Our freedom lies in recognizing the threefold illusion of this disease--mind (I can handle it), desire (it feels good), and flesh (I need it). These are all illusions from which we soon will be liberated. ~Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days, by Shelly Marshall
Today I am grateful...
- that when I entered rehab those two times it wasn't broadcast on the Today Show
- that I have been given enough faith and the ability to hold onto it, until it grew into a trust that allows me to live with much reduced fear
- that I love the program of Alcoholics Anonymous
- for the freedoms AA and recovery give me
- for "the power to carry that out"
The value of persistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but we will finally hear Him. ~William McGill
Through morning prayers and meditation, we embark upon the day spiritually prepared. Without this preparation, we enter the day with yesterday's anxieties - our own and those of millions of others. ~Marianne Williamson
10 comments:
I just discovered your blog today. I am not familiar with Pocket Sponsor. Is this a book?
I really appreciate your gratitude list today :)
amen to not having our personal lives broadcast on the today show...
Zola, Yes, Pocket Sponsor is a book.
funny thing about "the power to carry it out"...sometimes I need one more line in that prayer "and the willingness"
I so understand the not living in so much fear anymore. Maybe that's the "intuitivly knowing how to handle situations that used to baffle us" promise. I think just learning to listen to our "gut" eases a lot of our fears in sobriety. I'm so glad you are out their in my hometown.
I have a dear friend who held a press conference when he went into rehab. I really think that is a bad way to start.
I have been in codependency recovery for over 11 years and very few people in my life know about it.I do it alone(by choice).
I cannot imagine how it must feel to go into a Rehab Centre only to have it broadcasts and not have a choice who knows your personal buisiness.Ugh.
Ya know why I love about people I know in AA/NA ? They appreciate thier lives and have a special way of sharing it with the world.I wish more people could adopt that unique outlook on life and wellness :)
Thanks for sharing:)
Referring to LL and the press or the little guy. So sad that it is announced everywhere.
And what a beautiful thing it is to crush those threefold illusions.
I too appreciate your gratitude list.
Today, I am grateful that anything in life can be handled without a drink!
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