One of the greatest gifts I have been given in sobriety is peace & serenity...I was curious if others have received this gift....
Take care,
Stacey
Most of the time, but still working on it every day. It is a gift and not to be taken lightly.
Stacey asks-Have you found peace & serenity?
NOT TODAY.....I'm either going to take one b*tch lab to the pound or call my therapist and see if I can get a family rate.
This is one f*cking dysfunctional mutt.Argh!!!!!!!!!
NOT TODAY.....I'm either going to take one b*tch lab to the pound or call my therapist and see if I can get a family rate.
This is one f*cking dysfunctional mutt.Argh!!!!!!!!!
Tim...this too shall pass. Really. I promise. lol You love your dog.
LMAO Tim....there's a lesson here to be learned....what it is, not sure but I'm praying for you buddy....thought about you yesterday driving home from work & watching the black clouds dump snow up on the Sierra's....
Hang in there,
Stacey
Hang in there,
Stacey
Lisa quotes-Tim...this too shall pass
...it passed allright and I had to clean it up.
Stacey-I've seen that on the weather.The west has really gotten a lot of powder.I've got to try and figure out how I can take a long weekend to New Mexico.
...it passed allright and I had to clean it up.
Stacey-I've seen that on the weather.The west has really gotten a lot of powder.I've got to try and figure out how I can take a long weekend to New Mexico.
Poor puppy. What did she do now?
Stace
If I didn't have serenity in my life today I may as well be high. I got sober to get some peace in my life. If I hadn't found serenity I'd go back to using. What would be the point of all that work if I was just as miserable as when I was using?
Stace
If I didn't have serenity in my life today I may as well be high. I got sober to get some peace in my life. If I hadn't found serenity I'd go back to using. What would be the point of all that work if I was just as miserable as when I was using?
ROTFLMAO...what passed? Or do we want to know? What is it was dogs that have to eat everything in sight??? Mine got ahold of a felt pen (black of course) while I was in the hospital and chewed it to pieces all over my 600 dollar berber rug. She was covered, the rug and the stairs are beyond repair. Good thing I wasn't here when it happend and it was dark when I got home. I didn't notice it until 3 days later. Sigh.
I get you...and being around a few different people that are dry drunks, I totally can understand where I can go when I don't work a strong program...either back out there or miserable or both.....
Love the new cat....can my new puppy play with it?...<eg>
Love the new cat....can my new puppy play with it?...<eg>
stacey..........
very nice poll......
i have found peace and serinity........
but like most people it gets lost.......
i am thankful to be able to find my way back it though........
lately i have been so worried stacey and so depressed ....which is kinda normal this time of year and this is my first winter season with out the poision...
yesterday something happened to me, i believe its from all the thoughts and prayers.......
something inside me began to change.i picked up my bible, prayer book and mother teresa book .......when i picked up these three things..
i felt like i had gold.........
and i thought to myself, how could i put these down and not pick them up for so long...........not like me at all.
then i came home and saw that sammy posted to me ......
i went back and read all the post to me, including my own.........
and i decided that , i have a choice to be happy and positive.
or to be hopeful and thankful and trust God........
i choose to be hopeful and positive today........
i am no longer worried......
whoo hoo.............
love ya stacey..........
your a beautiful spirit............
and a pretty light on this board............
you carry a messaage of hope and its so nice to recieve your lovely emails in the morning............
thank you
and God Bless you...........
thumper
very nice poll......
i have found peace and serinity........
but like most people it gets lost.......
i am thankful to be able to find my way back it though........
lately i have been so worried stacey and so depressed ....which is kinda normal this time of year and this is my first winter season with out the poision...
yesterday something happened to me, i believe its from all the thoughts and prayers.......
something inside me began to change.i picked up my bible, prayer book and mother teresa book .......when i picked up these three things..
i felt like i had gold.........
and i thought to myself, how could i put these down and not pick them up for so long...........not like me at all.
then i came home and saw that sammy posted to me ......
i went back and read all the post to me, including my own.........
and i decided that , i have a choice to be happy and positive.
or to be hopeful and thankful and trust God........
i choose to be hopeful and positive today........
i am no longer worried......
whoo hoo.............
love ya stacey..........
your a beautiful spirit............
and a pretty light on this board............
you carry a messaage of hope and its so nice to recieve your lovely emails in the morning............
thank you
and God Bless you...........
thumper
I feel your pain, Tim. I really do.
Thumper...
Thank you for sharing that...spiritual awakenings happen daily for me when I am in tune with my HP, whom I call God...but I need to stay close to him and when I don't feel close to him, it's not because he's not with me, it's because I am stepping away from him and allowing blocks between us...You are in my prayers and keep reaching out, have faith and turn it over to him as he will take of you.....
I would love to come & get you and take you to my meeting tonight....maybe someday and I am taking a few days here & there for vacation, so if you don't see an e-mail for a bit, it's because I don't have computer access but I still will be thinking of you & praying....
Love ya girl,
Stacey
Thank you for sharing that...spiritual awakenings happen daily for me when I am in tune with my HP, whom I call God...but I need to stay close to him and when I don't feel close to him, it's not because he's not with me, it's because I am stepping away from him and allowing blocks between us...You are in my prayers and keep reaching out, have faith and turn it over to him as he will take of you.....
I would love to come & get you and take you to my meeting tonight....maybe someday and I am taking a few days here & there for vacation, so if you don't see an e-mail for a bit, it's because I don't have computer access but I still will be thinking of you & praying....
Love ya girl,
Stacey
Thumper
Why don't you get yourself a box? You can decorate it with all your pretty pictures. Write God Box on it and write down all the things you are worrying about and put them in there. Then let God handle them. Worrying is useless but if I give my problems to God they seem to work themselves out. It can't hurt, right?
smooch
Why don't you get yourself a box? You can decorate it with all your pretty pictures. Write God Box on it and write down all the things you are worrying about and put them in there. Then let God handle them. Worrying is useless but if I give my problems to God they seem to work themselves out. It can't hurt, right?
smooch
Ya know what Kat....every once in a while, you amaze me....I'm going to borrow this suggestion for me & my kids...A God box....I love it....
xoxo
xoxo
When I first got into recovery, someone suggested a God Box. I had completely forgotten about it until now.
Thanks Kat.
Thanks Kat.
I am starting on my God Box this afternoon....no doubt.
Thank you Kat!
Hang on Thumper! Make that box big enough to keep those precious books in!
Thank you Kat!
Hang on Thumper! Make that box big enough to keep those precious books in!
Speaking of books.....taptaptaptaptap
OMG...forgive me...I am off tomorrow so I will make sure it is done.....
smooches
smooches
Most of the time I am at peace....though I do have situations that drive me whacky...it's a matter of me setting some boundaries...and remembering to recite the serenity prayer to keep me sane....it's so much better than it was when I was using.
Sitting here thankful that my dogs are outside...lol...
Sitting here thankful that my dogs are outside...lol...
I hear you Janet on the boundries....
What I have found to is that when things start to shift and I find myself discontent and irritable, I now have the tools to deal with the situations and can turn my day around anytime I want where as when I was using, a bad day could easily turn into a bad year....
What I have found to is that when things start to shift and I find myself discontent and irritable, I now have the tools to deal with the situations and can turn my day around anytime I want where as when I was using, a bad day could easily turn into a bad year....
