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1 week today! It was a tough one!
It seems like it's always one crisis after another with my kids... and my first thought it always "I need a drink".... it's how I am used to dealing...
My son, who has been the healthy one, had his check-up today and his Doctor was very concerned about his lack of weight gain and ordered a battery of tests and referred us to a specialist... who ironically my daughter has to see tomorrow anyway because of HER issues... (she had a stroke before she was born) and so I got my son in for tomorrow as well, which is a miracle... but the doctor knows what we have been through....
I just hate that my kids suffer sometimes... and I KNOW that if I drink, they will suffer more... so I refuse to give in so that I can be the BEST MOM I can be....
I have a week again.. and that is a start. I know I can do this...
Thanks for listening!!!!
My son, who has been the healthy one, had his check-up today and his Doctor was very concerned about his lack of weight gain and ordered a battery of tests and referred us to a specialist... who ironically my daughter has to see tomorrow anyway because of HER issues... (she had a stroke before she was born) and so I got my son in for tomorrow as well, which is a miracle... but the doctor knows what we have been through....
I just hate that my kids suffer sometimes... and I KNOW that if I drink, they will suffer more... so I refuse to give in so that I can be the BEST MOM I can be....
I have a week again.. and that is a start. I know I can do this...
Thanks for listening!!!!
24 Hours A Day Reading
A.A. Thought for the Day
In Alcoholics Anonymous there is no thought of individual profit. No greed or gain. No membership fees, no dues. Only voluntary contributions of our money and ourselves. All that we hope for is sobriety and regeneration, so that we can live normal, respectable lives and can be recognized by others as men and women willing to do unto others as we would be done by. These things we accomplish by the help of each other, by following the Twelve Steps, and by the grace of God. Am I willing to work for A.A. without material gain to myself?
Meditation for the Day
What is sometimes called a conversion by religion is often only the discovery of God as a friend in need, What is sometimes called religion is often only the experiencing of the help and strength of God's power in our lives. What is sometimes called holiness is often only the invitation of God to be our Friend. As God becomes your friend, you become a friend to others. We experience true human friendship and from this experience we can imagine what kind of a Great Friend God can be. We believe Him to be a tireless, selfless, all conquering, miracle-working Friend. We can reach out to the Great Friend and figuratively take His hand in ours.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may think of God as a Great Friend in need. I pray that I may go along with Him.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
In Alcoholics Anonymous there is no thought of individual profit. No greed or gain. No membership fees, no dues. Only voluntary contributions of our money and ourselves. All that we hope for is sobriety and regeneration, so that we can live normal, respectable lives and can be recognized by others as men and women willing to do unto others as we would be done by. These things we accomplish by the help of each other, by following the Twelve Steps, and by the grace of God. Am I willing to work for A.A. without material gain to myself?
Meditation for the Day
What is sometimes called a conversion by religion is often only the discovery of God as a friend in need, What is sometimes called religion is often only the experiencing of the help and strength of God's power in our lives. What is sometimes called holiness is often only the invitation of God to be our Friend. As God becomes your friend, you become a friend to others. We experience true human friendship and from this experience we can imagine what kind of a Great Friend God can be. We believe Him to be a tireless, selfless, all conquering, miracle-working Friend. We can reach out to the Great Friend and figuratively take His hand in ours.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may think of God as a Great Friend in need. I pray that I may go along with Him.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
90 Days Clean!
Hello everyone. My name is Cory and I'm an addict. This is my post time posting and it seems like an interesting site. Hope to get involved. Anyhow, I'm excited to get my first ever 90 day key tag tomorrow at the local NA meeting. This will be the first time I've had 90 days clean since I was 14 and I'm 34 now. I live in Delaware and I've been in and out of the rooms since I was 19, but now I feel like I'm actually ready in my gut. I've been doing more than 90 in 90, I joined a homegroup and have a commitment. I have a sponsor and use him on a daily basis. Mainly, I follow the suggestions. It is an absolutely miracle that I have 89 days right now. If you're new, you can get 30,60,90, and more days clean by simply going to meetings and following suggestions.
Thanks,
Cory:bday6
Thanks,
Cory:bday6
JFT December 27
December 27
God could restore us to sanity
?The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.?
Basic Text, p. 25
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Now that we?ve finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat this behavior for the rest of our lives. Just as we thought that our active addiction was hopeless and we?d never get clean, we might now believe that our particular brand of insanity is hopeless.
Not so! We know that we owe our freedom from active addiction to the grace of a loving God. If our Higher Power can perform such a miracle as relieving our obsession to use drugs, surely this Power can also relieve our insanity in all its forms.
If we doubt this, all we have to do is think about the sanity that has already been restored to our lives. Maybe we?ve gotten carried away with our credit cards; but sanity returns when we admit defeat and cut them all up. Perhaps we?ve been feeling lonely and want to go visit our old using buddies. Going to visit our sponsor instead is a sane act.
The insanity of our addiction recedes into the past as we begin experiencing moments of sanity in our recovery. Our belief in a Power greater than ourselves grows as we begin to understand that even our brand of insanity is nothing in the face of this Power.
