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I was thinking on this this morning and thought it might be a great topic.
I found this while I was reading things online: Quote:
Those are just a few I share to get us started. I hope others will join in. It doesn't matter how much sober / clean time you have, just join in.
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AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving. |
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One of things I love about being clean and sober is that i can think more clearly. My perspective on life is better. The glass is no longer "half empty", its "half full". I am more positive.
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I no longer have to live a double life.
I no longer have to hide from God in shame. My mind is clearer and I trust my decisions more. I can trust God for guidance. My relationships are better and deeper. When I forget something or say something stupid, it is just my human frailty and not a stupid drunk. I like myself better. I don't stink. I don't have big, black circles under my eyes. I don't have to worry about my supply running out. The obsession is gone. God is good!
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Thanks for this, I love it and your shares.
I no longer have to wear masks or role play. I can be myself, the way my God would have me be in today, instead of living through others and people pleasing. I have a closer walk with my God, since I began a spiritual journey. I learned to love, even like myself. Many things are one day at a time, like patience, tolerance, forgiveness, acceptance, etc. With my God, I found it is often a daily thing. I no longer have to act out in my disease. I no longer have hissy fits and other behaviours that were prevalent when I was using. I am not my disease. I am a Child of God. Love the connection of going with the flow and being in the moment. Gratitude for the little things, things I wasn`t aware of when I was using. They were catastrophes, and moles became mountains. Grateful for you and the people my God put in my life to show me the way. Before I wouldn`t have noticed, would have ignored anyone who tried to change me, my beliefs, and thought they were so grandiose to think they knew better than me. ![]() So many more, but these are what came to mind.
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I understand that alcohol, sold to us by the world as a good thing, is really poison. I don't have to drink poison anymore and starve my brain for oxygen to "feel good."
I can stand discomfort, knowing my God is with me, and that it will pass.
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Love and that no matter what happens in my life, I don't have to pick up my drug of choice or any substitute. Grateful in today that I have the vision in today to know when I am using in today, no matter what the substance is. It all leads to the same soul sickness, so the 12 Steps are applicable to all areas of my life.
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What do you like / love about being sober?
Quite a long list so just to name a few... Freedom... Freedom to be a child of God Freedom to love and be loved Freedom of choice Freedom to be myself Freedom from drama Freedom to set healthy boundaries |
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For today, I am enjoying my celebration of Christmas, "As I understand Christmas". I enjoyed a Christmas Eve meeting, and then my wife and I attended a very beautiful Mass in the afternoon.
We had to get there early to get a seat, and had the pleasure of listening to the music ministry serenade us with Christmas songs as we waited for the Mass to begin. It was a very peaceful hour, and I just sat there and took it all in. I can ignore how society has tried to change the focus of Christmas to an insane gift giving frenzy, shop here, buy this, only 3 more shopping days left etc...If every kiss begins with "K", then keep your kiss. I am totally charmed when I hold our new grandson. I love to read this website, and apply what it teaches me to how I live life. |
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I read this a few years ago and these rewards are what I love about being sober!
Ann C. wrote this a number of years before the 1985 Internation Convention in Montreal, Canada where she set it to tape at the Old timers Meeting. She wrote it to show the contrast that can take place in any of our lives if we will try to follow the AA principles. The 12 Rewards of the 12 Step Program 1) We can all have Hope, instead of desperation; 2) Faith, instead of despair; 3) Courage, instead of fear; 4) Peace of Mind, instead of confusion; 5) Self-respect, instead of self-contempt; 6) Self-confidence, instead of helplessness; 7) The respect of others, instead of their pity and contempt; 8) A clean conscience, instead of a sense of guilt; 9) Real friendships, instead of loneliness; 10) A clean pattern of life, instead of a purposeless existence; 11) The love and understanding of our families, instead of their doubts and fears; 12) The freedom of a happy life, instead of the bondage of an alcoholic obsession. Gratitude will continue the miracle of your sobriety, I found that out. as written by Ann C. of Niles, Ohio - sober April 1, 1948 |
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Awesome! Thank you Don for sharing it. Hope you will continue to come and share your recovery with us.
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