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Tue, Apr 15, 2014 07:58:39 AM


¹ here in the fellowship that has given me a new way to live, ¹
posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 07:58:39 AM

 

i find teachers, helpers, friends, love, care, and support.
i also get the chance to witness the blood moon, in the wee hours of the morning, which had i been using i may have gone out and seen, and said: “meh, so what else is new.”

Denise W has 25 years CLEAN
TODAY, that is new and quite cool.
Thank you for keeping the doors open!

okay, down to bidness. i certainly feel like a tool today, as i decided to click on something i tell the users i support not to click on. now i am working on my back-up computer and it kind of sucks. it looks like my anti-virus may have protected me from my stupidity, but only time will tell. this much is true, i am clean today, and i am writing this is very good conscience, even if i end up calling someone else out, or shoveling a bit of disrespect.
yes, it was quite true, that i did not believe that anyone who used the way i did, could be clean for more than 60 or 90 days, tops. nor did i believe that i had a problem that only this fellowship could address. in fact, when i came here it was to resolve a legal problem, that ended up being the most obvious sign that i needed a solution for living. today, i am grateful that i have found a home, where everyone here is just like me, in the most important respect, we do not think or behave as the other 80 to 85 percent of human race. simply put, i need something else, and destructive behaviors, such as uncontrollable drug use, is no longer an option i choose to exercise today. i may not hang with the “cool kids” or be a member of the ‘A’ list, but that is hardly relevant, at least for me today. what is relevant is that i did not do anything to try and manipulate, force anyone into including me in their activities. the fellowship has taught me, that i need not be a part of everything to be okay with myself, and when i see my peers acting out and turning the screws so they can be a part of, it saddens me. i know how it feels to so badly want something, i would do ANYTHING to get it.
anyhow, i do have a great life, and most importantly i can take pride in many things today, including bthe fact that i have the desire to stay clean, go to work and have a bit of downtime with the boyz this evening. perhaps one day, i too, will have a quarter century of clean time, but just for today i am grateful for the days i have.

∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

∞  right where i belong ∞ 296 words ➥ Friday, April 15, 2005 by: donnot
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μ i was certain that i was leaving the **good life** behind, when i started recovery μ 617 words ➥ Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by: donnot
ξ i remember when looked at addicts recovering in the fellowship and pondered ξ 546 words ➥ Thursday, April 15, 2010 by: donnot
∀ i have come to enjoy living clean and i want more ∀ 720 words ➥ Friday, April 15, 2011 by: donnot
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

2) It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease
that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease. He knows
the pain that would be inseparable from it, and therefore he does
not have it.