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Fri, Oct 29, 2004 05:08:45 AM
a new reality
posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 05:08:45 AM
well the new reality for me today means dealing with the fact that i am not the one to give up 60% of my liver to a close friend. i have yet to totally sort out my feelings about being disqualified as the donor but i do know that if i use the tools of this program and allow myself the chance to feel they will sort themselves out.
i would love to say that i always live in the here and now, not agonizing or glorifying my past nor fantasizing about my future. the truth is that i still engage in these flights of fancy from time to time. these trips out of reality usually come when i am dissatisfied or afraid of what is happening in the here and now. through the process of recovery i have a bit of self-understanding these days and i can see these for what they are:
·LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS!
--DT --
i would love to say that i always live in the here and now, not agonizing or glorifying my past nor fantasizing about my future. the truth is that i still engage in these flights of fancy from time to time. these trips out of reality usually come when i am dissatisfied or afraid of what is happening in the here and now. through the process of recovery i have a bit of self-understanding these days and i can see these for what they are:
RUNNING AWAY!i may not always like what i find when i live in the moment, but if i use the tools i can handle, tolerate and learn to accept the situation for what it is
·LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS!
--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.
Another Look!
α a new reality -- a new hope α 364 words ➥ Saturday, October 29, 2005 by: donnot∞ thoughts of how bad it was - - or could be - - can consume my hopes for recovery. ∞ 329 words ➥ Sunday, October 29, 2006 by: donnot
∞ life in recovery is no fantasy. daydreams of how great using was, ∞ 594 words ➥ Monday, October 29, 2007 by: donnot
δ i have come to believe that a Higher Power can restore the soundness of my mind and my heart. δ 592 words ➥ Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by: donnot
∏ the importance of how great things could or should be for me disappears ∏ 374 words ➥ Thursday, October 29, 2009 by: donnot
ƒ in the light of recovery, i CAN perceive the difference between fantasy and reality ƒ 618 words ➥ Friday, October 29, 2010 by: donnot
∞ i am grateful for the principles of recovery ∞ 665 words ➥ Saturday, October 29, 2011 by: donnot
ℵ fantasies of how wonderful it was ℵ 538 words ➥ Monday, October 29, 2012 by: donnot
» in the fellowship, i know that i can change « 530 words ➥ Tuesday, October 29, 2013 by: donnot
√ thoughts of how bad it was - or could be - √ 574 words ➥ Wednesday, October 29, 2014 by: donnot
« living in the now » 578 words ➥ Thursday, October 29, 2015 by: donnot
ƒ restore the ƒ 555 words ➥ Saturday, October 29, 2016 by: donnot
👯 the difference between 🦄 616 words ➥ Sunday, October 29, 2017 by: donnot
🚔 overblown expectations 🚘 505 words ➥ Monday, October 29, 2018 by: donnot
🍭 delusions 🍬 581 words ➥ Tuesday, October 29, 2019 by: donnot
🧙 fantasy and reality 🕺 497 words ➥ Thursday, October 29, 2020 by: donnot
💫 i can change 💫 408 words ➥ Friday, October 29, 2021 by: donnot
😳 the burden 😵 496 words ➥ Saturday, October 29, 2022 by: donnot
🌄 the path to 🌄 450 words ➥ Sunday, October 29, 2023 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
4) They should think their (coarse) food sweet; their (plain) clothes
beautiful; their (poor) dwellings places of rest; and their common
(simple) ways sources of enjoyment.