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Just for today: I thank the God of my understanding for each sane act in my life, for I know they are indications of my restoration to sanity.
God could restore us to sanity
?The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity. The strength to move into action comes from this belief.?
Basic Text, p. 25
????=????
Now that we?ve finally admitted our insanity and seen examples of it in all its manifestations, we might be tempted to believe that we are doomed to repeat this behavior for the rest of our lives. Just as we thought that our active addiction was hopeless and we?d never get clean, we might now believe that our particular brand of insanity is hopeless.
Not so! We know that we owe our freedom from active addiction to the grace of a loving God. If our Higher Power can perform such a miracle as relieving our obsession to use drugs, surely this Power can also relieve our insanity in all its forms.
If we doubt this, all we have to do is think about the sanity that has already been restored to our lives. Maybe we?ve gotten carried away with our credit cards; but sanity returns when we admit defeat and cut them all up. Perhaps we?ve been feeling lonely and want to go visit our old using buddies. Going to visit our sponsor instead is a sane act.
The insanity of our addiction recedes into the past as we begin experiencing moments of sanity in our recovery. Our belief in a Power greater than ourselves grows as we begin to understand that even our brand of insanity is nothing in the face of this Power.
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Just for today: I thank the God of my understanding for each sane act in my life, for I know they are indications of my restoration to sanity.
Miracle on Maple Street
I grew up in a small town in Nebraska. On Maple Street.
Today, there are times when I pray and I feel that no one hears me. At times I think and feel that I wasted tons of money and time going to school. Still more times that I wonder what will become of all the experiences; both positive and negative in life. Then come the moments that define everything, those revelatory moments in life that you can look back on and say; "This changes everything!" and from those life changing moments, real change is delivered, wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed lovingly by God in my heart.
Mary looked at her situation in the same way. When it was revealed to her that she would deliver a child, as a virgin and the child would be God incarnate, Mary said; "May it be to me as you have spoken it." To the angel that visited her with her life changing message. Not all (I would venture to say Mary's revelation was once in a million lifetimes) life's defining moments are so huge. Sometimes they are very subtle and the only way you know they have arrived is in those quiet moments alone with God. Some are moving, but gentle and tender moments, such as I had with my only son on Christmas eve.
My son tries so very hard, but seems to feel that he fails me. So long have I allowed him to feel this way that he has no confidence within himself. No confidence that a loving and gentle God watches over him and does hear his cries, and so do I. This revelation came to me on the eve of the birth of the King of Kings, God incarnate. A God that humbled Himself to such a degree that He staged His birth into flesh in a hay trough, in a barn. After 18 years I told my son that I loved him without exception, I told him I am always proud of him. Yes, he has disappointed me, but disappointment doesn't preclude my love for him, nor does success in anything bring him any more or any less love for him. He is my son.
It was truly a Christmas to remember.
Today, there are times when I pray and I feel that no one hears me. At times I think and feel that I wasted tons of money and time going to school. Still more times that I wonder what will become of all the experiences; both positive and negative in life. Then come the moments that define everything, those revelatory moments in life that you can look back on and say; "This changes everything!" and from those life changing moments, real change is delivered, wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed lovingly by God in my heart.
Mary looked at her situation in the same way. When it was revealed to her that she would deliver a child, as a virgin and the child would be God incarnate, Mary said; "May it be to me as you have spoken it." To the angel that visited her with her life changing message. Not all (I would venture to say Mary's revelation was once in a million lifetimes) life's defining moments are so huge. Sometimes they are very subtle and the only way you know they have arrived is in those quiet moments alone with God. Some are moving, but gentle and tender moments, such as I had with my only son on Christmas eve.
My son tries so very hard, but seems to feel that he fails me. So long have I allowed him to feel this way that he has no confidence within himself. No confidence that a loving and gentle God watches over him and does hear his cries, and so do I. This revelation came to me on the eve of the birth of the King of Kings, God incarnate. A God that humbled Himself to such a degree that He staged His birth into flesh in a hay trough, in a barn. After 18 years I told my son that I loved him without exception, I told him I am always proud of him. Yes, he has disappointed me, but disappointment doesn't preclude my love for him, nor does success in anything bring him any more or any less love for him. He is my son.
It was truly a Christmas to remember.
A miracle in the early stages.
At my home group we have had a lady coming for about 6 weeks now.... she seemed miserable, scared, and beaten, she only spoke one time and that was simply to say "Hi my name is ABCXYZ.", she always came with a lady with 12 years.
Well Wednesday night when the chair asked for a topic she immediately piped up and said "Hi my name is ABCXYZ and I am an alcoholic!", she then shared that the prior evening she had picked up her first 24 hour chip, that she had finally surrendered to the fact that she was indeed an alcoholic. She shared more on what had happened the prior week to bring her to that conclusion and wanted to here about the first step!!!
The meeting was awesome, to see the change in her was awesome!!!! One could tell just by looking at her and hearing her that she was already changing, the misery and fear seemed far less and I swear there was a true sparkle of hope in her eyes!!!!
