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Sat, Dec 11, 2004 08:15:18 AM
∞ trading in my misery ∞
posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 08:15:18 AM
i only have to be miserable if i choose to be? what if my life really sucks and nothing is turning out as i expected? what can i possibly do to be less miserable?
well, according to this morning's reading i can trade my misery for recovery! if i choose to speak with another member, or work with my sponsor, or go to a meeting, or do that heinous assignment that my sponsor gave me, or work with a sponsee, or do service work or just about any other of the many spiritual tools that i have been given, my life may not look any better on the outside, but i will become more accepting of the current situation and hence a bit less more miserable.
most of the time when i find myself in misery, i have forgotten that GOD provides me with everything i need on a daily basis but i want more. this makes total sense to me, because i always want MORE and when i am in the disease of addiction the NEED FOR MORE is so overwhelming, i overlook what i have. taking any of the simple suggestions of the reading, flips the record over and i become grateful for what i have.
this program may or may not change the outside aspects of my LIFE but it certainly changes the inner part. so for me today, i choose recovery!
∞ DT ∞
well, according to this morning's reading i can trade my misery for recovery! if i choose to speak with another member, or work with my sponsor, or go to a meeting, or do that heinous assignment that my sponsor gave me, or work with a sponsee, or do service work or just about any other of the many spiritual tools that i have been given, my life may not look any better on the outside, but i will become more accepting of the current situation and hence a bit less more miserable.
most of the time when i find myself in misery, i have forgotten that GOD provides me with everything i need on a daily basis but i want more. this makes total sense to me, because i always want MORE and when i am in the disease of addiction the NEED FOR MORE is so overwhelming, i overlook what i have. taking any of the simple suggestions of the reading, flips the record over and i become grateful for what i have.
this program may or may not change the outside aspects of my LIFE but it certainly changes the inner part. so for me today, i choose recovery!
∞ DT ∞
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TIM M
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Another Look!
α trading for the gifts of recovery ω 364 words ➥ Sunday, December 11, 2005 by: donnot∞ IF i am ready to exchange the misery of today for even greater peace, ∞ 381 words ➥ Monday, December 11, 2006 by: donnot
δ it is possible to be miserable in recovery, too, though it is not necessary. δ 489 words ➥ Tuesday, December 11, 2007 by: donnot
α it is funny to remember how reluctant i once was to surrender to recovery. ω 437 words ➥ Thursday, December 11, 2008 by: donnot
δ there is no fellowship militia that will force me … 627 words ➥ Friday, December 11, 2009 by: donnot
° no one is forcing me to give up my misery ° 788 words ➥ Saturday, December 11, 2010 by: donnot
» i once believed i had a wonderful, fulfilling life as a using addict and « 968 words ➥ Sunday, December 11, 2011 by: donnot
∠ i do not have to be miserable unless i really want to be ∠ 782 words ➥ Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by: donnot
§ i continue to give up the misery of active addiction § 484 words ➥ Wednesday, December 11, 2013 by: donnot
∫ i do have a choice, today i CHOOSE ∫ 669 words ➥ Thursday, December 11, 2014 by: donnot
😜 misery is 😜 569 words ➥ Friday, December 11, 2015 by: donnot
☁ how reluctant ☕ 703 words ➥ Sunday, December 11, 2016 by: donnot
🌧 worse than 🌦 545 words ➥ Monday, December 11, 2017 by: donnot
🏚 i have this choice: 🏘 477 words ➥ Tuesday, December 11, 2018 by: donnot
🌩 being forced 🌪 511 words ➥ Wednesday, December 11, 2019 by: donnot
😭 the sanity of recovery 🤒 612 words ➥ Friday, December 11, 2020 by: donnot
😜 misery is optional 😜 522 words ➥ Saturday, December 11, 2021 by: donnot
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) When we renounce learning we have no troubles.
The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'--
Small is the difference they display.
But mark their issues, good and ill;--
What space the gulf between shall fill? What all men fear is indeed
to be feared; but how wide and without end is the range of questions
(asking to be discussed)!