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****Step 10 Meeting @ 8PM Wednesday night in the Chat Room……………
"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."
I'm going to skip over some of the steps for right now as it seems a couple people are doing steps 2, 3 and 4. I think step 10 is a great step. It's my favorite as I'm sure it is for others.
Share your experience, strength and hope!!!
In the Chat Room, Wednesday @ 8PM, January 7 2009!!!
I'm going to skip over some of the steps for right now as it seems a couple people are doing steps 2, 3 and 4. I think step 10 is a great step. It's my favorite as I'm sure it is for others.
- How have working the steps proceeding helped you to do this everyday?
- Does it help you keep your side of the street clean?
- Does it help keep the peace in your life?
- What does this step do for you?
Share your experience, strength and hope!!!
In the Chat Room, Wednesday @ 8PM, January 7 2009!!!
Wednesday night @ 8PM-Step Meeting-Step 10…………
"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."
I'm going to skip over some of the steps for right now as it seems a couple people are doing steps 2, 3 and 4. I think step 10 is a great step. It's my favorite as I'm sure it is for others.
Share your experience, strength and hope!!!
In the Chat Room, Wednesday @ 8PM, January 7 2009!!!
I'm going to skip over some of the steps for right now as it seems a couple people are doing steps 2, 3 and 4. I think step 10 is a great step. It's my favorite as I'm sure it is for others.
- How have working the steps proceeding helped you to do this everyday?
- Does it help you keep your side of the street clean?
- Does it help keep the peace in your life?
- What does this step do for you?
Share your experience, strength and hope!!!
In the Chat Room, Wednesday @ 8PM, January 7 2009!!!
Received my 2 Month Medallion in AA….Strength and Hope!
I was really amazed at how many people congratulated me as we went around speaking on the nightly topic... With me coming for over a year and a half on a regular basis and never earning a medallion until most recently, feels good. Sobriety feels good. The promises is coming alive right in front of me.
I am just amazed at how I came to settle for such mediocrity in life. I forgot about being happy and enjoying the situation for what it is. And most importantly to remind myself that no one else can control how much fun I can have with my life. I just wanna live!
I am thinking about sending in a readmission application to the University and move out of this area and further my life a bit. There also is a $1000 single semester scholarship for people who have over 6 months sobriety....payable at the end of the semester with a good gpa. (piece of cake...ha ha ha) I kind of say October 21st, 2008 changed my life forever, I hit a reset button.
In short, I already enjoy sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others. And what I have already gained or learned in sobriety is worth way more than one drunk that I probably will not remember anyway. :c029:
Here's to a 2009 of amazing things Ladies and Gentlemen....
I am just amazed at how I came to settle for such mediocrity in life. I forgot about being happy and enjoying the situation for what it is. And most importantly to remind myself that no one else can control how much fun I can have with my life. I just wanna live!
I am thinking about sending in a readmission application to the University and move out of this area and further my life a bit. There also is a $1000 single semester scholarship for people who have over 6 months sobriety....payable at the end of the semester with a good gpa. (piece of cake...ha ha ha) I kind of say October 21st, 2008 changed my life forever, I hit a reset button.
In short, I already enjoy sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others. And what I have already gained or learned in sobriety is worth way more than one drunk that I probably will not remember anyway. :c029:
Here's to a 2009 of amazing things Ladies and Gentlemen....
(((((((To Everyone)))))))))
It is indeed a blessing to be able to share my journey with all of you and receive your unconditional love, acceptance, experience, strength, and hope. I know I promised to update you and I will, but I ended up in e.r. last night with a nasty case of bronchitis (I really gotta quit smoking). BUT..
I wanted to share this with you. I was just thinking the other day how absolutely perfect my life would be if only Hammer and Rarly would come back to the forums to share with me these things...and here is Hammer! I missed you so much brother! And welcome to you Squid, you will find lots of support and love here in this forum and on this whole site. You can do it my brother!
I have had the most peaceful, happiest CHRISTmas I can remember in a really long time, and have had the opportunity to witness many of the promises come true for both myself and my new family and friends. Children returned, parents brought back into their adult children's lives...it goes on and on. Yeah, the e.r. sucked, but the drunk in the next room screaming about wanting his i.v. out and his wife trying to calm him down made me think once again, there but for the Grace of God go I.
I am truly happy and at peace about EVERYTHING. I don't worry much anymore, except for other people. I don't pray for myself anymore except for clarity, discernment, and that His grace and mercy be enough for me (borrowed from Toad :). I pray for others, especially those that I feel have hurt me somehow. I will soon learn how to figure out what my part in the situation is/was. I've forgiven my husband, but will no longer allow him to guilt or manipulate me. He moved in with his girlfriend yesterday. I pray that he will someday find what he is looking for, but I realize now that it is not my battle.
That said, I need to get some rest. I am going to go cuddle up with Daniel the dog and once again dream sweet dreams.