The one thing that struck me as odd was her usual companion had not brought her, she had come on her on!
Well Wednesday night when the chair asked for a topic she immediately piped up and said "Hi my name is ABCXYZ and I am an alcoholic!", she then shared that the prior evening she had picked up her first 24 hour chip, that she had finally surrendered to the fact that she was indeed an alcoholic. She shared more on what had happened the prior week to bring her to that conclusion and wanted to here about the first step!!!
The meeting was awesome, to see the change in her was awesome!!!! One could tell just by looking at her and hearing her that she was already changing, the misery and fear seemed far less and I swear there was a true sparkle of hope in her eyes!!!!
The one thing that struck me as odd was her usual companion had not brought her, she had come on her on!
For Emil, my firstborn’s firstborn (from mom’s perspective)
I realize that you can be a pain.
Your volume button's stuck on LOUD again.
There's spit up on my Sunday dress,
Your pants are full, the house a mess,
But, little one, I love you all the same.
The pangs of birth are hard, I won't deny,
And yet I know you had it worse than I.
Such beauty in your tiny face;
Divine perfection, love, and grace.
A miracle, no less, your little cry.
You changed us, darling boy, all to the good.
Our purpose now is better understood.
Your life's our love, personified,
To glorify The One who died,
And worship Him with loving parenthood.
by me
Your volume button's stuck on LOUD again.
There's spit up on my Sunday dress,
Your pants are full, the house a mess,
But, little one, I love you all the same.
The pangs of birth are hard, I won't deny,
And yet I know you had it worse than I.
Such beauty in your tiny face;
Divine perfection, love, and grace.
A miracle, no less, your little cry.
You changed us, darling boy, all to the good.
Our purpose now is better understood.
Your life's our love, personified,
To glorify The One who died,
And worship Him with loving parenthood.
by me
JFT December 19
December 19
Walking the way we talk
?Words mean nothing until we put them into action.?
Basic Text, p. 58
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The Twelfth Step reminds us ?to practice these principles in all our affairs.? In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demonstrate the rewards of applying this bit of wisdom in their lives.
To receive the rewards of the Twelfth Step, it is vital that we practice the spiritual principles of recovery even when no one is looking. If we talk about recovery at meetings but continue to live as we did in active addiction, our fellow members may suspect that we are doing nothing more than quoting bumper stickers.
What we pass on to newer members comes more from how we live than what we say. If we advise someone to ?turn it over? without having experienced the miracle of the Third Step, chances are the message will fail to reach the ears of the newcomer for whom it?s intended. On the other hand, if we ?walk what we talk? and share our genuine experience in recovery, the message will surely be evident to all.
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Just for today: I will practice the principles of recovery, even when I?m the only one who knows.
Walking the way we talk
?Words mean nothing until we put them into action.?
Basic Text, p. 58
????=????
The Twelfth Step reminds us ?to practice these principles in all our affairs.? In NA, we see living examples of this suggestion all around us. The more experienced members, who seem to have an aura of peace surrounding them, demonstrate the rewards of applying this bit of wisdom in their lives.
To receive the rewards of the Twelfth Step, it is vital that we practice the spiritual principles of recovery even when no one is looking. If we talk about recovery at meetings but continue to live as we did in active addiction, our fellow members may suspect that we are doing nothing more than quoting bumper stickers.
What we pass on to newer members comes more from how we live than what we say. If we advise someone to ?turn it over? without having experienced the miracle of the Third Step, chances are the message will fail to reach the ears of the newcomer for whom it?s intended. On the other hand, if we ?walk what we talk? and share our genuine experience in recovery, the message will surely be evident to all.
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Just for today: I will practice the principles of recovery, even when I?m the only one who knows.
a not so profound thought
that i still wanted to share...
Miracles happen when you are open to them. Because until you ARE open to them, it's not a miracle for you.
Miracles happen when you are open to them. Because until you ARE open to them, it's not a miracle for you.
Underwear Dust!
Underwear Dust
One evening a Husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife 'Perhaps we should start washing your Clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it would take a few inches off of your Butt!' :a043:
His Wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go unrewarded.
The next morning the Husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer. 'What the Hell is this?' he said to himself as a little 'dust' cloud appeared when he shook them out.
'April,' he hollered into the bathroom, 'why did you put Talcum Powder in my Underwear?'
She replied with a snicker. 'It's not talcum powder, It's 'Miracle Grow!' :yikes:
:rotfxko
Shalom!
One evening a Husband, thinking he was being funny, said to his wife 'Perhaps we should start washing your Clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it would take a few inches off of your Butt!' :a043:
His Wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn't let such a comment go unrewarded.
The next morning the Husband took a pair of underwear out of his drawer. 'What the Hell is this?' he said to himself as a little 'dust' cloud appeared when he shook them out.
'April,' he hollered into the bathroom, 'why did you put Talcum Powder in my Underwear?'
She replied with a snicker. 'It's not talcum powder, It's 'Miracle Grow!' :yikes:
:rotfxko
Shalom!
