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As they say, "What needs to be changed with in me and my attitude." I try to be direct and say what I mean, according to my truth. It may not be the same as that of others, and that is okay, that is their truth.
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My sponsor always said, "Check your motive and intent."
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God says in the Bible, to give love, hope, and charity. The greatest thing is love. http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/13-13.htm The program is applicable to my home, to my community, to my job, as well as inside the rooms of recovery.
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The program is applicable to all areas of my life. For years I thought I was just fine, I am not as bad as him or her and yet on close inspection, I was just as bad or worse. I had to learn that I am not my disease, and whether I am in my space as a recovering alcoholic, I am in the addiction of my childhood and young adult years. I found out in Al-Anon that often family of the A, is sicker than the alcoholic/addict. It is the thinking behind the disease. I can't change them, I don't have the power. I can change myself, I have the power, not me but my Higher Power, who I choose to call God. I found out that God was an old tape for me, I had to build a relationship and make it personal. God doesn't make any junk. A phrase that has stayed with me for many 24 hours.
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I came to the fellowship(s) and found people doing what I had been trying to do my way for 8 years. They carried a message to me. The program works if I am willing to work for it. Through them I learned to trust the program, and through the program, I learned to trust the God of my understanding.
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I did not get into a relationship until I was 7 years sober. Then I learned to identify not compare.
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Don't put your life on hold for someone else, live your own life and enjoy it.
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Panic Attacks and Panic Disorders. A lot can be handled through our God and the program. I prefer it to taking a pill. Sometimes depending on the person, that is what is needed.
The 12 Step Program is applicable to all areas of my life. http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/g...panic-disorder
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I am powerless over alcohol, along with peopole, places and things, and my life is unmanageable when managed by me, my life is unmanageable when I try to manage other people's lives and try them into the way I would have them go. My live is unmanageable, and I don't grow, if I am focusing on others and not focused on my own recovery. It all begins with me.
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