April-18 topics
- Apr 19, 2024
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Pancake Marathon:
I can fight everything and find a sense of superiority, yet how good is anyone at being a narcissist: neurotic by Nature and action as such, it's in this that I see that ultimately I just want a peace of mind, that somehow I want to be more than fine and keep on being divine, yet when I'm neurotic seeing that it's okay to just be fine: I lose touch with what is just mine, taking on everybody else's hurt and not working on myself: what better way of saying I love being religious and I want someone to come save me because of that, religion that I will condemn anyone else if they do not follow the Dogma and what I idolize; yet the sense of caring more of my value opposed to others, makes to where I'm not being very spiritual and I can condemn all I want and yet I miss the point: and so willing to focus on the messenger and not the message, the bottom line is how do I keep my peace of mind and not steal anybody else's: or that is the right thing to do, as that is why I love recovery: because I'm recovering a way back to my peace of mind or I was saying at one time and then because of all this hurt pain and willingness to hold a Supremacy by actions of neurotic Behavior I've lost my way and became a villain and victimizing all those from being a leader and a hero to those around.
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acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon
As I was going nuts I lost my freedom My Hope, I That I was thinking and yet all I was doing was falling victim to the time that I lost Trust; Cultivate an attitude of gratitude is The key to being successful in love and being able to find a way to see how important is it and is it based around first things first am I in I keeping it simple giving kisses and hugs. For that is why I find an absolute value in unity, for it helps me to keep on pushing yet to do it in a way to not just be fine; to find God, family and finally have faith that I am not going to be dammed by how I detach because I'm ultimately dead: by not making progress.
Acronyms
NUTS: Not Using The Steps
HOPE: Happy Our Program Exists
THINK: is it...? Thoughtful Honest Intelligent Necessary Kind
TRUST: Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions
LOVE: Let Others Voluntarily Evolve
HUG: Hope Using God
KISS: keep it simply simple
FINE: F***ed up, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional
GOD: Good Orderly Direction
FAMILY: Forget About Me I Love You
FAITH: Fantastic Adventure In Trusting Him/hope
DAMM: Drunks Against Mad Mothers
DETACH: Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her
DEAD: Drinking Ends All Dreams
Slogans
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
How Important Is It
Principles
Tradition1: unity
How it works: making progress a long spiritual lines
Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand and Acronyms are just the sum/the Virtues, of all that wisdom: WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives
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Slogans (underlined) blog page Acronyms (bold) blog page Principles (italic): A.A. files
NA Just For Today: "I Understand"
"We humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." Step Seven
Once we are entirely ready to have our character defects removed, many of us are entirely ready! Ironically, that's when the trouble really starts. The more we struggle to rid ourselves of a particular defect, the stronger that shortcoming seems to become. It is truly humbling to realize that not only are we powerless over our addiction, but even over our own defects of character.
Finally, it clicks. The Seventh Step doesn't suggest that we rid ourselves of our shortcomings, but that we ask our Higher Power to rid us of them. The focus of our daily prayers begins to shift. Admitting our inability to perfect ourselves, we plead with our Higher Power to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. And we wait.
For many days, our program may stay on Step Seven. We may experience no sudden, total relief from defects - but we often do experience a subtle shift in our perceptions of ourselves and others. Through the eyes of the Seventh Step, we begin to see those around us in a less critical way. We know that, just like us, many of them are struggling with shortcomings they would dearly love to be rid of. We know that, just like us, they are powerless over their own defects. We wonder if they, too, humbly pray to have their defects removed.
We begin evaluating others as we have learned to evaluate ourselves, with an empathy born of humility. As we watch others, and as we keep watch on ourselves, we can finally say, "I understand."
Just for today: God, help me see through the eyes of Step Seven. Help me understand. pg. 112
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Daily Reflections: SELF-HONESTY
The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves. . . . When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 17
When I was drinking, I deceived myself about reality, rewriting it to what I wanted it to be. Deceiving others is a character defect--even if it is just stretching the truth a bit or cleaning up my motives so others would think well of me. My Higher Power can remove this character defect, but first I have to help myself become willing to receive that help by not practicing deception.
I need to remember each day that deceiving myself about myself is setting myself up for failure or disappointment in life and in Alcoholics Anonymous. A close, honest relationship with a Higher Power is the only solid foundation I've found for honesty with self and with others.
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