Today's Thought Is:

Pain Pills
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
--Abigail Van Buren

How did we get so convinced that our way is usually best? That surely didn't come from a lifetime of constant success. How did we get fixed in our thinking on a given issue? Not from a track record of first exploring all other alternatives.

This rigidity probably helped us survive childhood. But now it's a wall that isolates us. It closes our minds off from ideas that are more in keeping with where we want to be. And it closes us off from people whom we would like to be with.

In recovery, we are noticing others who are not so fixed in their thinking. They don't pass judgment or criticize quickly. Their tranquility is obvious, and we want more of it. Their openness lets them hear more from others, and that is the way to knowledge, change, and growth.

We find that listening to others is now a blessing, not a burden.

Today help me be open to the example of others.

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Janet:

What a great read this morning. Thank you. Such true words. It is only when I remain teachable that I am able to grow. I use to know so much about everything. The longer I stay clean, I realize how much I don't know.

Thanks my friend.

Rachel
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Rachel, I subscribe to Hazelden's thought for the day, lately it hasn't been totally apropo, but this one was a keeper!
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hey janet, pine here

How long have you been clean or are you just starting. Just curious I haven't been here long and I don't know much about alot of you. Thanks. Oh nice post.
Pine................Travis
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hey pine! I have 5 months clean tomorrow from an IV cocaine habit.

Still get cravings every now and then, but I've realized that I will be out of control should I choose to use. I am truly powerless over coke and needles.