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Fri, Jul 27, 2007 08:26:44 AM
∞ i can safely entrust my life to my Higher Power and to the fellowship. ∞
posted: Fri, Jul 27, 2007 08:26:44 AM
so long as i work the program, the payoff is certain: freedom from active addiction and a better way of life.
it is ironic that last night i finally admitted out loud that i cannot wait for this year in my recovery to reach its end on september 10th. am i grateful for this tenth year, most certainly, i have been given the gift of freedom from active addiction. i have been given a new manner in which to live. and i have been shown that the reward of staying clean is another day clean. but being the type of person that i am, i can always find something to whine about, and this morning this is not what i want to do. this morning i just want to be grateful for another day clean, and the time has come to focus on what i need to do today. drive across the state and be present for a service event.
so what does all of this have to do with the whole topic of WE DO RECOVER? well for one thing, replacing ingratitude with gratitude is something i can work on this morning. i do have the tools necessary to be more than i have ever been, and the changes across the last ten and a half months are a result of living the program. so off to pack and see what the drive brings!
it is ironic that last night i finally admitted out loud that i cannot wait for this year in my recovery to reach its end on september 10th. am i grateful for this tenth year, most certainly, i have been given the gift of freedom from active addiction. i have been given a new manner in which to live. and i have been shown that the reward of staying clean is another day clean. but being the type of person that i am, i can always find something to whine about, and this morning this is not what i want to do. this morning i just want to be grateful for another day clean, and the time has come to focus on what i need to do today. drive across the state and be present for a service event.
so what does all of this have to do with the whole topic of WE DO RECOVER? well for one thing, replacing ingratitude with gratitude is something i can work on this morning. i do have the tools necessary to be more than i have ever been, and the changes across the last ten and a half months are a result of living the program. so off to pack and see what the drive brings!
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named);
that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).