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- Jul 9, 2024
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This is my Tradition 5/7, step 12
Pancake Marathon
All moments I can see if I just let go and let god, I will go far; for it was my thinking that got me to this point, so its time to just let it go and give it to god.
You may think that there are a thousand different things being done in recovery, really there's just a thousand different ways of saying a few simple things.
Let go and give it to god.
acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon
The life I get to have now is because of god, the trust I get to have is the trust I know that I could have had if I just let go and give it to god; it’s in this that I get to stay teachable for its in this that I see that value of leaving it better then I found it(for that is Tradition 7: by what is me Practicing the principles and all my affairs).
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
Slogans (underlined) blog page Acronyms (bold) blog page Principles (italic): A.A. files
Step 12/to give where credit is due I got all of these readings from "recovery HQ" _ but I put them in a Living life on life's terms and to Better care of the message and you can actually find all of them in Daily Readings and Inspirations
Spiritual principle a day: Courage to Walk Our Path
Page 197
"It takes courage and humility to open new doors and to close old ones."
Living Clean, Chapter 4, "Courage"
If we imagine life to be like a hallway full of open doors, each leading down new paths of opportunity, then active addiction basically consists of walking down the hallway, kicking doors closed. Getting clean in NA and working the program allows us to explore new opportunities or revisit old possibilities we had closed off to ourselves in our addiction. Courage and humility make it possible.
The freedom to choose our own path can be scary. After all, if we make a choice for ourselves, we don't get to blame others if we're unhappy with the results! Each time we choose a new door to walk through--or a door to close behind us--we build courage to keep doing so. Actively making choices helps us to see that our Higher Power will be present in the process, even when the initial results aren't what we wanted. Perhaps we walk away from a relationship, home group, or job that we found unfulfilling, and then we find ourselves feeling lonely or lost afterward. We find a new partner, new group, new job--or maybe we go back to what we'd left--and our feelings change again. It's all temporary, and we always have more chances and choices coming our way.
Some of us change relationships, jobs, and home groups the way others change socks and undies, but if we don't get comfortable with ourselves, none of these external factors can keep us comfortable for long. Courage helps us walk through doors. Humility will help us embrace--or endure--what we find on the other side. Humility means knowing ourselves, faults and all. To be happy with our choices, we need to be honest with ourselves about who we are and what we need and want. The NA program helps us find the courage to make our own choices and the humility we need to live with the choices we make.
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The Steps help me find the courage and humility I need to choose my own path. I will put my freedom to good use by living the Steps.
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I will be mindful of practicing "we" today by investing in our common welfare: I'll keep what I have by giving it away to another addict.
Keep It Simple: First say to yourself what you would be: and then do what you have to do. - Eptctetus
We often tell ourselves we want to be more peaceful, more in touch with our Higher Power. In other words, we want to become more spiritual. Acting as spiritual people is hard. Tho often, we choose the easy way. We make a nasty comment even if we know it'll only make things worse.
We say we have a program for living. Are we living our program? We'll find the answer in our behavior. Sober people act in sober ways. We attend meetings regularly. We study spiritual ideas. We work to bring joy to our lives and the lives of others. Just as we know a good friend by the way he or she behaves, we know a sober person by the way he or she behaves.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me be a person whose words and actions match up. Today's Action: Today I'll take an inventory of my actions to see if they are those of a sober person.
NA Just For Today: We Do Recover!
"....the time has come when that tired old lie, 'Once an addict, always an addict,' will no longer be tolerated by either society or the addict himself. We do recover." Basic Text, p.86
From time to time, we hear speakers share that they don't really understand spiritual principles yet. They tell us that if we knew what went on in their minds, we'd be amazed at how insane they still are. They tell us that the longer they're clean, the less they know about anything. In the next breath, these same speakers tell us about the profound changes recovery has made in their lives. They have moved from complete despair to unfailing hope, from uncontrollable drug use to total abstinence, from chronic unmanageability to responsibility through working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous. Which story is true? Do we or don't we recover?
We may think we demonstrate humility or gratitude by underplaying the change that recovery has brought to our lives. True, we do injustice to the program when we take credit for this miracle ourselves. But we do an equal injustice-to ourselves and to those we share with-when we don't acknowledge this miracle's magnitude.
We do recover. If we have trouble seeing the miracle of recovery, we'd better look again. Recovery is alive and at work in Narcotics Anonymous-in our old-timers, in the newcomers flooding our meetings, and most of all in ourselves. All we have to do is open our eyes.
Just for today: I will acknowledge the miracle of my recovery and be grateful that I've found it. pg. 199
Daily Reflections: I AM AN INSTRUMENT
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. 12 & 12, p.70
The subject of humility is a difficult one. Humility is not thinking less of myself than I ought to; it is acknowledging that I do certain things well, it is accepting a compliment graciously. God can only do for me what He can do through me. Humility is the result of knowing that God is the doer, not me. In the light of awareness, how can I take pride in my accomplishments? I am an instrument and any work I seem to be doing is being done by God through me. I ask God on a daily basis to remove my shortcomings, in order that I may more freely go about my A.A. business of "love and service."
What is this page about/seems to be as:
simple literature Organized by Pancake Marathon: Daily Readings and Inspirations
Read It to me of the literature of recovery
Where I talk about my recovery journey
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