that you don't want to use, if you do--share what is real. We can't help if we don't know the truth.
Grant me the courage to simply be who I am, say what is real in my gut, and respond genuinely to others.
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Post by caressa on Jan 20, 2011 15:14:45 GMT -5
Really like this one. I always say, "What you see is what you get."
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Post by BW on Jan 21, 2011 12:31:01 GMT -5
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Learning to be tolerant of others, a difficult task at best, does not mean that we have to agree with them! Tolerance disagrees agreeably, we think. If someone disagrees with us right now, we can agree to disagree.
Right now I ask for the serenity to agree to disagree because my discomfort for prolonged times could lead me to pick up that first fix, pill, or drink!
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Post by BW on Jan 22, 2011 13:15:54 GMT -5
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It doesn't cost a lot of money for us to recover. It cost 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 BW on Jan 23, 2011 11:46:25 GMT -5
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To a practicing addict who lives wholly in the sensations of the body, the recovery state may seem like utter boredom. But as we learn to live balanced in body, mind, and soul we will wonder why we ever thought the state of addiction exciting.
May I know that it is not so much boredom as me being boring that's my problem
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Post by BW on Jan 24, 2011 11:22:38 GMT -5
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Let us speculate on another subtle 'trick' of our disease: It lies to us! 'It wasn't so bad; I'm not really out of control; everyone drinks a little; these people are stupid.' These are lies.
I pray that the subtle lies of addiction go in one ear and out the other!
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Post by caressa on Jan 24, 2011 19:36:56 GMT -5
It often tells me I am just fine, especially when I have no one around to disagree with me!
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Post by BW on Jan 25, 2011 12:32:29 GMT -5
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'Live and Let Live' sounds like a simple phrase, but in fact it is imperative for us to practice. When we try to control the actions of others, it only leads to anger, resentment, fury, and finally to a slip.
Higher Power, increase my tolerance so I can 'Live and Let Live' so that I 'Don't Let Live and Die!
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Post by BW on Jan 26, 2011 12:34:50 GMT -5
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Sometimes we are confused about what to do. But we tell people, 'Do the next right thing.' We do know what is right and what is wrong from the age of seven. Often our mind tries to muddy our thinking by making excuses or rationalizing. You really do know the right thing to do.
Higher Power, of my understanding, please let me respond to the right and wrong of my Higher Self--for the basic knowledge that was once so clear.
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Post by caressa on Jan 26, 2011 18:05:26 GMT -5
Some times it is minute by minute. Tonight the fire alarm went off in my building. It rang for 40 minutes. I can not walk down stairs and I was wondering what was going on. I postponed eating but then had the thought, you need the energy so I ate my scalloped potatoes, ham and corn. Didn't eat it like it was going to be my last bite yet it was really stressful eating with all that noise going on. Noise and smells trigger fibromyalgia. I was already suffering from the pain in my hips. I just kept telling myself to stay in the moment and if I had to evacuate, they would tell me. They know I can't walk down the stairs. I went and knocked on my neighbor's door. He had already called the fire department. As I was talking to him, the alarm was shut off.
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Post by BW on Jan 27, 2011 13:42:28 GMT -5
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Whatever is on our mind at this time is probably something we can do nothing about just now. We're fighting a fatal disease here and our recovery is our TOP PRIORITY. Other considerations will simply have to wait.
Help me to prioritize my needs: clean time, sober time, recovery
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Post by BW on Jan 28, 2011 11:29:56 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 BW on Jan 29, 2011 12:59:50 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 Jan 30, 2011 12:03:37 GMT -5
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One hour at a time leads to one day at a time in our recovery program. Each hour is one of 24 building blocks of each day of our sobriety and clean time. My current building block is to be kind and considerate for this hour.
Help me center my emotions and be kind and considerate for this hour.
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Post by BW on Feb 16, 2011 19:03:08 GMT -5
There is no one with a 'better' program than another if they are clean and sober for we know that we are only one drink away from a drunk--each and everyone of us!
May I realize that I am no better or worse than another, or them from me. We are equal in our recovery.
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Post by BW on Feb 17, 2011 11:54:24 GMT -5
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Our 12 steps are dedicated primarily to the cultivation of principle in the befuddled addict's mind. Spiritual soundness leads to mental soundness. Even though we don't understand the process of our program to stop our cravings, we must trust that IT WORKS.
I look at those around me, at their success and know that this process WORKS even if it isn't clear how.
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Post by majestyjo on Feb 7, 2018 21:55:59 GMT -5
Great quotes, good for day to day living.
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Post by caressa222 on Feb 7, 2020 2:25:07 GMT -5
Food for the soul.
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.