March-23 topics

Pancake Marathon:

There are moments when those around me say, “why are you saying it like that: they are meaning the tone that I is using,” I can give this answer of what it maybe but, what if at that moment I is missing the point and shooting the Messenger; for I know that it is never about shooting the messenger it's about targeting the message. for yes as it has simply stated that, I am not saint and to make progress along spiritual lines, It's in this that one has to stay teachable and through the power we can simply say of doing a step 10 daily inventory and step 11 and step 12, I am able to continue to make that progress, for I know simply making that progress is the way to reach perfection. as it also can simply be be stated, that there is always something that you could have done better, and in another way of looking at it there's always room to grow; yes it is true that that has happened, quoting of what would be the past, and at the same time how do you make progress: where you are at simply to say.

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Easy does it is something that comes to mind when I know that I have to Q-TIP, Cultivate an attitude of gratitude so that I can stay humble and be able to think with an open mind staying teachable is the key to being able to Willingness is the key wisdom that I get to have this time is something that as me past the hurt, seeing that I don’t just have to be fine; as I mind my “P’s and Q’s,” Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less so that I can gift the love of the god that I can been freely given: as Tradition 1 and as what is Tradition 7 If you expect respect, be the first to show some as I have this willingness to leave it better then I found it.

Acronyms

Q-TIP: Quit Taking It Personally
THINK: is it...? Thoughtful Honest Intelligent Necessary Kind
WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives
TIME: This I Must Experience
FINE: F***ed up, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional
Mind your “P’s and Q’s.”: Pause and quiet _ Leading us to (totally Obvious) if we keep (kind Effort = effortless possibilities) working fit
GIFT: God Is Forever There
LOVE: Let Others Voluntarily Evolve
GOD: Good Orderly Direction

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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"We do the footwork and accept what's being given to us freely on a daily basis." Basic Text pg. 46
Our relationship with our Higher Power is a two-way street. In prayer, we speak and God listens. When we meditate, we do our best to listen for the will of our Higher Power. We know that we are responsible for our part of the relationship. If we do not pray and listen, we shut our Higher Power out of our lives.
When we think about our relationship with our Higher Power, it's important to remember which one we are: the powerless one. We can ask for guidance; we can ask for willingness or strength; we can ask for knowledge of our Higher Power's will-but we cannot make demands. The God of our understanding-the one with the power-will fulfill the half of the relationship by giving us exactly what we need, when we need it.
We need to take action every day to keep our relationship with a Higher Power alive, One way we do this is by applying the Eleventh Step. Then we remember our own powerlessness and accept the will of a Power greater than ourselves.
Just for today: In my relationship with my Higher Power, I am the powerless one. Remembering who I am, today I will humbly accept the gifts of the God I understand.

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We have seen the truth again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.". . . If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. . . . To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 33
These words are underlined in my book. They are true for men and women alcoholics. On many occasions I've turned to this page and reflected on this passage. I need never fool myself by recalling my sometimes differing drinking patterns, or by believing I am "cured." I like to think that, if sobriety is God's gift to me, then my sober life is my gift to God. I hope that God is as happy with His gift as I am with mine.

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