ABCs of Recovery!

[caressa]

I is for Inegrity. The dictionary says: Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcomes. To me it means walking your talk.

[SunnyGirl]

I is for: Isolation
Prayer is an end to Isolation. It is living our daily life with
someone; with HIM who alone can deliver us from solitude.
- - Georges Lefevre

[caressa]

J is for Joy. Enjoy the gifts of sobriety. If you are not enjoying your life, what are you doing wrong?

[Cherie]

J is for: Judgment
"Bad Judgment teaches us lessons, but we should
never Judge others for theirs." - Harold Nicolson

[caressa]

K is for Kindness. It takes very little effort and goes a long way. Don't kill them with it, don't do for them what they can do for themselves but let them know you are there.

[SunnyGirl]

K is for: Keep
"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to Keep
happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host
against difficulties." - - Helen Keller

[caressa]

L is for Limitless. My God is limitless as to what He can do for me. He is limited only by my narrow outlook and expectations. Things are so much better when I leave things in His hands.

[SunnyGirl]

L is for: Lesson
“Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us
along our path, but the Lesson to be learned is always ours.”
- - unknown

[caressa]

M is for Me. Let it begin with Me! I am responsible for My own happiness. I can't use other people to excuse my own behavior. I have to look in the mirror and see Me.

[SunnyGirl]

M is for: Mistakes
"To do nothing is failure. To try, and in the trying you make some
Mistakes and then you make some positive changes as a result
of those Mistakes, is to learn and to grow and to blossom."
—Darlene Larson Jenks

[caressa]

N is Normal. What does normal mean? I was told it was a cycle on a washing machine. What was normal for me before recovery was not a good path to continue on; and I had to take a new road and make a few detours; and had to make new tapes to replace the old; and make new decisions.

[SunnyGirl]

N is for: Negativity
"The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of Negativity.
The cycle of Negativity is stopped by choosing the good -- not just
once, but again and again until it is goodness that prevails in your
life and in our world altogether." - - JOHN MORTON

[BW]

"O" is for Open ---open mindedness...open heartedness...open to new ides, open to hearing the pleas of others, listening to others ideas and thoughts, open to compassion and empathy, understanding

[Lin]

H is for HEALTH...I think I take much better care of ME and my health since finding recovery. BEfore that I was sick all the time.

LIN

[SunnyGirl]

O is for: Optimist
"I have become my own version of an Optimist. If I can't
make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or
I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how
dark the present." - Rabindranath Tagore

[caressa]

O is for Orange. Orange you glad you found recovery?

[caressa]

P is for Pride. One of the 7 deadly sins. We can take pride in what we do. In doing, we need give credit to the Source and not take the credit for ourselves.

[SunnyGirl]

P is for: Patience
“Patience is also a form of action.”
—Auguste Rodin

[BW]

"Q" is for Quit...Quit judging...Quit being negative...Quit sitting on the laurels
Quit procrastinating

Just don't quit doing the journey...ODAAT

[Lin]

Q is for QUIET TIMES in meditation....

LIN