Month of step 4_Self-examination

It is when we see, we start to live again & in living again, we can start to see life; a life worth building and not running from.

Pancake Marathon:

I have come to this point in my life where I have humility, I have this ability to be more willing to cultivate an attitude of gratitude: yes to keep on seeing things as they really are and yet to move past that for that face value of myself devalues those around me; I cannot do this by myself and yet I find that humility and see my part is a simple fact of the matter of what I can do to better myself by accepting what is living life on life's terms and yet always be willing to make progress in any way shape or form along spiritua l lines: for is that Spiritual armor that when I need it it's already there, yet if I don't put it on then it is too late.

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acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon

Don't Use No Matter What is as the same as the trust that we are looking for, Something that sometimes we had this fear about; That helped us to push into detaching in a way that was not with hope and love, helping us to keep going nuts.

Acronyms

Slogans

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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"So many times, addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor." Basic Text, p. 33
When we first came to NA, some of us wanted everything, and right away. We wanted the serenity, the cars, the happy relationships, the friends, the closeness with our sponsor-all the things other people had gotten after months and years of working the steps and living life on life's terms.
We learned the hard way that serenity comes only from working the steps. A new car comes from showing up on the job every day and trying to "practice these principles in all our affairs;” including our employment. Healthy relationships come as a result of lots of hard work and a new willingness to communicate. Friendship with our sponsor comes as a result of reaching out during the good times as well as the bad.
In Narcotics Anonymous, we have found the path to a better way of life. To reach our destination, however, we must do the footwork.
Just for today: I want a better life. I will make an inventory of what I want, find out how to get it, talk with my sponsor about it, and do the necessary footwork. pg. 113

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We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 167
The identification that one alcoholic has with another is mysterious, spiritual--almost incomprehensible. But it is there. I "feel" it. Today I feel that I can help people and that they can help me.
It is a new and exciting feeling for me to care for someone;
to care what they are feeling, hoping for, praying for; to know their sadness, joy, horror, sorrow, grief; to want to share those feelings so that someone can have relief. I never knew how to do this--or how to try. I never even cared.
The Fellowship of A.A., and God, are teaching me how to care about others.

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