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As I have said many times, "A girl in recovery kept saying to me when we were checking in for the day, 'But how do you feel?" i got really angry and annoyed with her and I finally said, 'if I knew what I was feeling, I wouldn't be sitting here.' I did find out that one feeling could cover up a lot of others. How do you feel?
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I am powerless over other people's disease, just as I am powerless over my own dis-ease. In ALL things, I need to turn that control, desire to fix, and change others, over to my God, just as I have to let go and let God with my own disease.
The 3 Cs are important to remember all year round, but especially helpful when around family. I didn't cause it, can't control it, can't cure it. I am powerless over people, places, and things. Wherever I go, I need to remember to take my QTIP with me. Quit Taking It Personal. ![]()
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Knowing myself
Asking for help when I need it and acting on my own when I don't Admitting when I'm wrong and making amends Accepting love from others, even if I'm having a tough time loving myself Recognizing that I always have choices, and taking responsibility for the ones I make Seeing that life is a blessing Having an opinion without insisting that others share it Forgiving myself and others Recognizing my shortcomings and my strengths Having the courage to live one day at a time Acknowledging that my needs are my responsibility Caring for people without having to take care of them. Accepting that I'll never be finished - I'll always be a work-in-progress. - Courage to Change (Al-Anon) Today's Reminder: Today I can spin a little silk and let it grace everything I touch. I don't have to look back to past ugliness except to learn from it, to enhance the present, and to release whatever beauty is trapped behind old secrets and self-defeating attitudes. One day at a time I can delight in the splendid person I am becoming. "Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing in loveliness...until it flowers again from within..." - Galway Kinnell originally posted on my site Soundness of Mind Do you know yourself? A good reason to do a Step Four.
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