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Keep It Simple Everything is funny as long as it happening to someone else.--Will Rogers We laugh when others do something silly. We're amused when something funny happens to them. But if the same happens to us and people laugh, we might give them the evil eye. Yet, when others laugh, it can free us. It frees us to see the world through new eyes. Likewise, when we laugh at ourselves, we're free to see ourselves with new eyes. Instead of trying to be perfect, we accept we're human.... Read More
In the past, and sometimes even now, I automatically have thought, "Why me?", when I'm trying to learn that my first problem is to accept my present circumstances as they are, myself as I am and the people around me as they are. Just as I finally accepted my powerlessness over my addiction, so must I accept my powerlessness over people, places and things. Am I learning to accept life on life's terms? Today I Pray May I learn to control my urge to c... Read More
Well I am no stranger to this I can assure you. But unless you really study your behavior patterns, it just seems like things are falling around you. I know I have been here many times in my life. I always looked at the glass and it was half empty. Now I can at least say that most days the glass is half full, and for me that is a huge step towards inner peace. I wanted to research self sabotage and post on this because our thoughts and our own actions are sometimes what makes our own situations... Read More
STEP 8 – AN INDEPTH LIST Step 8/Twelve Steps Each year I like to run through the 12 steps as written in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. These steps were an adaptation of many works before them, and are a universal truth for all people who want to enjoy good mental Hygiene and an abundant life. They have been adopted by some 150 self-help groups, and in the words of my favourite forensic psychologist, are the best basis for mental health around IF worked and lived. I am not a step... Read More
My Sponsor has 34 years of sobriety and often says, "I go to A.A. to keep from drinking, but I go to Alanon to help me learn how to live." It's amazing how many other alcoholics, even recovering ones, I work with and interact with throughout my week. That's why the "living wisdom" provided through Alanon helps me to live among them, as well among everyone I come in contact with. Today's Reading from "One Day At A Time In Alanon" was very helpful in it's simpl... Read More
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