We examined our lives and discovered who we really are. To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves.
Basic Text, p. 36
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As using addicts, the demands of our disease determined our personality. We could be whoever or whatever we needed to be in order to get our fix. We were survival machines, adapting easily to every circumstance of the using life.
Once we began our recovery, we entered a new and different life. Many of us had no idea what behavior was appropriate for us in any given situation. Some of us didnt know how to talk to people, how to dress, or how to behave in public. We couldnt be ourselves because we didnt know who we were anymore.
The Twelve Steps give us a simple method for finding out who we really are. We uncover our assets and our defects, the things we like about ourselves and the things were not so thrilled about. Through the healing power of the Twelve Steps, we begin to understand that we are individuals, created to be who we are by the Higher Power of our understanding. The real healing begins when we understand that if our Higher Power created us this way, it must be okay to be who we really are.
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Just for today: By working the steps I can experience the freedom to be myself, the person my Higher Power intended me to be.
Just for today: By working the steps I can experience the freedom to be myself, the person my Higher Power intended me to be.
....the promise of 'a new way of life' through doing the steps ...is the only thing that keeps me going some days,
,,,,but I've found that if I find something to surrender when I'm struggling,,,spend time with my HP in some way,,,,things always seem to turn around nicely!
...........I looked at some past stepwork the other day....totally -freeked- when I saw that I had stopped the last round -exactly- at the point I am now!!!...............just for today,,I'll keep on keeping on with my stepwork....step4 don't last forever!!
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...gawd,,,please don't let me -ever- forget why I came here in the first place!!(my 'senility' prayer)
In recovery we are not who we were in active addiction. We had many masks in addiction. They all had to go in recovery , we had to learn how to talk to normal people again. Not to be on survival mode 24/7 . Working the 12 Steps lets us find out who we really are . The new person we have become in recovery is Ok to be who we really are .
