July-26 topics

Pancake Marathon

•  I do as I, what is the best that I can within that one moment;  or it is true recovery is based around every action upon how we are trusting and our higher power and that of how we are leading ourselves out of reacting/ our stinking thinking/ taking more than giving.  now yes it quite literally is easier to hold on to that pain when we are attempting to set boundaries, and a healthy way and not take away from the value of just life itself, as what would be living life on life's terms and trusting in God; being able to stay teachable and be a part of the herd and at the same time those that stick will probably stick with the winners. It doesn't make it as easy as simply her upon itself simply to say and yet it does make  a bit more upon my willingness to see that I can make progress that I'm willing and how. 

• You may think that there are a thousand different things being done in recovery, really there's just a thousand different ways of saying a few simple things. 

Topic

1. Finding ways to practice the principles in all my a

2.  being willing

3.  trust in God

4.  living life on life's terms

acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon

• Don't use no matter what,  is easier said than done;  for how do I stay a qualified member  as to Simply say  to not just be a visitor of recovery; for Doing it sober  is based around my  wisdom  of what and how I  push,  Trust,  as ultimately  an addict alone is in Bad Company:  for misery loves company.

• I suppose  to give  hugs and not drugs,  or it would be the same as  is my program powered by willpower or my higher power;  for at the times that I essentially have fear ( false evidence/ emotions appearing real) to the point of fear (Face everything and rise). As in what is the difference of  seeing past the fact of needing fine, Simply losing sight of  god doesn't make junk and that Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less; It's a simple program for complicated peoples it is that It's the first drink that gets you drunk but its the Trust  in a higher power that does help by simply  helping you to  give time time. 

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• Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand and Acronyms are just the sum/the Virtues, of all that wisdom: WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives 

Slogans (underlined) blog page  Acronyms (bold) blog page  Principles (italic): A.A. files

Literature 

She Recovers Every Day: We Choose Our Responses

1. We can't choose what happens to us, what others do, what others say, or any circumstances that are external to our own control. But we can choose our responses. When something negative happens or I encounter something that I don't approve of or someone says something that I'm unhappy with, I try to pause and just take up space in that liminal moment. That moment in the transition—the moment between moments—can be very handy. It gives me time to breathe and consider. I've learned that there's a difference between responding and reacting. Taking time in the liminal space allows me to avoid the knee-jerk reactions that come as reflex.

2. There are consequences to our responses, just as there are consequences to our actions. Stephen Covey says, "Between stimulus and response, there is a place where we choose our response." Today, I choose to respond slowly, or at least that's what I will try to do. I'm not always successful, I admit. I sometimes skip to reaction, but then I have another choice—how will I respond to my reactionary response? Life gives me so many opportunities to figure these things out.

3. Recovery is made up of a series of responses instead of countless reactions.

Spiritual principle a day: Open-Mindedness Leads to Understanding

Page 214

"Our fellowship matures and develops as each of us brings our increasing understanding to the table; we grow from one another's experience when we are willing to share and to listen with an open mind."

Living Clean, Chapter 3, "A Spiritual, Not Religious Program"

When we come into recovery, some of us dust off a faith tradition that we were raised with. Others develop their own framework for spiritual beliefs. Those of us with an anti-religious bias bristled at seeing "God" sprinkled throughout the Steps--what have we gotten ourselves into? We were relieved when we learned that we could pursue any kind of spirituality that suited us.

As we learn about the Traditions, the importance of making room for everyone becomes clear. We do our best to avoid lingo associated with any particular path when we share in meetings. We try to convey our experiences with spiritual growth in language that's inclusive, understandable, and respectful to those with different beliefs. When we use NA language to express our deepening spirituality, we strengthen the link between our spiritual lives and what we've gained from living the Twelve Steps.

Over time, we all make peace with the fact that spirituality is central to the NA program. We each arrive at our own sense of spirituality that works. We listen to addicts share the integral part their spiritual awakenings have played in cementing their foundation of recovery. Our sponsors, friends, and predecessors offer their insights on our spiritual, not religious, program and we gain a deeper understanding of our own beliefs as we work Steps and apply Traditions. Intimate conversations help us articulate what we believe and allow us to see how much our paths converge. NA language helps us rise above the barriers that naming names and rituals might create. One member shared, "Our spiritual growth enables us to listen to others with an open mind. This leads to a greater understanding of ourselves, others, and the world around us." We keep coming back and we see how this program works in each other's lives. We have faith, above all, in the process of recovery we've found in NA.

