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Our problem is not that we take refuge from action in spiritual things, but that we take refuge from spiritual things in action.
- Monica Furlong When I came into recovery, I could not be alone. I had to have people around, the TV on or music playing. Me alone with me was bad company. So I learned to get busy and run from the stinking thinking. Then I became addicted to busy, so busy helping others, and doing service work, I didn't find time to be alone and deal with my own issues. Once I did the Steps, thinking it was a done deal, not realizing that recovery is a process. It is one day at a time. It isn't all about helping the other person, it is also about helping and healing for myself. I can't give away what I don't have. If I am busy, I don't have time to the defect of character that keeps making itself known. If I keep busy, I don't have to look at my relationship(s). If i keep busy, I don't have to look at me. Learning to meditate helped me to learn to be still and quiet my mind. I was full of should I, shouldn't I, and had a hard time coming to a decision, because I had trouble, being still long enough to turn it over and then wait for the answer. It is okay to just be. I don't have to be caught up in busy.
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