Spiritual principle,honesty Spiritual message Thou shall not steal Human failing....stealing time at work,on internet,few minutes late,leave few minutes early,work harder when boss is around,extended lunches, we on average get paid for 5 days ,do we really work 4??
Photo copying personal stuff,on the phone,taking pens,sticky pad,faxing personal papers,light bulbs,all "little things"?
I certainly am doing better than I used to trying to walk closely with my maker and following spiritual principles of Narcotics Anonymous,but man do I have a long way to go..Whenever I start to get "puffed up" and I don't mean my belly size,I got to really look a little closer
did I steal your reputation,did I steal the heart of another who is not my wife,did I try and steal your joy!! Sometimes the message is not all rosy and uplifting sometimes it lets us look at the truth and see we got to work little harder,!! We say 'IT WORKS IF WE WORK IT!! Guess I better get busy......Hve a blessed and productive day....
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
This is one area of my recovery that tends to blindside me the most. Shoplifting for kicks. I don't even know where it fully comes from other than the general area of thinking I'm better than the rules that govern the universe, I'm smarter than the store, I want the rush that comes from "getting over on the man" and I'm just too special to pay for things like the rest of the saps in the world.
I find it most interesting however how frequently the temptation hits me at places like Home Depot or hardware stores.
Hey Imikens,welcome to the day! I seem to be okay with not getting caught up in blatant outright theft,but I have this"rationalization thing" like oh its okay ,company perk,not really stealing,everybody does it,etc...and I am just reminded just like Don said, no one said moral life iwould be easy,we do have fallen nature,..My son was a Home Depot monster before he went to jail,everthing from gifts cards(inside action to activate them) big screen tv's,buy them for 600-800 dollars and sell for a few bundles..All his crew were hitting all the Home Depots? Must be something about that organization.?..talk to you later...
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
For me its not a struggle to avoid shoplifting. Its not hard. So its not one of those things about being in recovery that is hard. It is that I am surprised by how the temptation catches me off guard and the thinking that goes along with it.
Its almost as if I deserve to have whatever it is I want for free. The whole universe may have to pay for their stuff, but me I'm special.
Clearly addict mindset. Just an odd place for it to surface. If I was at a pharmacy watching people pick up scripts of Vicodin, ok, I'd expect it. But Home Depot in the tools department? Huh?
Just underscores that we do indeed need to practice these principles in all our affairs.....
you are part of the shrink who is obbessed in my life and I want you out so maybe you should be careful I will file legal charges if this does not stop I don't have to hide from you or the others anymore
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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
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