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Post by caressa on Oct 16, 2010 5:28:58 GMT -5
For those of you who are new, we hope you keep coming so you don't have to come back. We pray that you find the solutions to your life challenges and that you choose a clean and sober way of living. Sobriety means soundness of mind. Just a note to say "I am thinking of you" and hope you continue to visit with us on our Recovery Journey. www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=ZS43976949Just click on the link above.... and when it opens you will find a treat - a Jacquie Lawson greeting card. click on one Ink Bottle at a time and watch what happens !!! |
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Post by BW on Oct 16, 2010 12:25:50 GMT -5
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww shucks
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 9, 2014 20:33:28 GMT -5
Today's thought is:
If we think -- truly think -- our lives will become manageable, and if we thank God who made this thinking possible for us, then our lives are almost sure to remain manageable. We can contain our entire philosophy in these two words THINK and THANK.
Think before you take that first *drink, then thank your God that you didn't.
You are reading from the book:
The Eye Opener by Anonymous
It says drink here, yet for me, I can substitute lots of words in here which can take me onto a road of insanity and pain. i.e. Unhealthy food, unhealthy and abusive relationships, addicting drugs, addicting computer habits, excessive work and exercise habits, and the list goes on.... Posted at my old group The Five As on March 4, 2005
 When I saw this picture, I recalled how in the past, I would look at something and be surprised. It was "What happened? Who did that? Where did that come from?" We see something, especially the unknown, and we allow fear to come in because we remember incidents from our past. We need to remember, if our God brought it to us, He/She will see us through it. We need to be open to change. I know I sure had to change my old thinking and my perception of it. Each day I am grateful for this program, the tools and the gifts I have been given as a result of living it one day at a time.
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 13, 2014 6:14:50 GMT -5
Love this reading. It affirms what I learned early in recovery. It is alright to just be!
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 13, 2014 6:16:03 GMT -5
So much of my mixed messages and so many of my old tapes are a result of my childhood. Yet when I look back, I am asked to go to a place where I see as a safe place, it was the farm. The place I couldn't wait to leave and wish I had it to go back to. Those quiet times, even those stolen in the old outhouse when I was hiding from chores. Or the times in the hay loft of in the bins of grain, never mindful back then of allergies and dust, just the freedom of the moment and just hanging out. Sometimes they were grasped because they were few and far between mainly because farming takes work. As many times as I may have complained, I can't think of anything better than being out in the fields picking wild strawberries. There is nothing to beat a wild strawberry pie. Like all good things good for me, it took lots and lots of work to get enough for the finished product. How sad we can't take the time when it happens and only find the goodness of what we truly had by looking back in hindsight. I feel so blessed to be able to see those moments in today and learn to live them and not run from them. Hamilton has trees. That is what saved my sanity when I left the farm. It may be called the Steel City, and have polluted air and water in the bay, but it does have trees along the streets, parks, and I have a wonderful view of the bay which makes for good scenery on a sunny day. Wouldn't want to be on one because I can't swim and I can get sea sick in a bathtub, but they sure look peaceful and awesome when they are sailing along in the breeze. I think that is what recovery is all about. Me being able to be alone with me.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Oct 13, 2014 6:18:03 GMT -5
Many times we ignore what is going on with us. Sometimes it may seem minor, but in truth, it can lead to something big, if ignored. I have a sister who did that most of her life, she is not an alcoholic and addict, although she has lived her life through others, and put her life on hold and ignored her needs. She was a full blown diabetic before being dignosed, has had to have heart surgery, and has very little boundaries and very little self-care. I use to pooh hoo my symptoms also, at 19 I was told that I needed to have treatment on my feet, but who wants to listen to a foot doctor and spend your money, for a foot doctor, who just may be out to get your money. That was my thinking and I ignored it, and today my issues are with my feet, due to neuropathy as a result of my diabetes, gout, and pseudo gout in my feet, hands, knees, shoulders, etc. I have heard people say, I never felt this way until I got clean and sober. That was because I masked and covered up my feelings and physical pain, by using. Not just not alcohol and prescription pills, but food, people, relationships, work, and that almighty thing (Gambling, computer, church, shopping, etc.) that would take me out of myself so I didn`t feel. They were a commodity that stopped me from coping with life, a friend that became my enemy, because I became immune, and had to find other `things`to use. My long time solace came from my bed, I could hide away and hope the world would go and pass me by. As I told my son today, the pain is always there. It is about me doing what I need to do to make it manageable. Things are unmanageable when managed by me. I had to look at my motive and intent, especially when it came to going to my bed. Did I need to go there or was I hiding from what I needed to do. I can`t allow my pain to rule my life.  |
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 16, 2014 3:21:52 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Dec 30, 2014 5:16:05 GMT -5
WHENEVER YOU FEEL CLOISTERED AND SURROUNDED BY DOOM AND GLOOM, know THAT THERE IS LIGHT AVAILABLE FOR THE ASKING. EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  If you look closely at what Butterfly is trying to teach you, you will realize that it is the never-ending cycle of self-transformation. The way to discern where you are in this cycle is to ask yourself: 1) Is this the egg stage: Is it just a thought or idea? 2) Is this the larva stage: Do I need to make a decision? 3) Is this the cocoon stage: Am I developing and doing something to make my idea a reality? 4) Is this the birth stage: Am I sharing my completed idea?  ONLY YOU CAN SAY THERE IS A PROBLEM!  WHEN LIFE HAS YOU TURNED AROUND, PRAY AND GET IT BACK ON TRACK. |
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.