The Topic of the Week, words that begins with the letter "Q"
 

Q is for Quick. The program is not a quick fix. If you go to a meeting, you will find that you do get a quick release of stress when you stay in today. I have always felt better after going to a meeting, unless "I" got in the way and quit working my program.

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Q is for Quiet. I must quiet my mind. Meditation was a real gift in recovery. There are many ways to do it, it is important to find what works for you. A chaotic mind can not hear the Good Orderly Direction, if it doesn't find the quiet to allow us to be still and make that conscious contact with our G-d. A woman I met many years ago, wrote God like that. I took it to mean, God is all things. He is quite a lot bigger than I ever thought Him to be.

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Q is for Quote. It is good to be able to quote from the Big Book. For me, it is important to take the words and apply them to my life. It is one thing to know, it is another to do.

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Q is for Quiet. It is hard for me some day to quiet my mind. The internal chatter seems to have a mind of it's own. The only way to find peace and quiet is to go to the God of my understanding. Water balances me. I don't have any rivers and brooks near me, so sometimes I just have to go into the shower and I say a prayer asking to be cleaned mentally and emotionally as well as the physical.

When the focus is off me, and I quit trying to play God with my life and that of others, I can find that quiet and live in it, until I forget and find myself back having to practice the slogan "Live and let live."

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Q is for Quit trying to complicate things. Keep it simple.

Q is for Quell. Quell any thought that it is forever and ever, it is a one day at a program. We don't quit forever, we quit just for today. Just for today, I choose not to use people, places, and things.

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Q is for Question

Don't be afraid to ask questions at meetings. It is a great place to learn tools of recovery. Remember that no question is a dumb question and someone else may want to ask the same question and is too scared to ask.

Q is for Quander or Query. Don't doubt yourself. Don't be afraid to ask. How can you know what you have never been taught or experienced.

Some of the old timers say, "It is all in the Big Book." My answer is, "Check it out with the God of your understanding and He will direct your path."

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Q is for Quit

Quit while you are ahead! It is a progressive disease that doesn't quit.

Q is for Quiet

Have a quiet time to relax, unwind, and meditate. Pray to your higher power. Try to get a better perspective of your life.

Q is for Quick. You need to go to meetings, but don't be too quick to get into the Steps. Allow yourself to detox from your drug of choice, then work on Step One. You need to do this Step 100%. Those who don't often relapse and wonder why. It calls for honesty and we have to quit lying to ourselves, letting go of the denial, and look at the reality of things. We can't change them, that is in the past, quit living there, and remember it is one day at a time.

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Q is for Quest

Quest for Serenity each day!

Q is for Quiet. It is important to take time and quiet my mind. And in the stillness, say the Serenity Prayer. How can I here my God's direction, if there is a lot of noise going on?

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Q is for Quickly. Quickly get in touch with safe friends, who are not using. Contact is important in recovery, calling a sponsor, getting in touch with friends. We quickly realize that we are in the right space. Slowly but surely, we learn to laugh at ourselves and become grateful. An e-mail is faster these days, but I loved the picture.

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Q is for Quit. We not only need to quit using drugs, we need to quit substituting other drugs to fill the void. Quit beating yourself. We are works in progress. It is one day at a time. Quit being so hard on myself, keep it simple.

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