I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You all will never know how grateful I am for all that you have said and done for me. I hope that I am able to pay it forward someday. And I WILL keep coming back.
I love you guys!
Annie
I wanted to share this with you. I was just thinking the other day how absolutely perfect my life would be if only Hammer and Rarly would come back to the forums to share with me these things...and here is Hammer! I missed you so much brother! And welcome to you Squid, you will find lots of support and love here in this forum and on this whole site. You can do it my brother!
I have had the most peaceful, happiest CHRISTmas I can remember in a really long time, and have had the opportunity to witness many of the promises come true for both myself and my new family and friends. Children returned, parents brought back into their adult children's lives...it goes on and on. Yeah, the e.r. sucked, but the drunk in the next room screaming about wanting his i.v. out and his wife trying to calm him down made me think once again, there but for the Grace of God go I.
I am truly happy and at peace about EVERYTHING. I don't worry much anymore, except for other people. I don't pray for myself anymore except for clarity, discernment, and that His grace and mercy be enough for me (borrowed from Toad :). I pray for others, especially those that I feel have hurt me somehow. I will soon learn how to figure out what my part in the situation is/was. I've forgiven my husband, but will no longer allow him to guilt or manipulate me. He moved in with his girlfriend yesterday. I pray that he will someday find what he is looking for, but I realize now that it is not my battle.
That said, I need to get some rest. I am going to go cuddle up with Daniel the dog and once again dream sweet dreams.
I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You all will never know how grateful I am for all that you have said and done for me. I hope that I am able to pay it forward someday. And I WILL keep coming back.
I love you guys!
Annie
****Step One Discussion Meeting tomorrow/Wednesday, 8PM Eastern……………
This Wednesday we will be having a Step Discussion: Step One
Based on the First Step "We admitted we are powerless over alcohol, that our lives have become unmanageable".
Open meeting to share how the step has helped you or others. Share you experience, strength and hope.
Discussion will start at 8PM/Eastern this Wednesday evening, December 10, 2008 in the Chat Room!! I hope to see a lot of you there. This will be a great opportunity for all to share our views and learn more from each other. :)
Based on the First Step "We admitted we are powerless over alcohol, that our lives have become unmanageable".
Open meeting to share how the step has helped you or others. Share you experience, strength and hope.
- What it means to you?
- How you came to believe?
- How it affects you in early and late sobriety.
- How does it keep it green for you?
- How does it keep you sober?
Discussion will start at 8PM/Eastern this Wednesday evening, December 10, 2008 in the Chat Room!! I hope to see a lot of you there. This will be a great opportunity for all to share our views and learn more from each other. :)
Do you ever feel invisible?
Is it just me or are there others who have felt or feel like they are invisible here? I'm sure I will get blasted for selfishness or pride, ego or some other character defect but I've also been told that if something bothers me I should voice it so that it loses some of its power over me.
I just feel invisible lately. I try to share experience, strength and hope on here whenever I can and have been doing so for over three years. I swear I have "killed" more threads than I can count. I post and then nothing. No further discussion. Nothing. My latest attempt to try to be of service was a big fat flop as well. Maybe its time for a vacation or maybe its a case of rule 62. I don't know.
So unless I kill this thread too I'd like to know if others have ever felt this way and if so did you leave for a while or what? I want to be of help to my fellow man, NOT a murderer of threads.
Hugs,
Kellye
I just feel invisible lately. I try to share experience, strength and hope on here whenever I can and have been doing so for over three years. I swear I have "killed" more threads than I can count. I post and then nothing. No further discussion. Nothing. My latest attempt to try to be of service was a big fat flop as well. Maybe its time for a vacation or maybe its a case of rule 62. I don't know.
So unless I kill this thread too I'd like to know if others have ever felt this way and if so did you leave for a while or what? I want to be of help to my fellow man, NOT a murderer of threads.
Hugs,
Kellye
A Newcomer’s Poem
A reading from Nar-Anon ? Sharing Experience Strength & Hope
November 14
A NEWCOMER?S POEM
My girlfriend was enabling her addicted son and his addicted girlfriend. Her denial was allowing the addicts to become an issue between us. It was destroying our relationship, as well as my life. My exhaustive effort as the voice of reason only made matters worse. In fact, I was feeling that my girlfriend had turned against me and was siding with the addicts. I expressed my pain and fear in the following poem:
Lost in a wasteland
Barren and dry
As scavengers ruthlessly
Circle the sky
When a lone tree appears!
Abundant with fruit
Beauty and refuge
In a sultry green suit
And I just might survive
With her love and affection
But her limbs are all covered
With thorns of rejection
Is tending her futile
As hope turns to doubt
With no food . . . no water
And time running out?
Lost in a wasteland
While searching for love
As scavengers ruthlessly
Circle above
And should they arrive
To tear at my skin
Will she sustain me
Or will she join in?
