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Post by caressa on Sept 5, 2010 15:50:59 GMT -5
A is for Awareness. I need to be aware of what is around me, of other people, my reaction to them, and how they relate to me. I need to be aware of what I need to change, what no longer serves me in good stead in today.  |
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Post by BW on Sept 6, 2010 10:38:21 GMT -5
"A" is for action...We cannot sit on our laurels...I need to remain on the front lines of life
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 6, 2010 14:27:13 GMT -5
A is for: Attitude
Happiness is a mental habit, a mental Attitude, and if it is not
learned and practiced in the present it is never experienced.
—Maxwell Maltz
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Post by caressa on Sept 6, 2010 23:07:22 GMT -5
B is for Belonging. When I came into the rooms of AA, I got a sense of belonging. I had found where I needed to be. I also found the same in Al-Anon. I was told that I was doubly blessed. 
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Post by BW on Sept 7, 2010 12:11:44 GMT -5
"B"....Believe...Believe in your Higher Power...He has given us a moral compass to live by and a perfect example. When a delimma arises; we can ask ourselves.."What would the Master do?"....and ...Believe in yourself....
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 7, 2010 14:44:36 GMT -5
B is for: Beginning
“Failure breeds strength, starting over is the
Beginning of success." - - Barb Kampbell
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Post by caressa on Sept 8, 2010 8:43:02 GMT -5
C is for Choices. I have freedom of choice in today. I can choose to be happy, I can choose to be sad. I can choose to sit with a feeling or I can choose to let it go. I can choose to stay in a situation, or I can choose to detach from it. Just for today, I choose to love and even like myself.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 8, 2010 13:14:39 GMT -5
C is for: Committed
“Stay Committed to your decisions,
but stay flexible in your approach.”
- - Tom Robbins
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Post by caressa on Sept 9, 2010 12:05:16 GMT -5
D is for Divine. For me "Divine Orderly Good" comes from the Good Orderly Direction that I get from a Group of Drunks/Drug Addicts. I call it the God/Dog syndrome. It doesn't matter if your belief in God is different from other people's, all you are asked to do is believe in that 'divine' intervention that can separate you from your drug of choice and deviate you onto a path of recovery.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 9, 2010 12:21:48 GMT -5
D is for: Direction
"By admitting that we are unable to manage our own lives, we
become ready to let a Higher Power take over. Before we can
fully benefit from God's Direction, we must let go completely of
the idea that we are in control." - - Food for Thought
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Post by caressa on Sept 10, 2010 5:29:59 GMT -5
E is for Exceptions. There are few exceptions to the guidelines, they are not rules, only suggestions but for where I stood, they always seemed like darn well betters. I was told that I wasn't expected to get better over night, I didn't get this way overnight, I wouldn't heal over night.  |
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Post by BW on Sept 10, 2010 10:35:40 GMT -5
"F" Is for Faith in a power greater than myself that can restore me to sanity..It does not say will...but does say "can"..which means I have to be willing to accept that healing...and be willing to work for it.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 10, 2010 14:11:13 GMT -5
E is for: Emotions
"Remember that life does not follow an even and steady path.
There are peaks and valleys and everything that falls between.
We can learn to keep or Emotions in check whether we are on
the high or low end of the spectrum." - - Barb Kampbell
F is for: Finish
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you
could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget
them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall
begin it well and serenely...” - - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Post by caressa on Sept 10, 2010 21:23:21 GMT -5
F is for Fear. Face everything and recovery. There are healthy fears, like not walking in front of a bus. When I first came into recovery it was fear of missing a meeting, fear that I would use if I didn't go to a meeting. That fear turned into faith that the program would work for me.
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Post by caressa on Sept 11, 2010 7:01:28 GMT -5
G is for Grace. God's gracious gift. The gift of sobriety. The gift of laughter, forgiveness, compasison, trust, etc. all too numerous to mention through working the 12 Steps.  |
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 11, 2010 13:55:41 GMT -5
G is for: Guilt
"Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not
do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did
or did not do." - - Peter McWilliams
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Post by caressa on Sept 12, 2010 4:43:04 GMT -5
H is for Honest. Not only cash register honest, but self honesty. Taking off the rose-coloured glasses, removing the blanket of denial, and taking out the ear plugs which filter out what we don't want to hear. We can no longer look at the world with blinders on or with tunnel vision. We can no longer have selective hearing. We need to become aware and act on that awareness.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 12, 2010 14:54:09 GMT -5
H is for: Hope
"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well,
but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of
how it turns out." - - Vaclav Havel
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Post by caressa on Sept 13, 2010 4:50:04 GMT -5
I is for Integrity. It is important for me to walk my talk. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ~William Shakespeare  |
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 13, 2010 12:42:39 GMT -5
I is for: Inside
“I cannot always control what goes on outside.
But I can always control what goes on Inside.”
- - Wayne Dyer
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.