March-17 topics

From Pancake Marathon:

As life is about seeing that we can change into something that is worth our time, being part of our life, even if it is to shear a smile or saying hi; it is in that we know that we have planted the seed of recovery, that we did what we need to do to leave it better then we found it: Tradition 7. For we may not be able to save the world in one day, but we can help guide the world into a point that we know that we did what we can do in that moment, and that life is happening; that we are life and that is why it is happening/why it has meaning to it, as the matter of fact.

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Detaching is something that we all want to do when we see that love is what we really want to push to have, see it is in that moment/the point of all of this that we have to always place Principles before personalities, so we can see that Misery is optional and that Nothing changes if nothing changes that all we have is hope; by kissing we are able to stop going nuts as Recovery is a journey ...not a destination to be able to stay in the herd, for it is simple that we must Stick with the winners - Win with the stickers. So that we can Cultivate an attitude of gratitude as by q-tip and seeing that wisdom we now have is what helps us when we see fear.

Acronyms

Slogans

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

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"Those who make it through these times show a courage not their own." Basic Text p. 82
Before coming to NA, many of us thought we were brave simply because we had never experienced fear. We had drugged all our feelings, fear among them, until we had convinced ourselves that we were tough, courageous people who wouldn't crack under any circumstances.
But finding our courage in drugs has nothing to do with the way we live our lives today. Clean and in recovery, we are bound to feel frightened at times. When we first realize we are feeling frightened, we may think we are cowards. Were afraid to pick up the phone because the person on the other end might not understand. We're afraid to ask someone to sponsor us because they might say no. We're afraid to look for a job. We're afraid to be honest with our friends. But all of these fears are natural, even healthy. What's not healthy is allowing fear to paralyze us.
When we permit our fear to stop our growth, we will be defeated. True courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the willingness to walk through it.
Just for today: I will be courageous today. When I'm afraid, I'll do what I need to do to grow in recovery.

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. . . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
After losing my career, family and health, I remained unconvinced that my way of life needed a second look.
My drinking and other drug use were killing me, but I had never met a recovering person or an A.A. member. I thought I was destined to die alone and that I deserved it. At the peak of my despair, my infant son became critically ill with a rare disease. Doctors' efforts to help him proved useless. I redoubled my efforts to block my feelings, but now the alcohol had stopped working. I was left staring into God's eyes, begging for help. My introduction to A.A. came within days, through an odd series of coincidences, and I have remained sober ever since. My son lived and his disease is in remission. The entire episode convinced me of my powerlessness and the unmanageability of my life. Today my son and I thank God for his intervention.

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