(I REFER BACK TO THIS OFTEN)Personal importance,or taking things personally is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about"me"..This is a lot of work for me cause I 'ALWAYS TOOK THINGS PERSONALLY(still do at times).......A life long habit and indoctrination ,that like all other things will take work and effort to not allow what others think of me determine who I am..Making a habit of not taking things personally will allow me to not have to place my trust in what others do or say.I will only need to trust myself ,with the help of God ,to make responsible decisions!Our 3rd step tells us WE turn our "lives" and will over to the care of God ,make decisons and let God work out the results...Let's go Mike... lets see what you got :)Have 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.
And also that we are powerless over what others think and say... We are all entitaled to our own opinions and that's ok, but it doesn't mean that I have to agree..... This is what I tell myself in those situations Mike and this works for me. I don't tend to get mortally wounded by others opinions anymore.
Thanks Folks - my disease has re-awoken due to surgery - I needed to hear Mikee's last advice - cuz I'm in an all about me mode - my poison right now is what my wife thinks of me - I think she's leaving around Xmas and I'm just trying to find self worth - your words of wisdom came at the right time - tried to find a meeting - it was no longer active - tried online - problems with the computer etc. - but I managed to find this forum - and - finally got one browser to work for the chat rooms - and - tomorrow I'll call Intergroup and find an active meeting -
