Today I am grateful...
- for a pre-Yom Kippur email from a friend
- for my meeting with my sponsor yesterday (who has been out of town for a couple weeks). I looked forward to that meeting because I needed to get centered and I always have that after we meet.
- for the concept of gratitude and how practicing it has changed my life
- for reminders to stay close to the recovery program of AA
- the love and grace of my higher power that keeps me going
- for a compliment on my work last night by a respected artist
- for solutions and the quiet time it sometimes takes to reach them
- that his higher power has watched over my nephew
The disease of alcoholism is "cunning, baffling and powerful", and it manipulates us to believe "the lie". There is a point that we reach in our disease where we believe that crazy behavior is acceptable. Insanity becomes the order of the day. And when friends or therapists try to give us a message, we discount them.
How can we break down this wall of denial? Well, there is strength in numbers. If everybody we respect is disagreeing with us, then it is time that we change. If our isolation has become a source of martyrdom, then we need to reorganize our attitude for living. Insanity and isolation are often companions; they feed off each other. ~Fr Leo
6 comments:
I don't understand why you wouldn't be flooded daily, hourly, with compliments on your work! Hey, look in the mirror darlin', you too are a respected artist :)
it was good to be able to put my hands all over your legs this morning!
Wow. Hands all over legs... I forgot what I was going to say. hmmmmm.
Yes, thanks for my son. His higher power continues to look after him. Things are looking up!
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Dear Scott,
Wow, those readings are very powerful.
White Lie is very good. I'm happy you are getting compliments from artists that you respect.
Love you
OMG those reading where exactly what I needed to read, I really hope and pray that we can all get through to this gal... thanks Scott for you being you
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