Now we have values. We have spiritual beliefs. Living up to these values and beliefs can be hard. We need to be around people who live by their values. In recovery, we learn that we need others. Remember, the first word in Step One is we. We need good people in our lives. We need friends who will not tell us what we want to hear, but what we are doing wrong. ~Keep It Simple
Today I am grateful...
- that my light was not snuffed out, but instead, at the last minute, was rekindled
- that when I stepped across the Lambda Center threshold I knew it was all over
- that for me to win, I had to surrender
- that today it feels like winter. Texas often gets confused by the seasons. I am not a fan of extreme cold or hot weather, but you can't have one without the other.
- for work and free time. I seem to have plenty of both in my life.
When I tell jokes about the alcoholic, I am not belittling the person. I am making fun of the disease that nearly killed me. For me to live with the disease, I need to be able to laugh at the disease in this way I stop it from having power in my life. Also I catch something of the symptoms of the disease in the jokes: the grandiosity, arrogance, manipulation, insanity, ego, selfishness and exaggeration. The joke allows me to face reality with a smile. ~Fr Leo
7 comments:
Hi Scott.
Stacy, tagged with what?
Scott, I am glad it was over when you stepped over that threshold... Imagine being one of those folks who keeps fighting and fighting and fighting... glad you are among the living people I know!
You know what?
I knew instantly when it was over also....I had a knowin' :)
What a relief !!!!
It is good to have a sense of humor. It it good to laugh at yourself. My advice is: To laugh at myself before others it!
God Bless you and others on their recovery. It is a very tough disease to battle - my hat is off to all overcoming it. It takes so much courage and strength, one should never have to resort to.
So, laugh - stare it right in the eye, and say "I am better than you and you will not have me in sickness nor sorrow, for I will laugh at you today and tomorrow."
Laughter IS as they say, the best medicine! Good Luck
Joe - alanondiary.blospot.com
where the heck are you this morning????
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