Hi Sheryl, those are some weird hours what are you doing?
I'm personally getting ready to go to work right now took the morning off to go to vet with cat and rest, have a head cold or allergys kicken my butt some but I need to work today and tomorrow morning to stay ahead, i've had some work not much this week but enough to get by.
I'm headed to the mountains again this weekend #1 is to visit my girlfriend and #2 is to give bids on a couple of business buildings.
There is almost always going to be something if not its coming, we had to be ready for whatever comes at us, duck, dive grab hold of something this program offers and stay clean thru it, that is my hope for you and me and US.
oh dear sheryl. you are liked and very needed here. like big v said we come and go as time allows. most times i only have time to read the posts and think that i'll respond later ,but run out of time to do anything about it.
i'm so glad you are still with us sheryl and that you are doing so well. a job , that's great. i know how i felt when i was work worthy again. it was a real lift . plus the money was a sweet bonus too
i'm sorry to hear about your sister in law. my mom is back in the hospital too and it's very upsetting . but with the help of the people here and the things i'm learning through NA i'm copeing much better then i did before. but it's still hard at times. at least i'm not running away from it all and trying to hide behind drugs. all that does is make things worse. trust me , i've learned that leason well.
keep coming back sheryl , your friend in recovery ....peggy
Sheryl Landry wrote: friend huh? your my friend Peggy ? I don;t even think you know what friendship is
Give her a chance sheryl, we're all here with similiar situations and need each others support in a way that is a friendship where each of us is concerened with the other, without each other many won't make it. So make friends, give people a chance we need to accept people places things and situations anyhow may as well get started now.
Sheryl Landry wrote: LMAO I don't expect anyone to be concerned about me Big V thats for sure
And what makes you so sure about how others might feel about you?
You know we're all in this boat together no matter how much we might like or dislike one another the life boat of recovery is shared and only survives thru each member.
I'm not sure but maybe just maybe you like being a victim? If noone likes you then whats the use trying? do you ever say that to yourself?
Hey I don't fit in wherever I go , I don't get along with everyone and I dont think everyone likes me though I would prefer they did, I do alot of things that push people away. But i'm working on being more friendly, patient and accepting especially of the things I have no power over which is just about everything.
So don' mean to be combative or confronting i'm just wondering why you feel and sometimes make omments that you do in that way yes, I will be foreward, so answer the questions please
YOu ought to read this sheryl it explains whats going on here.
This place is my place to give back something to others at the same time I recieve a great gift, I haven't really wanted to use in months and I think this place and what I do here has alot to do with that, i'm constantly trying to give back what I have but my glass never EVER goes empty it just keeps filling and filling.
I understand about being negative and maybe even feeling hopeless but when you surround yourself with positive , when you feed yourself affirmative thoughts about yourself and your addiction and your behavior things begin to change inside.
December 15
The Joy Of Sharing
"There is a spiritual principle of giving away what we have been given in Narcotics Anonymous in order to keep it. By helping others to stay clean, we enjoy the benefit of the spiritual wealth that we have found."
Basic Text pg. 47
Time and again in our recovery, others have freely shared with us what was freely shared with them. Perhaps we were the recipients of a Twelfth Step call. Maybe someone picked us up and took us to our first meeting. It could be that someone bought us dinner when we were new. All of us have been given time, attention, and love by our fellow members. We may have asked someone, "What can I do to repay you?" And the answer we received was probably a suggestion that we do the same for a newer member when we were able.
As we maintain our clean time and recovery, we find ourselves wanting to do for others the things that someone did for us, and happy that we can. If we heard the message while in a hospital or institution, we can join our local H&I subcommittee. Perhaps we can volunteer on the NA help line. Or we can give of our time, attention, and love to a newcomer we are trying to help.
We've been given much in our recovery. One of the greatest of these gifts is the privilege of sharing with others what's been shared with us, with no expectation of reward. It's a joy to find we have something that can be of use to others, and that joy is multiplied when we share it. Today we can do so, freely and gratefully.
Just for today: I have been given much in my recovery, and I am deeply grateful for it. I will take joy in being able to share it with others as freely as it was shared with me.