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: In Nar-Anon, I am learning the fight against addiction is futile. I cannot be the voice of reason to those unwilling to listen. I can forgive others, let go and allow them to choose their own path. Although painful at times, I can make choices that are healthy for me.
?Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures." ~ Han Suyin
November 14
A NEWCOMER?S POEM
My girlfriend was enabling her addicted son and his addicted girlfriend. Her denial was allowing the addicts to become an issue between us. It was destroying our relationship, as well as my life. My exhaustive effort as the voice of reason only made matters worse. In fact, I was feeling that my girlfriend had turned against me and was siding with the addicts. I expressed my pain and fear in the following poem:
Lost in a wasteland
Barren and dry
As scavengers ruthlessly
Circle the sky
When a lone tree appears!
Abundant with fruit
Beauty and refuge
In a sultry green suit
And I just might survive
With her love and affection
But her limbs are all covered
With thorns of rejection
Is tending her futile
As hope turns to doubt
With no food . . . no water
And time running out?
Lost in a wasteland
While searching for love
As scavengers ruthlessly
Circle above
And should they arrive
To tear at my skin
Will she sustain me
Or will she join in?
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: In Nar-Anon, I am learning the fight against addiction is futile. I cannot be the voice of reason to those unwilling to listen. I can forgive others, let go and allow them to choose their own path. Although painful at times, I can make choices that are healthy for me.
?Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures." ~ Han Suyin
What are your motives?
A recent thread has gotten me thinking about what my motives for continuing to go to AA meetings after finding sobriety. I realize that there are many reasons people have to continue to go to meetings on a regular basis. I have been sober nearly 8 years and still go to meetings on a regular basis. Here are my reasons to continue to go:
What are your reasons for continuing to attend AA after getting sober?
- Give back what was so freely given to me
- Provide experience, strength, and most of all hope for the newcomer and person struggling
- Hear the reminders that it still isn't working out there for the alcoholic who goes back to drinking
- Network with people who understand my disease
- Continue to learn how to apply the Steps and Principles in my life
- Continue to learn and understand more of the Big Book
- Most of all help others
What are your reasons for continuing to attend AA after getting sober?
Making Decisions
Nar-Anon – Sharing Experience, Strength, & Hope
September 22
MAKING DECISIONS
When living in the chaos of addiction, I find that I have trouble making decisions from the simplest to the biggest issues that life throws at me; the issues that will affect my familyÂ’s well-being and my own. Recently, my eighteen-year-old daughter, who is an addict, found herself in a crisis situation. This caused her addiction to escalate and her attitude and actions to become unbearable. Before coming to Nar-Anon, I would have found myself being drawn into the confusion, allowing her unacceptable behavior to continue. I was afraid to make a decision, afraid to ask her to leave, afraid of the outcome and how she would react.
From Nar-Anon, I am learning that my Higher Power will take care of things. I will wait for direction. I believe my Higher Power will put where I should be. I believe can ask my Higher Power to lead me, and I believe I will be shown if I am going the wrong way. I wait for a clear answer because sometimes no decision is better than the wrong decision.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Addiction is a family disease. It takes many forms and affects not only the addict. I can make a decision on how to handle these problems with the help of my Higher Power and my Nar-Anon program.
“At the start of each day I can make the decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God.” ~ Courage to Change.
September 22
MAKING DECISIONS
When living in the chaos of addiction, I find that I have trouble making decisions from the simplest to the biggest issues that life throws at me; the issues that will affect my familyÂ’s well-being and my own. Recently, my eighteen-year-old daughter, who is an addict, found herself in a crisis situation. This caused her addiction to escalate and her attitude and actions to become unbearable. Before coming to Nar-Anon, I would have found myself being drawn into the confusion, allowing her unacceptable behavior to continue. I was afraid to make a decision, afraid to ask her to leave, afraid of the outcome and how she would react.
From Nar-Anon, I am learning that my Higher Power will take care of things. I will wait for direction. I believe my Higher Power will put where I should be. I believe can ask my Higher Power to lead me, and I believe I will be shown if I am going the wrong way. I wait for a clear answer because sometimes no decision is better than the wrong decision.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Addiction is a family disease. It takes many forms and affects not only the addict. I can make a decision on how to handle these problems with the help of my Higher Power and my Nar-Anon program.
“At the start of each day I can make the decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God.” ~ Courage to Change.
Tazman Has Two Years Today!!!!
Please join me in celebrating our Taz's 2 year sobriety birthday.
I'd just like to say congrats Martin and that we are blessed to have you here sharing your experience, strength, and hope. I, personally, have received a lot of good stuff from you since the first day I came here and for that I thank you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I'd just like to say congrats Martin and that we are blessed to have you here sharing your experience, strength, and hope. I, personally, have received a lot of good stuff from you since the first day I came here and for that I thank you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
