Keeping it simple: September 2018

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Barry Stevens: "you don’t have to push the river it

flows by itself."

To me this means the

time it takes to move from one emotion to another… what Jung calls the

'dangerous moment,’

the hovering between

the decision to live

or the decision to have life be over by one’s own actions .

From one

dangerous emotion to a safer one is

sometimes a respite to catch one’s breath for the next battle of the disease.

There are activities in between that provide movement

to that safer

place in one’s head and

heart so that one can survive the dangerous emotions/moments when one encounters

temptation to

exterminate one’s self or others.

Time moves everything forward. one put-put-puts

along whether one wishes

to or not.

This seems to be the task before one who suffers this hideous disease of depression MHO.

It is the quality of life on the fringes that is ravaged by a disease, of waiting for the end and hope that there will be moments of pleasure and joy too. I’m one that suffers. I am amazed that I can be grateful for those merciful moments of less pain!!

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.”

― Bill Wilson

On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from
Self-pity,
dishonest or self-seeking motives.

Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.

In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.

What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind.

Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times.

We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.

We come to rely upon it.

We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take.

care of such problems.

Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light,even though for the moment you do not see.”

You can’t think your way into right action, but you can act your way into

right thinking.”

True ambition is the profound.

desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace

of God.”

Let us always love the best

in others—and never fear their worst.”

So we need to constantly scrutinize ourselves carefully, in order to make everlastingly certain that we shall always be strong enough and single-purposed enough from within, to relate ourselves rightly to the world without.”

One day at a time

First things first

Whatever I put before my recovery I will lose

We are only as sick as our secrets

Principles before

personalities

Pay attention to the similarities rather than the differences

It works if you work it

Think through the drink

Keep your first step close

One drink is too many and one thousand is never enough

Fake it till
you make it

Stay away from the first drink

Be part of the solution, not the problem

To thine own self be true

Stick with the winners~

We do not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.~ Count your blessings

Take what you can and leave the rest

More will be revealed

Alcoholics don’t have relationships, they take hostages

Meeting makers make it

Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth

Right now, it’s like this

The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear.”

As we go through the day we pause,

when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.”

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One day at a time

First things first

Whatever I put before my recovery I will lose

We are only as sick as our secrets

Principles before personalities

Pay attention to the similarities rather than the differences

It works if you work it

Think through the drink

Keep your first step close

One drink is too many and one thousand is never enough

Fake it till you make it

Stay away from the first drink

Be part of the solution, not the problem

To thine own self be true

Stick with the winners

Count your blessings

Take what you can and leave the rest

More will be revealed

Alcoholics don’t have relationships, they take hostages

Meeting makers make it

Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth

Right now, it’s like this

An honest regret for harms done,

a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness

to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we

shall seek.”

Where humility had formerly stood for a

forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing
ingredient which can give us serenity.”

We begin by accepting all the ways that addiction has caused suffering in our lives and the lives of others.”

~ Refuge Recovery

We train our minds to meet all pain with compassion and all pleasure with nonattached appreciation.”

Addiction is the repetitive process of habitually satisfying cravings to avoid, change, or control the seemingly unbearable conditions of the

present moment

We try to be of service to others whenever possible, using our time, energy, and resources to help create positive change.”

Everything is

impermanent

– every pleasure,

every pain,

every body.”

We practice present-time awareness in all aspects of our life. We take refuge in the present.”

~ Refuge Recovery

“A refuge is a safe place, a place of protection – a place that we go in times of need, a shelter.”

What Gets Measured Gets Managed.

~ Kim Miller

“Identify specific and important goals you want to achieve to bring more meaning to your life.”~ Rosemary Hardin

“What do I want for my future?
What am I currently doing to achieve that? How do I feel about what. I’m currently doing?”

~ SMART Recovery Handbook

Recovery is an ongoing process, for both the addict and his or her family. In recovery, there is hope. And hope is a wonderful thing.”

~ Dean Dauphinais

“Recovery is something you

have to work on every single day

and it’s something that

doesn’t get a day off.”

~ Demi Lovato

“Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there’ can instantly fill up

the emptiness inside.”

~ Jean Kilbourne

“What is addiction, really? It is a sign,
a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.”

~ Alice Miller

“It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.”

~ Ken Hensley