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Tenth step journaling....
Posted On 06/19/2009 14:12:17 by nericksen

Hello out there in 12 step land!!!! greetings from the land of Grace. I just wrote to a friend here on MRS (did I get that right?)...."I need to remember days like this. When I get down, I need to remember that sooner or later God will do the Grace thing for me." Things are good today, I am abstinent (and grateful) for today. I got today covered!!

There is just this warning I did to myself. I tend to embellish. God decided I would be good at expressing myself...it was HP's idea, not my achievement. Sometimes I want to take the actual, get-real truth and pretty it up even more. I think it is related to my disease..the "cant get enough" disease that makes me  (or is a result of my addictions. ) So I had a talk with myself. I told myself to stay real, look at the "is" and not the "wanna be". The "is" is pretty darn good today. Why do I want to take it away from the land of truth to the dark place of exaggeration and not really exactly true? Why do I need to do that? So I am being as real as I can be. I will be simple. Life is really good today. I think about what it feels like to be me. I really examine that. Today I feel light, hopeful, grateful and have more than usual energy. That is exactly how it is. I am so blessed.

Keep shining on, folks. Bless all of your hearts. 
Love and hugs,

Nancy   

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From: Nia
06/21/2009 09:03:06

Embellishing, for me is a defense. softening, distracting, from bare bones truth.

I have a "thinking" disease, and denial is part of that.

Keep it simple if you can-  Nia



From: Philip
06/20/2009 23:51:46

thankyou



From: DennisS
06/20/2009 07:41:40

Nancy -


     Me too. Avoiding drama and embellishment is difficult. Attention grabbing and ego satisfication rears it's ugly head. All eyes on me. Today I pretty much avoid creating that type of life. It makes life simpler. and for this drunk, simple is good enough. And good enough is just that - good enough. Thanks for the reminder...


Hugs,


Dennis





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