The purpose of my poll is to see what everyone does to maintain sobriety and recovery. We have alot of new people coming on each day trying to beat this thing call pp addiction. As most of us know this is the easy part! Quitting!! I am interested to see what everyone does to maintain spiritual recovery...to grow...so as to not relapse.
I do 1 & 2....and I spend time here it helps
Hmmmm....nobody wants to take my poll:(
Sorry keeKee...I missed this.
I do a combination of NA,therapy, & CIM
and I surf............which has saved my butt on many occasion.LOL
I do a combination of NA,therapy, & CIM
and I surf............which has saved my butt on many occasion.LOL
LOL! I know what you do!!
But thanks anyhow...hee hee
But thanks anyhow...hee hee
Good poll KeeKee...be interesting to see how many do what. I picked number 3. Sorry to say, but I don't get as much recovery from this board as I used too. At times though, I do, so that's why I keep reading and posting. Most of mine comes from meetings, surrounding myself with clean and sober people and my therapist. Me myself and I have a little to do with it too....
Hi,
I picked number 1. But I also read at home daily from the 12 & 12 and the Big Book and a couple others. I stop by here once or twice a week just to see whats going on, and although I don't use this board to aid in my recovery, I usually see something that helps in some way. Either something that reminds me of how I don't wanna be or something posative I can try to apply in my own life. I find the longer I'm clean and sober the more open minded and less judgmental I become which then helps me to absorb and learn something from every situation.
Hearing face to face, or reading something from someone negetive is a posative for me today most of the time. Instead of getting defensive, or judging someone for saying something I may think is inappropriate today, I try to take a step back and turn it into a posative for me. This happened the other night thats why I'm discussing it now, it's still fresh in my mind. I heard a guy share the other night, great guy, I like him alot, and he's got around 27 years sober, but, for me, I don't want what he has other than maybe that amount of time. I won't share what he shared only to say I hope if I'm still sober after 27 or so years, I'm not as bitter or still unhappy as he seems to be in alot of ways.
But, instead of critisizing today, I turn that into a posative for myself. The idea I think, at least for me, is to learn not only just from those that are doing great, but from everyone. I know that this guy doesn't regularly practice the steps. So, for me, I'll not follow his path, I'll remain good friends make meetings together from time to time, but I'll also work the steps.
Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy and loads of fun to hang with, but there are some areas where practicing the steps would I think help out. But some guys figure f**k the work thats suggested, just make meetings and stay sober.
I don't agree with that thinking, and thats one example of how something I view as negetive, today for me, becomes a posative.
Anyway, I guess I'm just ramblin' here, but thats what I was just thinking about today and thought I'd share it.
I hope your all doing great. Have a nice Easter everyone.
Take care, God bless
Bob
You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours)
A.A. Thought For The Day For April 7th...
In A.A. alcoholics find a way to solve their personality problems. They do this by recovering three things. First, they recover their personal integrity. They pull them selves together. They get honest with them selves and with other people. They face themselves and their problems honestly, instead of running away. They take a personal inventory of themselves to see where they really stand. Then they face the facts instead of making excuses for themselves. Have I recovered my integrity?
Meditation for the Day
When trouble comes, do not say: "Why should this happen to me?" Leave yourself out of the picture. Think of other people and their troubles and you will forget about your own. Gradually get away from yourself and you will know the consolation of unselfish service to others. After a while, it will not matter so much what happens to you. It is not so important any more, except as your experience can be used to help others who are in the same kind of trouble.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may become more unselfish. I pray that I may not be thrown off the track by letting the old selfishness creep back into my life.
I picked number 1. But I also read at home daily from the 12 & 12 and the Big Book and a couple others. I stop by here once or twice a week just to see whats going on, and although I don't use this board to aid in my recovery, I usually see something that helps in some way. Either something that reminds me of how I don't wanna be or something posative I can try to apply in my own life. I find the longer I'm clean and sober the more open minded and less judgmental I become which then helps me to absorb and learn something from every situation.
Hearing face to face, or reading something from someone negetive is a posative for me today most of the time. Instead of getting defensive, or judging someone for saying something I may think is inappropriate today, I try to take a step back and turn it into a posative for me. This happened the other night thats why I'm discussing it now, it's still fresh in my mind. I heard a guy share the other night, great guy, I like him alot, and he's got around 27 years sober, but, for me, I don't want what he has other than maybe that amount of time. I won't share what he shared only to say I hope if I'm still sober after 27 or so years, I'm not as bitter or still unhappy as he seems to be in alot of ways.
But, instead of critisizing today, I turn that into a posative for myself. The idea I think, at least for me, is to learn not only just from those that are doing great, but from everyone. I know that this guy doesn't regularly practice the steps. So, for me, I'll not follow his path, I'll remain good friends make meetings together from time to time, but I'll also work the steps.
Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy and loads of fun to hang with, but there are some areas where practicing the steps would I think help out. But some guys figure f**k the work thats suggested, just make meetings and stay sober.
I don't agree with that thinking, and thats one example of how something I view as negetive, today for me, becomes a posative.
Anyway, I guess I'm just ramblin' here, but thats what I was just thinking about today and thought I'd share it.
I hope your all doing great. Have a nice Easter everyone.
Take care, God bless
Bob
You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours)
A.A. Thought For The Day For April 7th...
In A.A. alcoholics find a way to solve their personality problems. They do this by recovering three things. First, they recover their personal integrity. They pull them selves together. They get honest with them selves and with other people. They face themselves and their problems honestly, instead of running away. They take a personal inventory of themselves to see where they really stand. Then they face the facts instead of making excuses for themselves. Have I recovered my integrity?
Meditation for the Day
When trouble comes, do not say: "Why should this happen to me?" Leave yourself out of the picture. Think of other people and their troubles and you will forget about your own. Gradually get away from yourself and you will know the consolation of unselfish service to others. After a while, it will not matter so much what happens to you. It is not so important any more, except as your experience can be used to help others who are in the same kind of trouble.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may become more unselfish. I pray that I may not be thrown off the track by letting the old selfishness creep back into my life.
Thanks Bob....nice post.
Odd how sometimes you just see or hear something that you need to:)
Odd how sometimes you just see or hear something that you need to:)
I attend AA occasionally and therapy and other groups/counseling regularly.~KIM
Acceptance..
Hi kee Kee Burnt to a crisp--Beach man Kee Kee what a day. Top 10 Ocean was like 77. Ran into some old friends. Amazing they all say Holy Sheet your alive. Its funny.
Kee kee when I got sober it was a combo of therapy AA weekly and intensive therapy which lead me to finally listen to my doctor. In turn I Accept my life and focus on not being afraid of failure. I have learned to accept life on life's terms.
Suboxone this time round for opiates was very important but without AA and the therapy I would have relapsed in all probability.
Biggest problem is projection.
Good question Kee kee hopefully a bunch of people will answer.
Kim ^%^*&() you r yanks---Mets ? Yea Baby.
Take care Kim
Sammy HOW do I add that Met Avatar you got . I am a mental midget and cant figure out how to add these little goodies. I was told it will slow the computer down?
Sammy can you send me the link or how to set things like that up?
Thanks-Jeff
Kee kee when I got sober it was a combo of therapy AA weekly and intensive therapy which lead me to finally listen to my doctor. In turn I Accept my life and focus on not being afraid of failure. I have learned to accept life on life's terms.
Biggest problem is projection.
Good question Kee kee hopefully a bunch of people will answer.
Hi kee Kee Burnt to a crisp--Beach man Kee Kee what a day. Top 10 Ocean was like 77. Ran into some old friends. Amazing they all say Holy Sheet your alive. Its funny.
Kee kee when I got sober it was a combo of therapy AA weekly and intensive therapy which lead me to finally listen to my doctor. In turn I Accept my life and focus on not being afraid of failure. I have learned to accept life on life's terms.
Suboxone this time round for opiates was very important but without AA and the therapy I would have relapsed in all probability.
Biggest problem is projection.
Good question Kee kee hopefully a bunch of people will answer.
Kim ^%^*&() you r yanks---Mets ? Yea Baby.
Take care Kim
Sammy HOW do I add that Met Avatar you got . I am a mental midget and cant figure out how to add these little goodies. I was told it will slow the computer down?
Sammy can you send me the link or how to set things like that up?
Thanks-Jeff
Kee kee when I got sober it was a combo of therapy AA weekly and intensive therapy which lead me to finally listen to my doctor. In turn I Accept my life and focus on not being afraid of failure. I have learned to accept life on life's terms.
Biggest problem is projection.
Good question Kee kee hopefully a bunch of people will answer.
Sorry to be late getting to this, Kerri. The boys have been on spring break this week.
I see a therapist one or more times a week. I practice yoga and meditation 3-7 times per week (the Holistic Approaches link at the top of this page lists some online resources). I see two or three intimate friends, who know about my disease, on a weekly basis and we decompress -- it's another form of therapy for me as well as an early warning signal; if I start to isolate from them, I know I'm in trouble.
Good topic. Thanks for thinking of it.
I see a therapist one or more times a week. I practice yoga and meditation 3-7 times per week (the Holistic Approaches link at the top of this page lists some online resources). I see two or three intimate friends, who know about my disease, on a weekly basis and we decompress -- it's another form of therapy for me as well as an early warning signal; if I start to isolate from them, I know I'm in trouble.
Good topic. Thanks for thinking of it.
