today i am ok with bein me. i am aware of who i am and can rest in peace with this knowledge. this doesnt mean i dont try to strive to be better because, i do. im human and want nice things, but i also understand that material wealth isnt what my focus needs to...
in followin the concept of tradition 3 i get the opportunity to get out of self and be someone more than i ever was while out doin my dirt. early in my recovery, as my sponsor was explainin to me the idea of service, he emphasized my willingness to give of self, due to my...
tradition three helps me understand the concept of equality. the significance of this notion was brought to me early in my recovery when others came to me as i walked into the rooms broken and self-defeated. they welcomed me and they didnt even know me. they said if you say you are one of us,...
im so down with how this mornins readin talks of how the freedoms i have gained through recovery allows love to grow. i feel like if others didnt share their freedoms or love with me when i came into the rooms i wouldnt have stayed long, no matter how desperate i may have felt in...
i believe today, after my time in recovery, havin seen and lived the results of it, that faith is the bridge between God and i. it is with Him that i get to live and experience the freedoms that life provides. within those freedoms are lessons i get to experience. i aint gonna try to...
To be honest? My sober friends came with my introduction to AA or should I say any friends at all. Even as a young kid (before alcohol) I never really had friends like I have today. I needed to learn to like myself first. Who knew? Sure I knew others my age and hung around...
when i came into recovery i didnt know if it would work for me or not. i didnt know if it would help me stop drinkin. i didnt know that if i put half of what i put into drinkin i would get the results i received. full of anger, hate, self-loathin, and unforgiveness, i...
i have learned through recovery that it is ok to be me. durin my youth i had been made fun of by the people who meant the most to me and that is where the fear of thinkin and actin like the person i was made to be began. when i was introduced to alcohol,...
who doesnt want more of a perceived good thing? while i was out doin my dirt i would have never thought that alcohol was the catalyst for my actions. lookin back today i can see how easy it was to blame alcohol for all the shit that happened, but today, i gotta be honest. surely...
Something I learned in the rooms is that if my day isn't going great, if I'm struggling and if my attitude is toxic then at any moment I can choose to start my day over… And start anew… I am not defined by the emotional state that I wake up in… Or the mindset that...