March-21 topics

From Pancake Marathon:

It is in this moment that I see that I have grown, only do I keep putting in the work and seeing my part: maybe I have many parts and still, I have the able now to grow in a level of love and be able to see that I have always been able to do this, it just now that I AM doing as such; for at first it was my higher power that helped to see that I could and now its me that keeps my higher power able within me so that when I need that help to grow again, I AM able to see my part in the ways that I have to give a peace of mind and not take away from what is the value that is there, to be able to keep watering the seed and having hope.

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With the life I have now of seeing the moments when I fail seeing that it was to help me to have fear But For The Grace Of God i is able to Cultivate an attitude of gratitude for at the times when I thought I was fine I was just simple wanting to give the love that is from the wisdom I had; to now I push to Q-TIP. It is simple, when I see that it is First Things First I have to see my part and be able to give Hugs not Drugs so that I can have the able to see that Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less, knowing that Help is only a phone call away as the same as prayer; it is in that prayer I can see that it is Just for Today, really just for this moment, that can and will add up Just for Today, helping me see that all I have to do is leave it better then I found it.

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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"Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs." Basic Text p. 3
At our first meeting, we may have been taken aback at the way members shared about how the disease of addiction had affected their lives. We thought to ourselves, "Disease? I've just got a drug problem! What in the world are they talking about?"
After some time in the program, we began to see that our addiction ran deeper than our obsessive, compulsive drug use. We saw that we suffered from a chronic illness that affected many areas of our lives. We didn't know where we'd "caught" this disease, but in examining ourselves we realized that it had been present in us for many years.
Just as the disease of addiction affects every area of our lives, so does the NA program. We attend our first meeting with all the symptoms present: the spiritual void, the emotional agony, the powerlessness, the unmanageability.
Treating our illness involves much more than mere abstinence. We use the Twelve Steps, and though they don't "cure" our illness, they do begin to heal us. And as we recover, we experience the gift of life.
Just for today: I will treat my illness with the Twelve Steps.

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Fear... of economic insecurity will leave us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
Having fear reduced or eliminated and having economic circumstances improve, are two different things. When I was new in A.A., I had those two ideas confused. I thought fear would leave me only when I started making money. However, another line from the Big Book jumped off the page one day when I was chewing on my financial difficulties: "For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded."(p. 127).
I suddenly understood that this promise was a guarantee.
I saw that it put priorities in the correct order, that spiritual progress would diminish that terrible fear of being destitute, just as it diminished many other fears.
Today I try to use the talents God gave me to benefit others. I've found that is what others valued all along.
I try to remember that I no longer work for myself. I only get the use of the wealth God created, I never have "owned" it. My life's purpose is much clearer when I just work to help, not to possess.

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