I hear you man. I am working on my 60 days and I know it has not been easy for me. Congrats on your success. We have to stay clean and work the program as intended so we can carry the message. keep up the good work.Have a great 24.
Congratulations V! That is so cool, those first days are rough, until we can see the miracles happening. As long as we keep doing our part... life does get better. Lon
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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.----Alice Mackenzie Swaim
CONGRATS ON THE BIG AWESOME 90 GREATEST MIRACLES OF ANY ADDICT'S RECOVERY!!!
YOU ROCK, MY FRIEND. WAY TO GO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WALKING THE PATH OF RECOVERY WITH ME. SO GRATEFUL THAT I FOUND YOU IN MY LIFE. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF COMFORT AND JOY IN MY LIFE LATELY.
HUGS, LOVE, LIGHT ~ TAHIR.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
And giving a pat on my back for my own efforts also gives me a lot of self-esteem and self-worth that my addiction so viciously tries to strip off from me... from willpower to Higher Power, within and without me... the journey is on...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
I was doing some reading today and found something that an old timer said.
He said sometimes God doesn't remove certain defects, that on the balance that was a good thing, because it keeps us human and humble, in our eyes and in Gods eyes.
We all struggle with humanity no matter the number of days, its ok at 30 days and it's ok at 30 years.
Tahir the "just for today" was about what you mentioned, self esteem it pointed out a few things to me that I have been doing, putting someone else down and it ends up drawing back on me everytime, just because i want to be right, well I don't have to be right just so I feel secure and try to lift my own self esteem, nor will I get any respect by trying to be right. i need to rely more on Gods will for me and to continue recovering and taking the journey its very very painful sometimes!
Thanks for sharing that with me, BigV. So true. Just that I need to be reminded every now and then from kindred fellow spirits like you. Knowing all this doesn't help. Constantly hearing what I already know from the other fellow members at meetings, online forums, on phone calls and at gatherings and get-togethers of NA is what makes me apply what I think I already know. That's why I guess the meetings work so well for personal recovery. No matter what I have learned and am practising from NA, they all seem to seize to work as soon as I am not at meetings and am not fellowshipping. Being in NA works... being around NA is self decieving...
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
