THE FOLLOWING SEEMS TO FIT MY EXPERIENCE IN RECOVERY. DOES IT FIT YOURS? THE “ISM’S” OF ALCOHOLISM SUCH A COMPULSIVE OVEREATING, SMOKING, GAMBLING, CAFFEINE, SEEM LESS DESTRUCTIVE THAN ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, BUT KEEP THE ADDICTIVE MIND ALIVE AND WELL. ONE COULD SAY, THAT THERE IS A CROSS-ADDICTION TO A LESSER ADDICTION IN PLAY. YET…
PG 76; 12 X 12 ‘THE CHIEF ACTIVATOR OF OUR DEFECTS WAS BEEN SELF-CENTERED FEAR—FEAR THAT WE WOULD lose SOMETHING WE ALREADY POSSESSED OR WOULD FAIL TO GET SOMETHING WE DEMANDED”. THIS QUOTE HAS GREAT WISDOM. WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT BENEATH MY ANGER LIES FEAR. I SEEM TO CONVERT FEAR INTO ANGER SO…
REMEMBER, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BEING CHASTENED BY THE LORD IS TO PROMOTE HUMILITY LEADING TO REPENTANCE. ACCORDING TO THE JOB’S ACCOUNT, THE LORD SETS THE LIMITS ON SATAN, LIMITING OR EXTENDING HIS POWER TO TEST US (SEE JOB; CHPT 1). OUR REACTION TO THESE EVENTS USUALLY VARIES ALONG TWO OPPOSING LINES. ONE IS GREATER…
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. MANY A.A.’S FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN SOBER FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED THAT MUCH ON THE INSIDE, AND THIS LAST IS SUPPORTED BY CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH ANGER, OR SADNESS OR FEARS…WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONS. MY SENSE OF THIS PHENOMENON IS THAT EARLIER IN OUR LIVES WE FELT OVERWHELMED WITH…
RESERVATIONS ABOUT GOD IS NOT THAT UNCOMMON IN A.A. IN A GENTLE MANNER WHAT I HAVE DONE IS TO AGREE WITH THE SP0NSEE TO DISAGREE ABOUT GOD. THEN GO WITH MY OWN CONCEPTION OF GOD, NOT FEARING TO MENTION HIM FREQUENTLY. — USE IT AS SEEMS WISE TO YOU. PRESS FORWARD, PILGRIM.
Hi. I’m Wendi. I am an addict. Of what? Oh, many, many, many things. This is my first blog, ever. I am awake, sitting outside feeling the cool breeze and struck by the moon. I have so many things to say. Where to start, who knows? My dad calls this time of the night/morning the…
Hi. I’m Wendi. I am an addict. Of what? Oh, many, many, many things. This is my first blog, ever. I am awake, sitting outside feeling the cool breeze and struck by the moon. I have so many things to say. Where to start, who knows? My dad calls this time of the night/morning the…