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I will listen with an open mind and an open heart when other members share their experiences with spirituality, coming from a place of understanding and curiosity.

Keep It Simple: I was never less alone when by myself.---Edward Gibson 

1. To stay in this program, we need to accept that we have an illness. We need to accept that we were out of  control. And we need to accept that we need others and they need us. At times, we won't want to accept  these facts. We will want to deny we have an illness and our lives were out of control. 

2. Many of us get into trouble when we don't accept that we need others. This is why helping others is so  important. It teaches us that we need others, and others need us. By helping others, we learn about the  give-and-take of human relationships. There is no give-an-take in addiction. There is just take. Now,  finally, we can give too! 

3. Prayer for the Day: I pray to remember that I need other people. 

4. Action for the Day: Today, I'll help out. I will make coffee at the next meeting or offer to do the Step next  week. I will let a fellow addict know I'm glad he or she is sober. 

NA Just For Today: Unconditional Surrender 

1. "Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat. This can be frightening, but it is  the foundation on which we have built our lives." Basic Text, p.22 

2. Most of us have tried everything we can think of, exerted every ounce of force possible, to fill the  spiritual hole inside us. Nothing - not drugs, not control and management, not sex, money, property,  power, or prestige - has filled it. We are powerless; our lives are unmanageable, at least by ourselves  alone. Our denial will not change that fact. 

3. So we surrender; we ask a Higher Power to care for our will and our lives. Sometimes in surrendering, we  don't know that a Power greater than ourselves exists which can restore us to wholeness. Sometimes we're  not sure that the God of our understanding will care for our unmanageable lives. Our lack of certainty,  though, does not affect the essential truth: We are powerless. Our lives are unmanageable. We must  surrender. Only by doing so can we open ourselves wide - wide enough for our old ideas and past  wreckage to be cleared, wide enough for a Higher Power to enter. 

4. Just for today: I will surrender unconditionally. I can make it as easy or as hard as I choose. Either way, I  will do it. pg. 216 

Daily Reflections: THE "WORTH" OF SOBRIETY 

1. Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. TWELVE AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 160 

2. When I go shopping I look at the prices and if I need what I see, I buy it and pay. Now that I am supposed  to be in rehabilitation, I have to straighten out my life. When I go to a meeting, I take a coffee with sugar  and milk, sometimes more than one. But at the collection time, I am either too bust to take money out of  my purse, or I do not have enough, but I am there because I need this meeting. I heard someone suggest  dropping the price of a beer into the basket, and I thought, that's too much! I almost never give one dollar.  Like many others, I rely on the more generous members to finance the Fellowship. I forget that it takes  money to rent the meeting room, buy my milk, sugar and cups. I will pay, without hesitation, ninety cents  for a cup of coffee at a restaurant after the meeting; I always have money for that. So, how much is my  sobriety and my inner peace worth? 

What is this page about/seems to be as:

•  daily readings and inspirations blog page info

• simple literature Organized by Pancake Marathon: Daily Readings and Inspirations

• Read It to me of the literature of recovery

• She Recovers Every Day comes from https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/thought-for-the-day

• pancake marathon: journey of recovery

• Where I talk about my recovery journey And how I carry my message 

•  what is this page about

• This is how I carry my message( Tradition 5/7, step 12)

• Pancake Marathon

• acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon

• Step 12/to give where credit is due I got all of these readings from "recovery HQ" _ but I put them in a Living life on life's terms and to Better care of the message  and you can actually find all of them in Daily Readings and Inspirations

• Spiritual principle a day: comes from https://www.spadna.org/

• Keep It Simple: found in Daily Readings and Inspirations comes from recoveryhq.com 

• NA Just For Today: Daily Readings and Inspirations comes from recoveryhq.com

• Daily Reflections: Daily Readings and Inspirations comes from recoveryhq.com