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Post Info TOPIC: JFT August 8 Responsible recovery


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JFT August 8 Responsible recovery


August 8

Responsible recovery

...we accept responsibility for our problems and see that were equally responsible for our solutions.

Basic Text, p. 94

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Some of us, well accustomed to leaving our personal responsibilities to others, may attempt the same behavior in recovery.  We quickly find out it doesnt work.

For instance, we are considering making a change in our lives, so we call our sponsor and ask what we should do.  Under the guise of seeking direction, we are actually asking our sponsor to assume responsibility for making decisions about our life.  Or maybe weve been short with someone at a meeting, so we ask that persons best friend to make our apologies for us.  Perhaps weve imposed on a friend several times in the last month to cover our service commitment.  Could it be that weve asked a friend to analyze our behavior and identify our shortcomings, rather than taking our own personal inventory?

Recovery is something that has to be worked for.  It isnt going to be handed to us on a silver platter, nor can we expect our friends or our sponsor to be responsible for the work we must do ourselves.  We recover by making our own decisions, doing our own service, and working our own steps.  By doing it for ourselves, we receive the rewards.

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Just for today: I accept responsibility for my life and my recovery.



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Accepting responsibility, to me, means that I acknowledge my role in problems I am having and don't try to pin them on others.

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wow that really spoke to me today, i think i really needed to hear that 
thanks
andrea


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August 8

Responsible recovery

...we accept responsibility for our problems and see that were equally responsible for our solutions.

Basic Text, p. 94

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Some of us, well accustomed to leaving our personal responsibilities to others, may attempt the same behavior in recovery.  We quickly find out it doesn't work.

For instance, we are considering making a change in our lives, so we call our sponsor and ask what we should do.  Under the guise of seeking direction, we are actually asking our sponsor to assume responsibility for making decisions about our life.  Or maybe weve been short with someone at a meeting, so we ask that persons best friend to make our apologies for us.  Perhaps weve imposed on a friend several times in the last month to cover our service commitment.  Could it be that weve asked a friend to analyze our behavior and identify our shortcomings, rather than taking our own personal inventory?

Recovery is something that has to be worked for.  It isnt going to be handed to us on a silver platter, nor can we expect our friends or our sponsor to be responsible for the work we must do ourselves.  We recover by making our own decisions, doing our own service, and working our own steps.  By doing it for ourselves, we receive the rewards.

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Just for today: I accept responsibility for my life and my recovery.



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