movin forward with an amends that i had harbored and grew for decades wasnt an easy thing to do. not all were nearly deeply engrained, but the process of gettin past all of them was an arduous task. hell man, if i could have let em go by myself, i would have, i just didnt...
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my personal recovery involves deflatin ego. i need the attitude adjustment the prior steps provide if i want what i make an amends for mean somethin worthwhile. my sponsor made it clear to me after writin an amends to my stepfather 5 times that it wasnt his fault i had turned into an alcoholic. what...
havin some sort of idea today how to live a life in recovery without the bemoanin of my alcoholism in full swing, havin suppressed it as best as i can usin what recovery has shown and taught me, ive found that when i live all of the spiritual principles, i am free to live life...
sometimes i think i wish that after i had learned how to live the 12 spiritual principles of recovery i could have been done with it all and graduated. but that isnt how this thing we do works. what ive learned is that i must continue to live and practice the 12 steps, for the...
sobriety is not enough for me. ive tried that method, and it didnt do anythin for me but get me drunk. ive learned through recovery that i didnt have anythin to replace alcohol when i tried just bein sober. all it did was drive me mad within. it increased the character defects and shorcomins i...
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the willingness to grow came from the final years of doin my dirt. the progression of my alcoholism wasnt fast and didnt happen in weeks. it took many years for it to grow within. but the final years, the ones where my alcoholism had taken good root, helped the character defects and shortcomins, the ones...
action, humility, integrity, and willingness on my behalf is what the spiritual principle of step 9s justice means to me. it is where i face the ones i had harmed and offer them an amends at whatever cost to me. i need each of the concepts mentioned prior so i may use the faith and...
this thing we do keeps it simple. it has been my experience that it doesnt care to confuse its members with social classes or separate its members by background, ethnicity, sex, or nationality. for me, personally, i love its concept of inclusiveness. i have a purdy good idea where i would be today if i...