March-30 topics
- Mar 30, 2024
- 5 min read
Pancake Marathon:
Walking along this path of my life, changing the way I see things: from the simple notion of I have to to making that progress to I get to; I see only this solution, as letting go of this pain I'm holding on to: as what is a fancy way of saying addiction, the same as saying triggers: is just a fancy way of saying I'm sad, and then coping: would be the same thing as saying I want help because I'm sad because I'm holding on to this pain…. so overall I know that I get to be part of my life today and because of that I'm willing to live and Let Live, because I know that everything has value: yes I might not understand the commonsense of why things are approached the way that they are and yet they are what they are; or is it then I that is making it to where it is unworthy because I have to justify how I am sad and willing to hold on to this pain… to the very simple fact that, I cannot control others other than being a leader: being able to give freely what I have and yet trying is all I can do…. or is within that trying that I tried and yet I get to live life too, so I'm going to move on and hopefully you'll find a way when I'm not there to enable in such points.
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acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon
Change is a process, not an event as I keep hope for the moments when I will have to kiss with the earnestness to have Unity by actions of such wisdom, as its the fear that keeps me to wanting to build a trust: for that is what unity is really all about, at times being able to do for others so that I can give freely what I have, yes based around hope and that of what is the willingness to be more than just fine as to simply leave it better than I found it; for when Cultivate an attitude of gratitude I can see what is the How Important Is It at that moment to be able to see First Things First in how I can have humility in that willingness to see that Feelings are not facts when it comes to Forgetting about the simple fact of unity: as Help is only a phone call away; as it comes to the point in being able too Give time time holding to come to know more and more that God doesn't make junk As it's always about making progress along spiritual lines in the matters of being able to have a spiritual awakening because failing is not other then me seeing that I have to take the steps within love and as such then being able to keep giving the gifts of god will always help me to Live and Let Live….To Simply always be willing to try, seeing my growing plants and doing what I can within that moment.
Acronyms
HOPE: Happy Our Program Exists
KISS: keep it simply simple
WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives
FEAR: Face Everything And Rise
TRUST: Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions
FINE: F***ed up, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional
FAIL: First attempt in learning
STEPS: Solutions To Every Problem
LOVE: Let Others Voluntarily Evolve
GIFT: God Is Forever There
GOD: Good Orderly Direction
Slogans
Change is a process, not an event
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
How Important Is It
First Things First
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less
Feelings are not facts
Help is only a phone call away
Give time time
God doesn't make junk
Live and Let Live
Principles
Unity: tradition 1
give freely what I have: Promise 7
simply leave it better than I found it: Tradition 7
willing to try: Step 12
doing what I can within that moment : Traditional 1
Forgetting about the simple fact: step 1
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: God - Centeredness
"Gradually as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope." Basic Text p. 92
What a glorious thing to have hope! Before coming to Narcotics Anonymous, many of us lived lives of utter hopelessness. We believed we were destined to die from our disease.
Many members speak of being on a "pink cloud" their first months in the program. We've stopped using, made some friends, and life looks promising. Things are going great. Then reality sets in. Life is still life we still lose jobs, our partners still leave us, friends still die, we still get sick. Abstinence is no guarantee that life will always go our way.
When the reality of life on its own terms sets in, we turn to our Higher Power and remember that life happens the way life happens. But no matter what occurs in our recovery we need not despair, for there is always hope. That hope lies in our relationship with our Higher Power.
This relationship, as expressed by the thought in our text, develops over time: "Gradually we become more God-centered." As we rely more and more on the strength of our Higher Power, life's struggles don't have to drag us into the sea of despair. As we focus more on God, we focus less on ourselves.
Just for today: I will rely on my Higher Power. I will accept that, regardless of what happens, my Higher Power will provide me with the resources to live with it.
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Daily Reflections: OUR GROUP CONSCIENCE
". . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 101
I think these words apply to every area of A.A.'s Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service! I want them etched in my mind and life as I "trudge the Road of Happy Destiny" (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164).
These words, often spoken by co-founder Bill W., were appropriately said to him as the result of the group's conscience. It brought home to Bill W. the essence of our Second Tradition: "Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern."
Just as Bill W. was originally urged to remember, I think that in our group discussions we should never settle for the "good," but always strive to attain the "best." These common strivings are yet another example of a loving God, as we understand Him, expressing Himself through the group conscience. Experiences such as these help me to stay on the proper path of recovery. I learn to combine initiative with humility, responsibility with thankfulness, and thus relish the joys of living my twenty-four hour program.
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