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Friday, July 30th, 2010Don’t Think So Much! It is Counter to Recovery
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Humility means being teachable. Listen to Jane Derry’s 22 second video. Learn how to recover from gambling addiction.
Once Made A Pickle, A Cucumber You Aren’t
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Take 23 seconds, and see what happens to the alcoholic.
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Addiction Recovery – Here’s What to Change
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Jane has a short little video here about recovery. Check it out.
One Day At A Time
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010What does One Day At A Time mean anyway? One day at a time? Many people are terrified to think of never using or drinking again. Long days and months and years and weddings and wakes and so on, stretch and stretch out in the mind into forever. It is too daunting for any alcoholic or addict to comprehend! And surprise, that is a good thing.
In recovery we learn to live in 24 hour segments. Just don’t drink today. That’s all. Just for this 24 hour period. Tomorrow will always look after itself, and it is never tomorrow anyhow.
Oh ya, and by the way, you can start that 24 hour period over again anytime. You don’t have to wait until the morning to restart your day. Who knew?
If Sobriety Doesn’t Come First…
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010…nothing comes second.
I first heard this little gem from Father Martin, and have since adopted it as one of my favorites. Newcomers to sobriety are often shocked to hear the suggestions that they go to 90 meetings in 90 days. “I don’t have time for that”, or “I work afternoon shift (or night shift or day shift or have no job) and can’t make that many meetings”, or “my wife needs me at home” or “I have no home” or whatever!
When you are an addict in active addiction you are headed for the grave. Nothing is more important than for sobriety, because if you don’t have that, you won’t have anything else either.
Easy Does It, But Do It
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010In Chapter 5 we read: “Here are the steps we took“, not: “Here are the steps we thought about“. We have a chapter called Into Action, not Into Thinking.
How did we ever get a slogan like Think, Think, Think? What were they thinking?
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Monday, July 5th, 2010This little gem comes from Dave P., Ontario. He suggests we share it will all the sponsors and sponsees out there.
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He descended a bit more and shouted to a man on the ground, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The man on the ground below replied, “You’re in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You’re between 40 And 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.”
“You must be a sponsor,” said the balloonist.
“I am,” replied the man, “how did you know?”
“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is, I believe, technically correct, but I’ve no idea what to make of your information and the fact is I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help at all. If anything, you’ve probably delayed my trip.”
The man below responded, “You must be a Sponsee.”
“I am,” replied the balloonist, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” said the man, “you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you’ve no idea how to keep, and you expect other people to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were before we met, but now, somehow, it’s my fault!”
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What does ‘Fake it ’til you make it’ mean anyway?
Monday, June 28th, 2010Fake it ’til you make it.
This is a slogan often heard in 12 Step meetings, and often confuses the already confused newcomers. I hear things like, “I’ve been faking things my whole life. I want to start being honest and authentic. Why are you telling me to fake something?” Great question!
I like to use the analogy of a new suit of clothes. Say you are shopping with a friend, and the friend suggests you try on a red blazer (or a green dress, or whatever) and you say, “Oh no, I never wear red, and I don’t ever feel comfortable in a blazer”. Your friend says, ” Why not just try it on? You might like it.” Reluctantly you do, and it feels really weird and uncomfortable. But when you look in the mirror, you realize it looks pretty good, and you start to feel really sharp in it.
What would it be like if you had a Higher Power that loved you unconditionally? What if you knew, without a doubt that you you were being looked after by the spirit of the universe, and you knew you would never be alone again? What if you were completely certain that you were being restored to sanity? What would that feel like? Now, just try that on. I bet it looks really good on you.
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Heard at the end of a share…
Monday, June 28th, 2010…”I come here to get a check up from the neck up so I don’t mess up, and now I’ll shut up.”
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