Early in my recovery, there was one guy that used to drive me up a wall... then he was in a terrible accident, ended up in the hospital, then back on the streets... when he made it back to recovery, I was so incredibly happy to see him!
Anytime somebody gets on my nerves today, I try to think of how I'd feel if they were lost to me... it puts things in perspective.
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Hey Tisa! nice share and good point!!!,when the one person that does that to me gets on a roll I also have to use discernment and know that if that is what he needs to share for his recovery then so be it.Then when i BEAT THE SAME DEAD HORSE ON ISSUES about MY SON IT REMINDS ME thats what I need to do for my recovery.funny how it works.Patience,ability to listen,compassion etc werent my greatest assets in active addiction,but things I constantly work on today.....
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I have had a few people who drive me up a wall.One is a woman who thinks she knows all of the percieved ways NA goes about things,Group Conscience does not always work.I have one fellow I know has been lieing about his clean time from the beginning.He is concieted and uses everyone ,yells at celebrations and is generally out of order.I hope the higher power does not kick my ass for judging people ,but I have been judged,I can appoligise for my faults.
There is this guy who, at the end of every meeting shouts "Your mother doesn't work here". It was really irritating. I told my sponsor about it and he said to me "keep coming back and he will get better" funny, but I did and he did.
I was told to pray for them, then try to figure out what it is about me that I see in them that's making me crazy. Grown a lot by seeing myself in others. For what I want and don't want in my life.
I have had a few people who drive me up a wall.One is a woman who thinks she knows all of the percieved ways NA goes about things,Group Conscience does not always work.I have one fellow I know has been lieing about his clean time from the beginning.He is concieted and uses everyone ,yells at celebrations and is generally out of order.I hope the higher power does not kick my ass for judging people ,but I have been judged,I can appoligise for my faults.
